Lake Research Partners for Steve Cohen (4/21-24, likely voters):
Steve Cohen (D-inc): 63
Nikki Tinker (D): 11
Joe Towns (D): 5
(MoE: ±4.9%)
Damn, is that lead ever huge. Also of interest: Cohen enjoys a massive 87% favorability rating among both white and black primary voters.
It looks like Memphis area Democrats will be returning this solid progressive to the House once again.
Primary: August 7th
I don’t know if Cohen is a progressive but I do know he is incrdibly sexist. Using such gendered language is totally inappropriate.
It’s great to elect a progressive from TN-9 after Harold Ford. No, we don’t need one of the Ford machines corporate conservatives like Nikki Tinker or Harold’s brother Jake (again running as an “independent” in the fall). Harold and his father represented the district since LBJ’s time and his relatives are in the state legislature (or were last cycle when some were being investigated).
Thanks Memphis and “south Memphis” (MS-1 per Cheney). You are doing great.
I remember the primary attacks on him were very racially and religiously charged. I’m glad to see he’s pulling through some of the ridiculousness just fine.
This race annoyed me to no end in 2006 for all the clearly race motivated campaigning. This is one of the reasons that I strongly dislike minority majority districts. It feels like they MUST be represented by a member of that ethnic minority group. I understand the reasoning behind it, to increase minority repersentation in Congress, but strikes to me of reverse discriminatin. In many cases it eliminates qualified candidates that may be in this case a white Jewish man simply because he is not black. It is my hope that should Obama win the Presidency, perhaps at the end of his eight years, we can review this policy. Not to mention that it is estimated that for every minority majority seat that is created, Republicans gain two seats. That might help with our efforts in the South if say Jefferson’s district in LA is thinned out a little. As I recall its around +30 Democratic. I guess I just do not like to see racism a used against anyone, white, black or inbetween.
by the way – the primary is 8/7, so there’s still time for them to run an ugly campaign and hurt him. my guess is that he has a ton more cash-on-hand than his challengers.