U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, the Nashville Democrat who has spent more than three decades representing Tennessee in Congress, announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection following a Republican ...

FILE - Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., talks to reporters at his Nashville office, on Feb. 16, 2018. Cooper says he won't run for reelection after serving in elected office for more than 30 years. Cooper ...

Rep. Jim Cooper will retire as the third longest-serving member in Congress. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) announced Tuesday that he would not seek reelection, making him ...

Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), who represents a very blue congressional district in the Nashville area, on Tuesday announced that he will not seek re-election in the aftermath of the state Republicans’ ...

Tennessee Rep. Jim Cooper (D) announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19, making him at least the third lawmaker of the weekend to announce a breakthrough case of the virus. "This morning I ...

Assemblyman Jim Cooper, D-Elk Grove, introduces African American police chiefs from California cities at a press conference at the Capitol on Friday, June 19, 2020, about race and policing. The chiefs ...

David Plazas is the director of opinion and engagement for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee. Cooper first served Tennessee in Congress from 1983 to 1995 and then was later elected in 2002 to represent ...

Opinion and Engagement Director David Plazas wrote this editorial on behalf of The Tennessean Editorial Board, comprising Michael A. Anastasi, Maria De Varenne, Mealand Ragland-Hudgins, Gary Estwick ...