NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Several incumbents running for reelection in their House districts comfortably won their primaries Thursday.
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen will defend his U.S. House seat against a Republican challenger in November after soundly defeating a Democratic primary challenger in Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District. Meanwhile, incumbent Democrat Jim Cooper won his party’s primary in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District.
Cooper, a white lawmaker with a reputation as a moderate Democrat, defeated Keeda Haynes, a Black public defender. Haynes served four years in federal prison for a drug-related crime she has maintained she didn’t commit.
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Cooper has held his Nashville-area House seat since 2003. Before that, he served in the House from 1983 to 1995.