Steve Cohen — 2026 U.S. Representative, District 9 campaign
2026 U.S. Representative, District 9 · totals since Jan 1, 2025
Currently serving — not seeking re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election
Latest filing: Q3 2026 · Oct 15, 2026 · source: FEC
7 filings · Q1 2025–Q3 2026
Cash on Hand The campaign’s ending cash balance from its most recent filing. Cash shown as “carried over” was held before this election cycle began — usually from a prior campaign for the same office. Full definition →
$1,796,336
$1,719,833 carried over
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$785,039
includes $19,535 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total disbursed
$694,752
Donors
329
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down the receipts the headline adds up, by the lines of each report behind it; its parts add up to the headline. Open its “Why this number?” for each report’s lines. Gift-size and location figures cover itemized contributions only. Aggregates count everyone who gave, including donors below the $200 disclosure floor — a share across all donors identifies no one. Full definition →
6% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 94%.
Itemized $322K · 94% Small unitemized gifts $20K · 6%
Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 41% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $322K · 41%Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $20K · 2%PACs and other committees (line 11c) $320K · 41%Offsets and other receipts (lines 14, 15) $113K · 14%Reports without line figures in our data $9K · 1%
Where the money comes from Shares of itemized dollars, by the contributor’s state and city as filed. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it or it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into “elsewhere.” Shown only when at least 80% of dollars carry a usable state. Full definition →
56% of located dollars came from outside Tennessee (44% from inside).
Tennessee $282,017 Out of state $361,512
- Memphis $203K32%
- Washington, DC $162K25%
- Nashville $40K6%
- Alexandria, VA $14K2%
- Arlington, VA $13K2%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $39K
- Other out-of-state $173K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2025 – Sep 2026. Peak $218,160 in Mar 2026. Spending peaked at $117,575 in Jun 2026.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 326 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 3 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $425 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Smart Td PAC ↺ paid $5,000.00 | 5 | $10,000.00 |
| Allied Pilots Association Political Action Committ ↺ paid $5,000.00 | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Federal Express Corporation PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| American Federation of State County and Municipal ↺ paid $2,500.00 | 3 | $7,500.00 |
| Southwest Airlines Pilots Association Political A ↺ paid $5,000.00 | 2 | $7,500.00 |
| Phillip Lawson ↺ paid $3,500.00 | 2 | $7,000.00 |
| Michael E Keeney | 2 | $7,000.00 |
| William E Orgel | 2 | $7,000.00 |
| James W Cagle | 2 | $7,000.00 |
| Anne West ↺ paid $3,500.00 | 4 | $7,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Coverage: the filings we hold for this campaign run through Jun 30, 2026; for other campaigns of the 2026 cycle we hold filings through Oct 19, 2026.
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Cont ↺ donor $779.17 | 5 | $135,779.17 | |
| Lake Research Partners | 4 | $97,860.75 | |
| Kieloch Consulting | 6 | $76,500.00 | |
| David Browne Media | 2 | $68,880.00 | |
| Canal Partners Media | 2 | $64,762.26 | |
| New Blue Interactive | 5 | $57,165.95 | |
| Internal Revenue Service | 2 | $18,376.00 | |
| Maynard, Rick | 23 | $14,936.68 | |
| NGP Software Inc. | 7 | $9,085.24 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 2 | $7,000.00 | |
| Washington Suite Life | 1 | $5,995.00 | |
| Smart Td PAC ↺ donor $10,000.00 | 2 | $5,000.00 | |
| Allied Pilots Association Political Action Committ ↺ donor $10,000.00 | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Fedex Corporation Political Action Committee | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association Political A ↺ donor $7,500.00 | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Spirit Magazine | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Community Foundation of Greater Memphis | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Donaldson, Ted B. ↺ donor $5,000.00 | 1 | $4,000.00 | |
| Thomas Lindsey Group | 2 | $4,000.00 | |
| Innovative Research Group LLC | 1 | $3,750.00 | |
| West, Anne ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 3 | $3,500.00 | |
| Fowler, Morgan C ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Fine, Richard ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Goldman Fowler, Amy ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Keeney, Michael | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Butler, Carol ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Cagle, James | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Chandler, Jason ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Evensky, Reid ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Lipman, Robert ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Orgel, William | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Richey, Sylvia ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Tauer, Kurt ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Tillmanns, Todd ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Wilder, Candace ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Lawson, Phillip ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Chaz Molder for Congress | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Planned Parenthood-Memphis Health Center | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Elite Performance Foundation | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| American Federation of State, County and Municipal ↺ donor $7,500.00 | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Lenahan, Smith, & Bargiachi, PC | 2 | $2,490.00 | |
| David Weatherspoon for District 31 | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Metropolitan Inter-Faith Organization | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Paragon Payment Solutions | 11 | $1,454.32 | |
| April 4th Foundation | 1 | $1,250.00 | |
| Visa | 6 | $1,166.48 | |
| Le Pain Quotidien Catering | 2 | $1,104.33 | |
| Rochelle Stevens Foundation | 1 | $1,035.00 | |
| Schlitz, Stacey ↺ donor $4,500.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Employees of RTX Corporation PAC ↺ donor $6,000.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Enterprise Holdings, INC. Political Action Committ ↺ donor $6,000.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Nucor Corporation Political Action Committee ↺ donor $5,000.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Mississippi Blvd. Christian Church | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| United Negro College Fund | 2 | $1,000.00 | |
| Monocle On Capitol Hill | 1 | $825.60 | |
| West, James M MD ↺ donor $5,250.00 | 3 | $750.00 | |
| South Memphis Alliance | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Donati, Jerri ↺ donor $645.49 | 1 | $645.49 | |
| Overton Park Conservancy | 2 | $590.00 | |
| Chiko Dupont | 1 | $551.50 | |
| Chiko Restuarant | 1 | $527.47 | |
| Schlitz, Don ↺ donor $4,000.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Democracy Summer Leadership PAC ↺ donor $5,500.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Turkish American Coalition PAC ↺ donor $5,500.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Mt. Moriah East Baptist Church | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Ionos | 6 | $426.08 | |
| Cohen, Steve | 1 | $420.00 | |
| Corner Bakery Cafe Catering | 1 | $397.17 | |
| La Madeleine | 1 | $390.36 | |
| Ritchey, Bruce ↺ donor $3,800.00 | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Harold Collins for County Mayor | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Panera Bread | 1 | $290.42 | |
| Hot Buttered Soul Awards | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Overton Park Shell | 1 | $250.00 | |
| American Advantage Mastercard | 1 | $214.87 | |
| Wegmans Food Markets | 1 | $208.58 | |
| Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Nuvei Integrated Payments Group | 6 | $150.00 | |
| Commercial Bank & Trust Company | 6 | $150.00 | |
| New Olivet Baptist Church | 1 | $80.00 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Where the money went Each expenditure carries a short description of what it was for, written by the campaign. We sort those descriptions into a fixed set of categories; one expenditure goes in one category, so the amounts add up to Steve Cohen’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $196,098 28%
- Other $173,828 25%
- Consulting & professional services $121,287 17%
- Contributions & donations $108,005 16%
- Fundraising & events $64,385 9%
- Office & operations $26,840 4%
- Staff & payroll $3,500 0.6%
- Travel $315 0.1%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1,843,018.39 | $1,796,335.86 | Source: Q3 2026 filing |
| These numbers come straight from the report the committee filed with the FEC, before the FEC has finished processing it. They update automatically once the FEC’s processed version is ready. The filed report is in the Source column. | |||
| Q2 2026 | $1,982,620.28 | $1,856,302.68 | Source: Q2 2026 filing |
| Q1 2026 | $1,818,689.83 | $1,982,620.28 | Source: Q1 2026 filing |
| YE 2025 | $1,763,204.66 | $1,818,689.83 | Source: YE 2025 filing |
| Q3 2025 | $1,770,320.42 | $1,763,204.66 | Source: Q3 2025 filing |
| Q2 2025 | $1,778,670.45 | $1,770,820.42 | Source: Q2 2025 filing |
| Q1 2025 | $1,719,832.69 | $1,778,670.45 | Source: Q1 2025 filing |