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2002 Tennessee U.S. House District 5 Election

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Who won the 2002 Tennessee U.S. House District 5 Election?

Jim Cooper won the 2002 Tennessee U.S. House District 5 Election. Jim Cooper received 108,903 popular votes (63.73%). The main challenger was Robert Duvall (33.25%).

See the full head-to-head between Cooper and Duvall

Cooper +30.5 pts · won by 52,078 votes
Jim CooperDemocraticWINNER63.73%
108,903 votes
Robert DuvallRepublican33.25%
56,825 votes
John Jay HookerIndependent1.79%
3,063 votes
Jonathan D. FarleyIndependent0.71%
1,205 votes
Jesse TurnerIndependent0.51%
877 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.