If we prevail in the courts and the 9th District remains intact for the 2026 mid-term election, I will remain a candidate and will be proud to represent its people for another two years.
Remain a candidate for Tennessee's 9th Congressional District if the courts restore the district's current contours for the 2026 mid-term election.
Occurrences
Evidence
A federal judge denied Tennessee Democrats' temporary restraining order request, letting the new congressional map proceed while Steve Cohen and other plaintiffs kept challenging it.
Cohen said he was ending his reelection bid, but would reenter the race if the lawsuit succeeded in restoring the old congressional district.
By early June, reporting said Cohen had announced he would retire from Congress at the end of the term rather than run in the new district.
Assessments
Cohen publicly said on May 15, 2026 that he was ending his reelection bid under the redrawn map but would reenter if a court restored the prior TN-9 lines. By June 2, 2026, reporting still showed him retiring rather than running, and the cited court action had not restored the old district contours. Because the promise was explicitly conditional on a court outcome that had not occurred, there is no completed delivery or clear failure yet; the condition was simply unmet during the review window.