RSSRace factor in minority district
From: The Washington Times | June 23, 2009
MEMPHIS, Tenn. | Steve Cohen, a two-term white congressman from a mostly black House district, faces a bruising Democratic primary next year, and race again will likely be at the center of the campaign. Willie Herenton, the first elected black mayor of Memphis, recently filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for Mr. Cohen’s 9th District House seat. Mr. Cohen has shrugged off black challengers before, but none with the political savvy and combative style of the 6-foot-6 mayor — a former Golden Gloves boxer who doesn’t shrink easily from a fight. Mr. Herenton, 69, has been mayor longer …
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