Stephen Ira Cohen is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Tennessee's 9th congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the western three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman and since 2023 has been the dean of and only Democrat in the state's congressional delegation.
Tennessee's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in West Tennessee. It has been represented by Democrat Steve Cohen since 2007.
The 2006 congressional elections in Tennessee was held on November 7,2006,to determine who will represent the state of Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.
The Tennessee Democratic Party (TNDP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in Tennessee. The party was founded in 1826 initially as the Jacksonian Party. The Tennessee Democratic Party was born out of President Andrew Jackson's populist philosophy of Jacksonian democracy in the mid to late-1820s. After Jackson left office,the Democratic Party struggled in the state as the Whig Party would go on to be the dominant party in Tennessee until its collapse after the 1852 Election. Prior to the Civil War,as a result of the collapse of the former Whig Party,the Democratic Party became the dominant party in the state. After the war ended,the Republican Party would be the dominant political party during Reconstruction,but once Reconstruction ended,the Democratic Party would dominate Tennessee Politics up until 2011 when the Republican Party would gain firm control of Tennessee State Government.
Harold Eugene Ford Jr. is an American financial managing director,pundit,author,and former U.S. Congressman who served from 1997 to 2007 in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party from Tennessee's 9th congressional district,centered in Memphis. He is a member of the Ford political family from Memphis,and is the son of former Congressman Harold Ford Sr.,who held the same seat for 22 years. In 2006,Ford made an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the retiring Bill Frist. He was also the last chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).
Debra Moody is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 81 since January 8,2013.
Susan M. Lynn is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 57 since January 8,2013. Lynn served from January 2003 until November 2010. In 2012 Lynn was re-elected to the Tennessee House.
Gloria Johnson is an American politician and Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives currently representing District 90,and formerly District 13,based in Knoxville. In April 2023,she and two other state representatives faced expulsion votes from the Tennessee General Assembly after taking to the floor of the State House unrecognized to protest gun violence. Johnson was the only one of the three legislators not to be expelled. Johnson was the Democratic Party nominee for the 2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee,losing in a landslide to incumbent Republican Marsha Blackburn.
Sarbjeet S. Kumar is an Indian–American politician and physician. A member of the Republican Party,Kumar,a retired surgeon,has been a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 66th district since 2015,representing Robertson County. He chairs the House Insurance Committee.
Clark Boyd is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,representing District 46 since January 2018.
Rick Eldridge is an American politician. He is a Republican representing Tennessee's 10th House District,which solely encompasses the Western portion of Hamblen County and Grainger County,in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
B. Rush Bricken is an American banker and politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Bricken has represented the 47th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,based in Tullahoma and McMinnville,since 2019.
Chris Todd is an American biologist and politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Todd has represented the 73rd district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,based in Jackson,since 2019.
Jay Reedy is an American politician,farmer,and locksmith from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Reedy has represented the 74th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,covering Houston,Humphreys,and Montgomery Counties,since 2015.
Russell Jackson "Rusty" Grills is an American politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Grills has represented the 77th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,covering Dyer,Lake,and Obion Counties along the Mississippi River,since 2020.
Justin Augustus Lafferty is an American politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Lafferty has represented the 89th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,based in the western suburbs of Knoxville,since 2019.
Ron M. Gant is an American insurance agent and politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Gant has represented the 94th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,based in Fayette and McNairy Counties,since 2017.
Kevin Vaughan is an American real estate broker and politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Vaughan has represented the 95th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,based in Collierville in the suburbs of Memphis,since 2017.
The 2022 Tennessee State Senate election was held on November 8,2022,to elect 17 of the 33 seats for the Tennessee's State Senate. The elections coincided with the Governor,U.S. House,and State House elections. The primary elections were held on August 4,2022.
Greg Vital is an American businessman and Republican politician who represents the 29th District in the Tennessee House of Representatives. He was first elected to that seat in a special election on September 14,2021,replacing the late Mike Carter. The district includes much of eastern Hamilton County,including the Ooltewah and Georgetown communities.
