Chaz Molder (TN-05)

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Chaz Molder is an attorney, two-term mayor, and Democratic candidate running for Congress in Tennessee's 5th Congressional District. Born and raised in Columbia, Tennessee, Molder attended the University of Tennessee before earning his law degree from the University of Memphis School of Law. In 2018, he unseated a two-term incumbent to become the youngest mayor in Columbia's history and, at the time, the youngest mayor in Tennessee — winning reelection in 2022 against the local chair of the Maury County Republican Party, both in a county Trump carried by over 45 points.

TN-05 was held by Democrats for nearly a century before Republican legislators redrew the district lines during 2022 redistricting, and national Democrats see it as a flip opportunity given incumbent Republican Andy Ogles' ongoing campaign finance investigations and mounting scandals. Molder faces a Democratic primary on August 6 before a general election matchup with Ogles in November. Flipping TN-05 is essential to winning back a Democratic House majority in 2026.

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