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Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

DDemocratTN-9 · Representative
55
/ 100
Average
Attendance95
Avg: 96
Independence2
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone3
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency68
Avg: 57

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

Methodology
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

DemocratTN-9 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.388)
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Steve Cohen is a Democrat Representative from TN, District 9. He has served 19 years in Congress across 10 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as liberal, voting with his party 97.7% of the time.

19
Years in Office
10
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

97.7%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
12 votes against party
4.7%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
23
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Steve Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+1.8% vs avg
97.7%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes+1.1% vs avg
4.7%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored+10.0 vs avg
23
Avg: 13.0

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

House Committee on the JudiciaryHouse Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31

$1,982,620
Cash on Handⓘ
$658,569
Total Receiptsⓘ
$395,281
Disbursementsⓘ
$271,687
Individual Donors
$281,500
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2007–2027House · TN-9 · DemocratCurrent

District Demographics

TN-9 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

763,447
Population
$53,748
Median Income
34.0
Median Age
27.0%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 25.9%Black 62.0%Hispanic 9.4%Asian 1.9%