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
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $703,466.48
- Total disbursements
- $432,301.02
- Cash on hand
- $1,719,832.69
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $703,466.48 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $120,903.16;Share: 17.2%;Denominator: $703,466.48 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $509,666.78;Share: 72.5%;Denominator: $703,466.48 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $703,466.48 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $703,466.48 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $703,466.48 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $72,896.54;Share: 10.4%;Denominator: $703,466.48 |
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
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $117,904.00
- Itemized
- $117,904.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 127 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $117,904.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $1,500.00;Transactions: 3;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $4,500.00;Transactions: 7;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $3,300.00;Transactions: 1;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $16,800.00;Transactions: 12;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $11,350.00;Transactions: 14;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $7,004.00;Transactions: 6;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $12,750.00;Transactions: 10;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $5,250.00;Transactions: 5;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $5,100.00;Transactions: 5;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $2,600.00;Transactions: 4;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $3,550.00;Transactions: 4;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $50.00;Transactions: 1;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $6,100.00;Transactions: 6;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $2,300.00;Transactions: 5;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $300.00;Transactions: 2;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $50.00;Transactions: 1;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $16,850.00;Transactions: 14;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $6,350.00;Transactions: 7;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $2,800.00;Transactions: 7;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $6,300.00;Transactions: 5;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $2,300.00;Transactions: 5;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $800.00;Transactions: 3;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $117,904.00 across 127 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $700.00;Transactions: 14 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $7,550.00;Transactions: 29 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $12,250.00;Transactions: 24 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $51,300.00;Transactions: 44 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $46,104.00;Transactions: 16 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 9% in district
- District share basis
- $10,500.00 in district and $107,404.00 out of district.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $0.00 with 0 reported transactions; visible denominator is $117,904.00.
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: $10,500.00;Transactions: 10;Denominator: $117,904.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $57,100.00;Transactions: 54;Denominator: $117,904.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $50,304.00;Transactions: 63;Denominator: $117,904.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Denominator: $117,904.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| WEST, JAMES M MD | $5,250.00 | 21 transactions |
| PAUL, SHANNON | $5,000.00 | 7 transactions |
| BARNETT, BERT E | $4,500.00 | 3 transactions |
| SEGAL, GORDON | $4,300.00 | 2 transactions |
| KEENEY, MICHAEL | $3,300.00 | 1 transaction |
| KEENEY, MIKE | $3,300.00 | 1 transaction |
| RITCHEY, JANICE C | $3,300.00 | 1 transaction |
| RITCHEY, KENT | $3,300.00 | 1 transaction |
| SMITH, FREDERICK | $3,300.00 | 1 transaction |
| WALTON, CHRISTY | $3,300.00 | 1 transaction |
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 | $35,904.00 | 44 transactions |
| LEWIS THOMASON | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| WEST CLINIC | $6,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| MEDICAL ANESTHESIA GROUP | $5,250.00 | 21 transactions |
| WEST CANCER CENTER | $4,500.00 | 3 transactions |
| O'BRIEN, GENTRY & SCOTT, LLC | $3,500.00 | 5 transactions |
| FEDEX | $3,300.00 | 1 transaction |
| WOLFCHASE TOYOTA | $3,300.00 | 1 transaction |
| OWNER | $3,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| INVARIANT | $2,500.00 | 3 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 | $37,950.00 | 41 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $37,950.00 and 41 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