Cooper is the 29th Democrat who has decided not to seek reelection to the House in a year that's expected to be difficult for his party due to once-a-decade redistricting and the historic tendency for the incumbent president's party to lose congressional seats in midterm cycles.
Cooper becomes latest House Democrat to not seek reelection
Damn, he was in the House in 1983, and he's only 67 now? He was just a friggin kid when he started.
I'm no Jim Cooper fan, but I looked at what they're doing with Nashville in Tennessee's redistricting, and it's pretty rough. It reminds me of what Texas did to Austin back in '03.