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|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/gallatin/2014/08/28/beretta-breaks-ground-million-gallatin-plant/14751955/|work=[[The Tennessean]]|access-date=<!--Needed-->}}</ref> and clothing manufacturer [[Under Armour]] in [[Mount Juliet, Tennessee|Mt. Juliet]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Humbles|first=Andy|date=October 2, 2014|title=Under Armour to bring 1,500 jobs to Mt. Juliet|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/wilson/mt-juliet/2014/10/02/armour-announcement-expected-mt-juliet-today/16579357/|work=The Tennessean|access-date=<!--Needed-->}}</ref>
Politically speaking, the region was traditionally a "[[Yellow Dog Democrat]]" district. However, it began shifting rightward as Nashville's suburbs bled into the district and the rural counties trended Republican. It supported [[Bill Clinton]] in 1992, partly due to
Gordon retired in 2010, and as expected, Republican state senator [[Diane Black]] won the seat in a landslide, proving just how Republican this district had become. The 2010 redistricting made the district even more Republican, as its longtime anchor, [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee|Murfreesboro]], was removed. Since then, no Democrat has won an entire county within the district in any presidential, gubernatorial, senate, or congressional election.<ref>http://tn.gov/sos/election/results/2012-11/USPresidentCountyTotals.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/20141104_StateCertCountyTotals.pdf</ref> Indeed, no Democrat has crossed the 30 percent mark in the district since Gordon's retirement.
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