Nashville businessman Stuart Cooper announced he is seeking the Republican nomination in the special election to fill the vacant U.S. House seat for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District.
Cooper, who resides in Franklin and is a member of the Williamson County Republican Party, filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Thursday officially declaring himself as a candidate in the race, records show.
In 2018, Cooper served as the Williamson County Chairman for retiring U.S. Rep. Mark Green’s (R-TN-07) congressional campaign and led the Chairman’s Circle of the Williamson County Republican Party from 2017 to 2019.
In 2016, Cooper unsuccessfully ran for the Williamson County School Board.
Cooper has over 25 years of experience in the healthcare and technology sectors and holds an MBA from the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee.
He is also a founding member and leader at Redeeming Grace Church in Franklin, which was established in 2013, where he has held various volunteer leadership positions.
Cooper said he stands for a “Congress ingrained with traditional American values, embodying the strong, traditional principles that our nation was built on.”
If elected, Cooper said he would work to ensure his constituents can “enjoy the benefits of individual freedom, limited government, the protection of the rule of law, peace through strength, fiscal responsibility, free markets, and human dignity.”
Cooper further said he is a “strong believer” in U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA-04) “7 Core Principles of Conservatism” and said he would “stand beside President Trump and his agenda to step into the Golden Age and reinvigorate the American Dream.”
The primary for both Democrats and Republicans in the special election for the 7th District will take place on Tuesday, October 7, with the general election scheduled for Tuesday, December 2.
Candidates seeking to enter the race for the 7th District must submit all required paperwork to the State Election Office by Tuesday, August 12, at noon. The deadline for candidates to withdraw from the race is Friday, August 15, at noon.
Cooper is one of eight candidates so far seeking the Republican nomination in the special election for the 7th District, according to FEC filings.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
Photo “Stuart Cooper” by Stuart Cooper.
