The first Jewish person to represent the state of Tennessee in Congress, Steve Cohen was first elected to represent his Memphis-based district in 2006.
Cohen first rose to political prominence when he was elected vice president of the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1977 at the age of 27, after which he served in the Tennessee State Senate for more than two decades. Cohen is known as one of the most progressive congressmen ever to represent Tennessee. He has long been a supporter of universal healthcare, gun violence prevention and anti-hate-crime legislation.