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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 5, 2021

Nashville nonprofit leader Odessa Kelly today announced plans to challenge longtime U.S. Congressman Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, in the August 2022 party primary. Kelly has the support of Justice Democrats, the national organization that helped elevate “The Squad” — a group of left-leaning members of the House of Representatives. She is the first candidate to be endorsed by the group for the 2022 cycle and would be the first openly gay Black woman to represent Tennessee in the nation’s capital. Cooper, who has represented the 5th Congressional District since 2003, has developed a reputation as a moderate Democrat, the Nashville Scene reports.