Current Representative Steve Cohen is trying to keep his Democratic seat, but this isn't in November, it is now. For those of you that don't know, but the TN-09 district (Memphis) is a VERY SAFE DEMOCRATIC seat. So who ever wins the Democratic Primary is going to Washington D.C. The Republicans are not even running a candidate in November.
Now the seat was formerly held by Harold Ford Jr. (prior to that by his daddy Senior). When Junior decided to run for the Senate in 2006, his seat become open and Steve Cohen came out the winner.
It is sad to say that many people felt that Steve Cohen, who is white, could not represent the majority black district. In a diary, I wrote nearly a year ago, the race card was in full play. One black "pastor" stated the following:
"He's not black and he can't represent me, that's just the bottom line," said Rev. Robert Poindexter of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. "I don't care how people try to dress is up, it always comes down to race and he can't know what it's like to be black."
As I stated in that diary, I state again - "Are we not in the 21st century yet?"
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