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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 the presence of its former representative [[Al Gore]] as Clinton's running mate. However, it has not supported a Democrat for president since. Though longtime Democratic incumbent [[Bart Gordon]] consistently won reelection easily, it was taken for granted that he would be succeeded by a Republican when he retired.
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
According to the 2010 census, the five largest cities are [[Hendersonville, Tennessee|Hendersonville]] (51,372), [[Cookeville, Tennessee|Cookeville]] (30,425), [[Gallatin, Tennessee|Gallatin]] (30,278), [[Lebanon, Tennessee|Lebanon]] (26,190), and [[Mount Juliet, Tennessee|Mt. Juliet]] (23,671).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_GCTPH1.ST13&prodType=table |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-24 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213859/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_GCTPH1.ST13&prodType=table |archive-date=2020-02-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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