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Dec. Special election in Tennessee. Time for another Democratic Upset?? [View all]
Last edited Fri Nov 7, 2025, 11:57 AM - Edit history (1)
Re: Special election for U.S. House TN District 7 (Mark Green's seat)
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Matt Van Epps (Trump endorsed R) and Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn won crowded primaries back in Oct and will face off in the General election. Early voting starts November 12 for the December 2 special election.
While Behn may not be your vision of a Progressive Democratic champion, if we've learned anything, it's that we MUST be a big tent party.
A Democratic win in this race would:
1) Teach the Republicans that gerrymandering does not always work.
2) Demonstrate that, as he becomes more wildly unpopular, Trump's endorsement may do more harm than good.
I'm sending $20 to the Behn campaign.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/05/hakeem-jeffries-democrats-tennessee-aftyn-behn
Behn, a social worker and community organizer from Nashville, said her win proved that “authenticity, energy, organizing power consistently outperformed corporate money and poll-tested messaging.”
“Tonight, Tennessee sent a message,” Behn told a room of supporters. “And that message is: Women still fight. Organizers can still win. And Democrats in the Deep South aren’t done yet.”
"This campaign hasn't been about one party in particular, it's been about a paradigm in which the top are pitting the bottom against each other," she said.
“Tonight, Tennessee sent a message,” Behn told a room of supporters. “And that message is: Women still fight. Organizers can still win. And Democrats in the Deep South aren’t done yet.”
"This campaign hasn't been about one party in particular, it's been about a paradigm in which the top are pitting the bottom against each other," she said.
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