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Tennessee Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper announced Tuesday that he will not seek reelection in the 2022 midterm elections. According to The Washington Post, Cooper is the 29th House Democrat to announce they will not seek reelection.

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In a statement shared to Twitter, Cooper accused the state General Assembly of “dismembering” Nashville, the state’s capital, in a recent redistricting process. The Post noted that Davidson County, which includes Nashville, was divided into three congressional districts. Currently, the entire county is within the 5th district.

“Despite my strength at the polls, I could not stop the General Assembly from dismembering Nashville,” Cooper said in a statement Tuesday. “No one tried harder to keep our city whole. I explored every possible way, including lawsuits, to stop the gerrymandering and to win one of the three new congressional districts that now divide Nashville. There’s no way, at least for me in this election cycle, but there may be a path for other worthy candidates.”

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Cooper, who has represented Tennessee’s 5th congressional district since 2003, first served in Congress representing Tennessee’s 4th congressional district from 1983 to 1995. He will have served 32 years when he retires next January.

“I am announcing my decision promptly so that others have more time to campaign. I will return the individual contributions that I have received for this race so that donors can redirect them as they choose,” Cooper wrote in his statement.

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