Heidi Campbell is an American music publisher and politician from

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. A

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, Campbell has represented the 20th district of the

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, covering the inner suburbs of

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, since 2020. Campbell was first elected in

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, narrowly winning the Democratic primary before defeating two-term

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incumbent

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, 51.7% to 48.3%. Before running for the Senate, she served as mayor of Oak Hill, a small suburb south of Nashville from 2014 to 2020. Campbell is a music marketing director and has owned her own music publishing company since 1995. In April 2022, Campbell announced her candidacy for Tennessee's 5th congressional district after incumbent

Jim Cooper James Hayes Shofner Cooper (born June 19, 1954) is an American lawyer, businessman, professor, and politician who served as the U.S. representative for (based in Nashville and containing parts of Davidson, Cheatham, and Dickson Counties) from ...

chose to retire. She did not have to give up her state senate seat to run for Congress; Tennessee state senators serve staggered four-year terms, and Campbell is not up for reelection until 2024.

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External links

Hedi Campbell for Congress
campaign website

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