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

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


Rep. Steve Cohen (D-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 a powergrab to…


 

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