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U.S. Representative · Tennessee 9th District
Steve Cohen
DemocratDistrict D+23119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score43#194 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Steve Cohen’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2268 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4209
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 17 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 17 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 36, H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 1107 and 12 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.388 (party median -0.393; rank 103 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 96 (avg 96).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: TN-9 is D+23TN-9 has a partisan lean of D+23 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 19.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on the JudiciaryMinority · 4th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
- Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance
- Subcommittee on The Constitution and Limited Government
- House Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceMinority · 12th in seniority
- Subcommittee on National Security Agency and Cyber
- Subcommittee on Open Source Intelligence
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Cohen← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.388 is 0.01 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 7757KIDS ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 62
| Middle |
| H.Con.Res. 96Expressing support for law enforcement officers. |