Nashville Congressman Jim Cooper wants his district to go back to the way it once was and include all of Davidson County.
Cooper, a Democrat, made his proposal to the Republican-led legislative committee in charge of redistricting. House Speaker Beth Harwell says it would correct what she viewed as politically-driven map-making ten years ago.
“I appreciate the fact that he wanted to restore Davidson County, blatantly gerrymandered last cycle where we took out the most Republican precincts and put them in Marsha Blackburn’s district, so I appreciate that he made that effort.”
But Republicans in the legislature have not yet made public their plan for Tennessee’s nine congressional districts, though Harwell says it’s coming this week.
Congressman Cooper and Nashville Mayor Karl Dean have been trying to fend of any attempt to divide the Democratic voters of Nashville among multiple seats.
Cooper’s proposed maps for the 5th Congressional District still include parts of Cheatham and Wilson counties but all of Davidson.
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