Tennessee Democrat ends re-election bid after map redrawing carves up his district
New map reshapes representative Steve Cohen’s majority-Black Memphis district and gives Republicans an advantage
Democratic representative Steve Cohen of Tennessee on Friday announced that he is ending his bid for re-election, 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 US House map that carves up Cohen’s majority-Black district, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of Donald Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections.
Steve Cohen is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
Steve Cohen has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
Black Memphis has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
Still waiting to hear what Steve Cohen actually plans to do about it.
Black Memphis has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
Still waiting to hear what Black Memphis actually plans to do about it.
Black Memphis is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
Steve Cohen has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.