Biography
Alan Michael Cohn is an American journalist who ran as the Democratic candidate in Florida’s 15th congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in 2022. He was the anchor and managing editor of ABC7 at 7 on WWSB in Sarasota, where he interviewed individuals such as Donald Trump and Jerry Springer.
Age
He was born Alan Michael Cohn in 1963, in the United States of America. Alan is 61 years old as of 2023.
Education
Cohn graduated from Hofstra University.
Wife- Married
Cohn has been marrid to his wife, Patricia, together they have two children.Their son, Aaron, is a pitcher in the Oakland A’s organization.
Career
Cohn works at CBS News in New York. He believes Charles Osgood to be his mentor. Cohn won the 2020 Democratic primary for Congress in Florida’s 15th district and raised more than $2.3 million. He was named to the DCCC’s “Red to Blue” initiative and supported by President-Elect Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama. Cohn received the 2007 George Foster Peabody Award, one of journalism’s greatest awards, for revealing that defective parts were being put on Black Hawk helicopters made by Stratford-based Sikorsky Aircraft. He was the anchor and managing editor of ABC7 at 7 on WWSB in Sarasota, where he interviewed individuals such as Donald Trump and Jerry Springer. Cohn also worked at WFTS.
Cohn has also worked for NBC, New England Cable News (where he won an Emmy Award for uncovering a convicted killer’s attempt to become a Boston Police officer), the Boston Globe, WTIC-TV, WGGB-TV, and WAMI-TV in Miami, Florida (where he won an Emmy Award for obtaining benefits for a forgotten Vietnam veteran). Cohn ran for the 15th district in the 2020 election. Cohn won the Democratic primary with 41% of the vote, defeating state representative Adam Hattersley and US Marine Corps veteran Jesse Philippe. In the general election, Cohn faced Republican Scott Franklin, a Lakeland city commissioner who had upset incumbent Ross Spano in the GOP primary. Franklin ultimately defeated Cohn, 55% to 45%.
Net Worth
Cohn has an estimated net worth of 2 million dollars.