Rep. Steve Cohen ending campaign in Tennessee after redraw of his Memphis district
Cohen said he may return if courts restore the old Memphis-based district, after judges let the new map stay in place.
- On Friday, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen announced he is ending his re-election bid after nearly 20 years in Congress, citing recent gerrymandering of his Memphis-based district by Tennessee Republicans.
- Cohen called the redistricting pressure a "gangster move" meant to prevent his re-election. The GOP-dominated state legislature carved up his majority-Black district to gain advantage in West Tennessee.
- "This is by far the most difficult moment I've had as an elected official," Cohen said, announcing his retirement from public life. A judge denied his temporary restraining order on May 14.
- Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder announced his campaign for the district on May 14, having raised $2 million and securing Cohen's endorsement as Tennessee's sole Democrat in Congress.
- Despite dropping from the race, Cohen warned the redistricting could "backfire" on Republicans. His Memphis residency now falls in the 5th Congressional District, held by Republican Rep. Andy Ogles.
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On Friday, Rep. Steve Cohen, a longtime member of the Democratic Party, announced he would not seek reelection. This decision followed a significant redistricting effort by Tennessee Republicans that effectively fractured his solidly Democratic 9th District. Declaring the end of his nearly two-decade career in Congress, Cohen visibly broke down during a live television interview with Chris Cuomo on NewsNation’s “CUOMO.” The emotion displayed by …
Steve Cohen Announces Retirement After Tennessee GOP Redistricting Shakeup - Real News Now
Rep. Steve Cohen announced Friday that he will not seek re-election after Tennessee Republicans approved a congressional map overhaul that dramatically reshaped his longtime Memphis-area district. Cohen, the only Democrat in Tennessee’s congressional delegation, said the newly drawn districts effectively ended his path to another term in Congress after nearly two decades representing the state’s 9th Congressional District. “I don’t want to quit.…
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DeSoto County NewsDemocratic US Rep. Steve Cohen ends campaign after GOP redraws his Memphis district
WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee on Friday announced that he is ending his bid for reelection, his career upended by the redistricting battles that are sweeping the country after last month’s Supreme Court decision. Republicans in Tennessee this month enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a Cohen’s majority-Black district, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to hold on to a …
Jewish Tennessee Dem rep not seeking reelection to Congress
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), a Jewish lawmaker who represented a majority black district in Tennessee for nearly two decades, said on Friday that he does not plan to seek re-election after Republicans carved up the state’s last Democratic-leaning district.“This is by far the most difficult moment I’ve had as an elected official,” Cohen, who was first elected to the House in 2006 after 24 years in the state Senate, told reporters in his Washington…
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