Posted on 05/15/2026 8:34:05 AM PDT by CFW
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Steve Cohen, who has represented Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District for more than 19 years, announced he is withdrawing from the race Friday morning.
Cohen says his majority-Black district was gerrymandered into three Republican-leaning districts by the state General Assembly last week.
The deadline to file to run in the redrawn District 9, as well as Districts 5 and 8 in the Memphis area, is noon Friday.
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So the Jewish white dude democrat doesn’t want to support black constituents any longer? Odd.
How odd.
Why would a successful Congressman just give in?
I mean, really, he’s old, white and has a Jewish surname.
He’s the whole package for his SPLC handlers...
The chicken eater? For the district he’s in you can be sure it was FRIED chicken.
Tennessee has no black representatives in the house. He will be replaced by a black. It just won’t be a democrat. We need to rub it in.
I don't really like the idea of Memphis being split up for what seems like spite but TN is quirky & has endless counties so it might be their way.
Yep. The Republican candidate for that seat is a black woman. The media skips over that detail just like they skip over the fact that Cohen is white.
They pretend a black representative is being kicked out of office so black voters in the district will have no one to vote for (or something along those lines). They don’t acknowledge how racist they sound.
Oh, that’s a shame. 🤣
Is that a map of the old configuration (the non-gerrymandered one, according to Cohen)?
Am I correct is saying that Congressman Steve Cohen is a classic RINO?
“Am I correct is saying that Congressman Steve Cohen is a classic RINO?”
No. He’s an odious leftist Democrat who couldn’t win unless they consolidate an electorate to vote for him.
No, he’s a Demonrat.
“Am I correct is saying that Congressman Steve Cohen is a classic RINO?”
For some mysterious reason the article doesn’t mention his political party...
20 years of Cohen performing in Black Face comes to an ignominious end.
So he - literally - quits immediately before the primary deadline.
So nobody else can legally file.
District 9 - great movie!
The IQ in Washington just went up five points.
“So the Jewish white dude democrat doesn’t want to support black constituents any longer?”
I agree with you as if it voted democratic as a large district, why can’t it vote three times the same with the same people. Did they move when it was redistricted?
wy69
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