The Washington Post has published an article about Congressman Steve Cohen and Tennessee’s 9th District Congressional Primary.

Excerpt:

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) arrived on Capitol Hill three years ago ready to join the Congressional Black Caucus. His logic was simple: More than 60 percent of the people in his Memphis-based congressional district are black.

So was the caucus’s logic in its reply: The organization is reserved for black members of Congress, and Cohen is white.

The caucus still has not opened its weekly meetings to Cohen, but he has found a different kind of welcome from the group: their endorsements.

Read the rest at The Washington Post’s website.