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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 7, 2022

Two new candidates have filed to run in the Republican primary for the newly redrawn 5th Congressional District, the Nashville Post reports. They are former State Department aide and Fox News personality Morgan Ortagus and attorney and retired brigadier general Kurt Winstead. The district, which traditionally has covered Nashville, will now cover portions of Davidson County, Williamson County and Wilson County as well as Lewis, Maury and Marshall counties. Ortagus, who recently moved to Nashville, works with health care investment firm Rubicon Founders. Winstead is an attorney with Rudy Winstead Turner in Franklin. They join businessman Baxter Lee and music video producer Robby Starbuck in the primary. On the Democratic side, longtime incumbent Rep. Jim Cooper is retiring while Odessa Kelly, who had already announced a primary challenge against Cooper, is considering a switch to another district.