Steve Cohen

Democrat · TN-9 · U.S. House

Bio

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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Record of service

In office: 19.6 years
First took office: 2007 (10 terms)
Seniority: 58 of 437 by time served
Age: 77

District offices

Memphis, TN · 901-544-4131

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Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2019

$6.2M

2020

$6.4M

2021

$6.3M

2022

$6.7M

2023

$7.1M

2024

$8.7M

2025

$10.4M

Most recent filing (2025)

Assets: $5.5M – $15.4M
Liabilities: $0 – $0
Net worth: $5.5M – $15.4M
Since 2019: +$4.2M

Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 101 assets reported

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ US Treas Bill Maturity 2/19/2026$1.0M – $5.0M

TN 401k ⇒ Tennessee Stable Value Fund$500k – $1.0M

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New (BRK.B)$250k – $500k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ Federated Hermes Government Obligations Fund Svc Shares (GOSX$250k – $500k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)$250k – $500k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ US Treas Bill Mat 5/14/2026$250k – $500k

Stephens SEP IRA ⇒ Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)$250k – $500k

TN 457 ⇒ Tennessee Stable Value Fund$250k – $500k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ Amgen Inc. (AMGN)$100k – $250k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ AutoZone, Inc. (AZO)$100k – $250k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ Capital Group Municipal Income ETF (CGMU)$100k – $250k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ FedEx Corporation (FDX)$100k – $250k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ FRANKLIN RISING DIVIDENDS FUND$100k – $250k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ Invesco Variable Rate Preferred$100k – $250k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ Marriott International - Class A (MAR)$100k – $250k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC)$100k – $250k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ Vanguard Wellington Fund Vanguard Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond $100k – $250k

Stephens SEP IRA ⇒ Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New (BRK.B)$100k – $250k

Stephens SEP IRA ⇒ Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)$100k – $250k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ Eli Lilly and Company Common Stock (LLY)$50k – $100k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (MAA)$50k – $100k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ Schwab Strategic TR US Dividend Equity$50k – $100k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ VanEck Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF (PFXF)$50k – $100k

Stephens Roth IRA ⇒ First Horizon Corporation Common Stock (FHN)$50k – $100k

Stephens SEP IRA ⇒ BLACKROCK LOW DURATION BOND PORTFOLIO FUND CLASS K$50k – $100k

Stephens SEP IRA ⇒ Chevron Corporation (CVX)$50k – $100k

Stephens SEP IRA ⇒ FEDERATED HERMES ULTRASHORT BOND FUND CLASS IS$50k – $100k

Stephens SEP IRA ⇒ First Horizon National Corporation (FHN)$50k – $100k

Stephens SEP IRA ⇒ International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)$50k – $100k

Stephens SEP IRA ⇒ LORD ABBETT SHORT DURATION INCOME FUND CLASS F$50k – $100k

Stephens SEP IRA ⇒ PGIM SHORT-TERM CORPORATE BOND FUND CLASS R6$50k – $100k

Stephens SEP IRA ⇒ RTX Corporation Common Stock (RTX)$50k – $100k

Stephens SEP IRA ⇒ Short-Term Bond Fund of America - Class F-3 (FSBTX)$50k – $100k

Stephens SEP IRA ⇒ THORNBURG LIMITED-TERM INCOME FUND CLASS I$50k – $100k

Commercial Bank and Trust Company$15k – $50k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ Ally Financial CD 4.75%$15k – $50k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ AT&T Inc. (T)$15k – $50k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ BRADLEY CNTY TENN GO REF BDS 2019 3.000% 06/01/27$15k – $50k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ Comcast Corporation - Class A (CMCSA)$15k – $50k

Stephens Advantage Account ⇒ DAIMLER AG REG SHS I SIN$15k – $50k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

Taxes & Fiscal

D+0.50

Healthcare

D+0.77

Immigration & Border

D+0.83

Guns

D+0.99

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

D+0.99

Environment & Energy

D+0.85

Crime & Policing

D+0.38

Defense & Veterans

D+0.17

Economy & Labor

D+0.55

Foreign Policy & Trade

D+0.22

Civil Rights & Social

D+0.88

Education

D+0.76

Government & Democracy

D+0.79

Judicial & Executive Nominations

D+0.67

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Steve Cohen's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

Democratic Party

95%Closest

Green Party

88%

Democratic Socialists (DSA)

84%

Communist Party USA

83%

Libertarian Party

55%

Republican Party

33%

On the political map

Steve Cohen (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Caucuses & committees

Where Cohensits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Caucuses

Congressional Black Caucusstrongly left · 63 members
Congressional Equality Caucusstrongly left · 153 members

Committees

Most and least aligned members

Treating Cohen's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.