Cohen, Steve
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Stephen Ira Cohen is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Tennessee's 9th congressional district, a majority-minority district centered in Memphis, since 2007. Previously, he served in the Tennessee Senate from 1983 to 2006. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Cohen, Steve
- First name
- Steve
- Last name
- Cohen
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Tennessee 9th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- Tennessee 9th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
- Tennessee 9th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2022 cycle
- Coverage
- 2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $546,322.08
- Total disbursements
- $313,772.70
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $546,322.08 in total receipts for the 2022 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $119,849.49;Share: 21.9%;Denominator: $546,322.08 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $424,000.00;Share: 77.6%;Denominator: $546,322.08 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $546,322.08 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $546,322.08 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $546,322.08 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $2,472.59;Share: 0.5%;Denominator: $546,322.08 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2022 cycle
- $44,024.00
- Itemized
- $44,024.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 66 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $44,024.00 in the 2022 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2022 | Dollars: $525.00;Transactions: 2;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2022 | Dollars: $275.00;Transactions: 2;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2022 | Dollars: $5,224.00;Transactions: 12;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2022 | Dollars: $2,575.00;Transactions: 3;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2022 | Dollars: $7,675.00;Transactions: 7;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2022 | Dollars: $2,500.00;Transactions: 4;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2022 | Dollars: $13,275.00;Transactions: 15;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2022 | Dollars: $1,775.00;Transactions: 4;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2022 | Dollars: $2,675.00;Transactions: 8;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2022 | Dollars: $5,525.00;Transactions: 6;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2022 | Dollars: $1,750.00;Transactions: 2;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2022 | Dollars: $250.00;Transactions: 1;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $44,024.00 across 66 reported transactions in the 2022 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $250.00;Transactions: 10 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $4,324.00;Transactions: 17 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $8,500.00;Transactions: 17 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $18,750.00;Transactions: 17 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $12,200.00;Transactions: 5 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 6% in district
- District share basis
- $2,475.00 in district and $39,049.00 out of district; $2,500.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $2,500.00 with 2 reported transactions; visible denominator is $44,024.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $2,475.00;Transactions: 13;Denominator: $44,024.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $19,125.00;Transactions: 25;Denominator: $44,024.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $19,924.00;Transactions: 26;Denominator: $44,024.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $2,500.00;Transactions: 2;Denominator: $44,024.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| KEENEY, MICHAEL | $2,900.00 | 1 transaction |
| PRIDGEN, DEREK | $2,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| RITCHEY, KENT | $2,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| MCLAREN, MICHAEL | $2,300.00 | 1 transaction |
| TANNER, JOHN | $2,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| WEST, ANNE | $1,500.00 | 6 transactions |
| PRICE, ELEANOR | $1,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| TOY, PATRICK | $1,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| ZEA, TRACY | $1,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| WEST, JAMES M MD | $1,250.00 | 5 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $9,650.00 | 17 transactions |
| BRIDGEWAY ADVOCACY | $3,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| LEWIS THOMPSON LAW FIRM | $2,900.00 | 1 transaction |
| U.S. SUGAR | $2,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| WOLFCHASE TOYOTA | $2,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| BLACK MCLAREN | $2,300.00 | 1 transaction |
| VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES | $2,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| MEMPHIS MEDICAL SOCIETY | $1,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| WATERWAYS COUNCIL | $1,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| MEDICAL ANESTHESIA GROUP | $1,250.00 | 5 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $19,450.00 | 15 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $19,450.00 and 15 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 6 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H6TN09068
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H6TN09068
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H6TN09068
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:C001068
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H6TN09068:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H6TN09068:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H6TN09068:2024
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- C001068
- fec_candidate_id
- H6TN09068
- fec_candidate_ids
- H6TN09068
- govtrack_id
- 412236
- wikidata_id
- Q512330