Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen announces end to House re-election bid
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Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee introduced on Friday that he has signed a doc requesting not to be included on the poll in Tennessee’s ninth Congressional District.
The congressman described the district decided by “new lines” as “nothing like the 9th district that I’ve represented.”
The Democratic main within the district is scheduled to happen in August.
US Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) speaks throughout a press convention outdoors the US Capitol on April 20, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Speaking after his announcement, Cohen described President Donald Trump as “the greatest threat to democracy, and to… decorum… and grace, that we’ve ever seen.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House.
US Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) questions Special Counsel Jack Smith as he testifies throughout a listening to earlier than the House Judiciary Committee within the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on January 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Getty Images)
Cohen is ending his re-election bid after greater than 19 years in Congress — he took workplace in early 2007.
“Candidates who previously qualified for 2026 congressional elections may run in the new district that has the same district number. Candidates who wish to change districts or withdraw may do so by filing a notarized statement with the State Division of Elections, attention Coordinator of Elections,” in accordance to a press release posted on the Tennessee secretary of state’s web site.
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