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Tanuki

(16,172 posts)
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 01:40 PM 11 hrs ago

Aftyn Behn (TN Congressional special election, Dec.2) TV ad




https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/12/aftyn-behn-district-7-special-election-ad/

...."Transcript:

Aftyn Behn: “I’m Aftyn Behn. We all know the system is rigged in Washington.
Here’s how it works: Politicians make it easy for their rich donors. Tax cuts for billionaires, and burying the Epstein files.

“While hardworking Tennesseans get a rough ride by cutting healthcare for Tennessee families, doubling health insurance premiums and tariffs that hurt our economy.

“I’m Aftyn Behn, and I approve this message. Vote early to shake up Washington.”

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Aftyn Behn (TN Congressional special election, Dec.2) TV ad (Original Post) Tanuki 11 hrs ago OP
I like the her a lot, But I think this won't appeal to Demsrule86 10 hrs ago #1
She has all the Democrats. She needs to win over Republicans Tanuki 10 hrs ago #2
It sound like she is making excellent choices based Demsrule86 9 hrs ago #3

Demsrule86

(71,416 posts)
1. I like the her a lot, But I think this won't appeal to
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 02:23 PM
10 hrs ago

Democrats and she needs them. I loved the commercial though.

Tanuki

(16,172 posts)
2. She has all the Democrats. She needs to win over Republicans
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 02:59 PM
10 hrs ago

as she is in a district that was brutally gerrymandered to disenfranchise Nashville's heavily Democratic majority a few years ago.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2022/jan/25/nashville-tennessee-gerrymandering-congress-republicans

"Republican lawmakers in Tennessee gave final approval on Monday to an aggressive plan to split Nashville, a Democratic bastion, in a deeply Republican state, into several congressional districts as part of an effort to tilt the state’s congressional map in their favor. The plan is now waiting for approval from Governor Bill Lee, who is likely to sign it.

Nashville currently sits in the state’s fifth congressional district, represented by Jim Cooper, a Democrat who has held the seat for nearly 20 years. It’s a solid Democratic district – Joe Biden carried it by nearly 24 points in 2020 – but on Tuesday, Cooper announced he was retiring from Congress.

“Despite my strength at the polls, I could not stop the general assembly from dismembering Nashville. No one tried harder to keep our city whole,” he said in a statement. “I explored every possible way, including lawsuits, to stop the gerrymandering and to win one of the three new congressional districts that now divide Nashville. There’s no way, at least for me in this election cycle, but there may be a path for other worthy candidates.”

The new districts crack the concentration of Democratic voters in Nashville and cram them into three districts that stretch across the state and are filled with reliable Republican voters. Donald Trump would have easily carried all three of the proposed districts in 2020. The plan is one of the clearest, and most brazen, efforts to dismantle a Democratic district to benefit Republicans.".... (more)

Demsrule86

(71,416 posts)
3. It sound like she is making excellent choices based
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 03:25 PM
9 hrs ago

On your reply., I would like to donate. Thanks for the information. I hope it works. I hate what gerrymandering does.

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