Andy Ogles will win GOP nomination in redrawn Tennessee 5th District, CNN projects
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Maury County Mayor Andy Ogles will win the Republican nomination in Tennessee's 5th Congressional District, CNN projects.
The newly drawn district attracted a crowded field of candidates vying to represent part of the Nashville area. Ogles, an entrepreneur, will defeat state House Speaker Beth Harwell and retired Brig. Gen. Kurt Winstead.
Tennessee's new congressional map split Davidson county, home to Nashville, into three separate districts, likely shifting the state's delegation from seven Republicans and two Democrats to eight Republicans and one Democrat.
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