Jim Cooper

★ U.S. Representative

Born: June 19, 1954
Current age: 72
Home state: Tennessee
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1982–2020

Career timeline

1982Rep 1984Rep 1986Rep 1988Rep 1990Rep 1992Rep

1994Sen 2002Rep 2004Rep 2006Rep 2008Rep 2010Rep

2012Rep 2014Rep 2016Rep 2018Rep 2020Rep

16-1

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Cooper2.6M

Opponents1.8M

Elections run

Between 1982 and 2020, Jim Cooper ran in 17 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and U.S. Senate), winning 16 and losing 1. Cooper's biggest single-election total was 565,930 votes, in the 1994 U.S. Senate election in Tennessee. Cooper's closest win came in the 2010 U.S. House election in Tennessee's District 5, decided by 24,958 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Tennessee's District 5, every U.S. Senate election in Tennessee, or every U.S. House race in Tennessee's District 4.

How many votes has Jim Cooper received?

Jim Cooper has received 2,635,821 popular votes across 17 U.S. elections, with a career record of 16–1.

Election history

Jim Cooper’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
2020	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	252,15599.99%	Natisha Brooks Trevor Killian Murphy
2018	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	177,92367.85%	Jody M. Ball
2016	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	171,11162.55%	Stacy Ries Snyder
2014	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	96,14862.32%	Bob Ries Paul Deakin
2012	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	171,62165.23%	Brad Staats John P. Miglietta (head-to-head)
2010	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	99,16256.23%	David Hall Stephen W. Collings John Big John Smith Jackie Miller John P. Miglietta (head-to-head) Bill Crook James G. Whitfield II Joe D. Moore Clark Taylor
2008	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	181,46765.84%	Gerard Donovan Jon Jackson John P. Miglietta (head-to-head)
2006	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	122,91969%	Thomas F. Kovach Ginny Welsch Scott Knapp (head-to-head)
2004	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	168,97069.26%	Scott Knapp (head-to-head)
2002	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	108,90363.73%	Robert Duvall John Jay Hooker Jonathan D. Farley Jesse Turner
1994	U.S. SenateTennessee · Special	Lost	565,93038.61%	Fred Thompson Charles N. Hancock Charles M. Moore Terry L. Lytle Kerry Martin Jon Walls Hobart R. Lumpkin Don Schneller
1992	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	98,98464.06%	Dale Johnson Ginnia C. Fox Kieven Parks
1990	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	52,10167.42%	Claiborne Sanders Gene M. Bullington
1988	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	94,12999.98%	—
1986	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	86,99799.99%	—
1984	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	93,84875.16%	James Beau Seigneur
1982	U.S. HouseTennessee	Won	93,45366.13%	Cissy Baker

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (C000754) and Wikidata (Q973737). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Jim Cooper: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/jim-cooper. Accessed [date].

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.