Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen to retire after GOP targets him with redistricting

May 15, 2026 - 19:00
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Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen to retire after GOP targets him with redistricting
Rep. Steve Cohen (Tenn.), a liberal Democrat in his 20th year on Capitol Hill, announced Friday that he will retire at the end of the term, becoming the earliest casualty of the Republicans’ redistricting campaign ahead of November’s midterms. Cohen, who will turn 77 later this month, hammered the Republicans for orchestrating what he called a power…