Washington — Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee introduced Friday that he is dropping his bid for reelection in Tennessee’s ninth congressional district, a seat he is held since 2007.
He made the choice in gentle of the Tennessee legislature’s redistricting, which affected his district within the Memphis space. Cohen, 76, is Tennessee’s solely Democrat in Congress. He stated he’ll be retiring from public life.
“That is by far essentially the most tough second I’ve had as an elected official,” Cohen stated as he opened his remarks.
He stated he “thought-about” operating in one of many new districts, however stated they’re “nothing just like the ninth district that I’ve represented.” Cohen is a fourth-generation resident of the Memphis space.
“I’ve had the nice honor to signify the ninth district for the final 19 and a half years. And it has been a district that may be a majority African-American district,” he stated.
The redistricting vote by the GOP-dominated state legislature final week drew protests for splitting the Memphis inhabitants into elements of a number of totally different districts that lean extra Republican.
In his time in Congress, Cohen has served on the Home Everlasting Choose Committee on Intelligence, the Home Judiciary Committee and the Home Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, specializing in points like civil rights and policing reform.
