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Gordon retired in 2010, and 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, even as its longtime anchor of [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee|Murfreesboro]] was drawn into the neighboring 4th District. Since 2012, no Democrat has won an entire county within the district in any presidential, gubernatorial, senate, or congressional election.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tn.gov/sos/election/results/2012-11/USPresidentCountyTotals.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 24, 2015 |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713212937/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2012-11/USPresidentCountyTotals.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/20141104_StateCertCountyTotals.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 24, 2015 |archive-date=January 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129070901/http://tn.gov/sos/election/results/20141104_StateCertCountyTotals.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Indeed, no Democrat has crossed the 30 percent mark in the district since Gordon's retirement.
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=
== Election results from presidential races ==
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Prior to the 1980 census, when Tennessee picked up a district, most of what is now the 6th district was in the 4th district.
During the 1940s, this area was represented by [[Albert Gore, Sr.]] of [[Carthage, Tennessee|Carthage]]. Gore was elected to the [[United States Senate]] in 1952, where he was instrumental in creating the [[Interstate Highway]] system.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gorecenter.mtsu.edu/gore-sr.shtml |title=
From 1953 to 1977, the area was represented by [[Joe L. Evins]] of [[Smithville, Tennessee|Smithville]]. Evins's nephew, [[Dan Evins]], was the founder of [[Cracker Barrel Old Country Store]] restaurant/retail chain.<ref>{{cite news|last=Langer|first=Emily|date=January 16, 2012|title=Dan Evins, founder of Cracker Barrel highway empire, dies|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/dan-evins-founder-of-cracker-barrel-highway-empire-dies/2012/01/16/gIQAfkt43P_story.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=<!--Needed-->|archive-date=January 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119111826/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/dan-evins-founder-of-cracker-barrel-highway-empire-dies/2012/01/16/gIQAfkt43P_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Cracker Barrel's headquarters are still located in [[Lebanon, Tennessee|Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crackerbarrel.com/careers/home-office/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623033556/http://www.crackerbarrel.com/careers/home-office |archive-date=June 23, 2011 |title=Work At Our Home Office {{!}} Cracker Barrel}}</ref>
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