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U.S. Representative for Tennessee’s 9th District

Steve Cohen

Democrat 10th term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$785K raised · top PACs: American Crystal Sugar Compay, Fedex, Smart TD Breaks with Democrats most onCrime and Law Enforcement: broke on 4 of 23 party-line votes (17%; most Democrats: 5%)
98LoyaltyMed 98
95AttendMed 98
11BipartMed 12
9BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2007–now
19 years in CongressMore senior than 86% of the House
Committees
  • Judiciary 4th minority
  • Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 12th minority
Age
77

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date4486317056749
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—6427701,23516

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 24% 11%
Health 18% 11%
Transportation and Public Works 8% 21%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Health and Immigration; bills go to Transportation and Public Works and Crime and Law Enforcement; the two overlap on Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Health Care Coverage (Health), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 61 bills sponsored, most on Transportation and Public Works.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberJudiciary Committee4th minority
MemberPermanent Select Committee on Intelligence12th minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 86% of the House, in the minority.

  • 19 years in Congress: more senior than 86% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

19% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Cohen.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

19% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Norton and Hernández Rivera.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 56 · expected 18
Action in committee 17 · expected 3
Beyond committee 2 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 109 of 433 in the House

1.34expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

1 of 56 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.34 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • On the move: H.R. 1669 (out of committee), H.R. 144 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.39
Public Lands and Natural Resources1 of 15

With his party on the other 11 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 7 of the 7 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 98% of party-line votes, breaks 9 times (peer median 5), most on Public Lands and Natural Resources.

  • Position: −0.39, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 4 of 23, International Affairs 1 of 14, Public Lands and Natural Resources 1 of 15.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Cohen$785K raised41%41%16%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

44% of what he raised came from individuals; 3% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$785K raised, 41% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 45.7 points.

42 PACs of the 81 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Transportation.

  1. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% D
  2. Fedex40% D
  3. Smart TD74% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

145 bills

Cohen voted Yea on 14, Nay on 30, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 99 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.