Campbell is a music marketing director and has owned her own music publishing company since 1995. She served as mayor of
Oak Hill, a small suburb south of Nashville from 2014 to 2020. In the
2020 elections, she won the Democratic primary for a seat in the
Tennessee Senate before defeating two-term
Republican incumbent
Steven Dickerson, 51.7% to 48.3%. In April 2022, Campbell announced her candidacy for
Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the
United States House of Representatives after incumbent
Jim Cooper chose to retire. The district encompasses
Nashville-Davidson County and five other
Tennessee counties. Although the 5th district had been traditionally Democratic, it was redrawn in the
redistricting cycle to favor Republicans, and Republican
Andy Ogles defeated Campbell. On April 5, 2023, Campbell announced her candidacy in the
2023 election to succeed
John Cooper as
mayor of Nashville. ==Personal life==