Cooper’s victory was announced on Saturday after his opponent, current Undersheriff Jim Barnes, conceded the race. As of Monday, Cooper led the race with 54.48% of the vote, with Barnes trailing ...

Assemblyman Jim Cooper, D-Elk Grove, introduces African American police chiefs from California cities at a press conference at the Capitol on Friday, June 19, 2020, about race and policing.

Jim Cooper runs Congress’ largest and most rigorous internship program. “I invested an incredible amount of time doing it,” he tells me.

Rep. Jim Cooper was first elected to Congress in 1982 but will not run again. WireImage for The Recording Acad Cooper said redistricting was the main reason why he won’t run again.

Elk Grove Assemblyman Jim Cooper will announce Thursday that he is running for sheriff of Sacramento County, an expected move that instantly makes the sheriff’s race one of the marquee contests ...

Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., runs in the ACLI Capital Challenge in Anacostia Park on May 17, 2017. The 2022 race will be his last as a member of Congress. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) ...

Rep. Jim Cooper speaks at The Recording Academy District Advocate Day at Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum on Oct. 19, 2017, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Davis/WireImage for The Recording Academy) ...

U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper fended off a challenge from progressive attorney Keeda Haynes, who has shown surprising strength as a first-time political candidate.

It was Sept. 27, 1993, and Congressman Jim Cooper stood anxiously in the White House—not the tour-guided White House, but the family quarters upstairs. He was on tap to give ...

"Jim is a leader with deep expertise and a great heart." Cooper’s congressional career dates back to 1982, when he first won election in Tennessee’s 4th Congressional District, a seat he held ...

Jim Cooper joined the U.S. Air Force on May 29, 1950, became a pilot and fought in Vietnam. He retired as a major on Aug. 31, 1970. Along the way, he fell in love with Lottie Hiscock, the love of ...