Tennessee congressional race (**Dec 2, 2025) becomes unlikely test of blue wave
It would be lovely to keep the mojo for Democrats going forward.
Tennessee congressional race becomes unlikely test of blue wave
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/30/tennessee-congressional-race-becomes-unlikely-test-of-blue-wave/87481674007/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
Updated Nov 30, 2026 9:47 a.m. ET
Joey Garrison Zac Anderson USA TODAY
Fresh off Democrats' domination in the off-year elections, a congressional race in Tennessee has become an unlikely test for whether a national blue wave is building that could produce a seismic shakeup in next year's midterm election.
The special election to fill the seat of retired Republican Rep. Mark Green, set for Tuesday, Dec. 2, was hardly on the national radar a month ago.
Now, the race between Democrat Aftyn Behn, a 36-year-old liberal state representative, and Republican Matt Van Epps, a combat veteran, has Democrats dreaming of an unexpected House pickup. Meanwhile, top Republicans ‒ including President Donald Trump ‒ are circling the wagons and pumping in millions to try to stop a disaster.
Tennessee's 7th congressional district was never supposed to be competitive. It's the creation of Tennessee's Republican-controlled legislature, which drew its boundaries in 2022 by splitting Democrat-stronghold Nashville into three districts, each dominated by conservative rural counties and different Middle Tennessee suburbs. One was District 7, which includes parts of Nashville's Davidson County and 13 other countries.
Trump won Tennessee's congressional District 7 by 22 percentage points over Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. But both Democrats and Republicans are bracing for a close election next week. A poll from Emerson College Polling/The Hill found Van Epps leading by only 2 percentage points, 48% to 46%, within the survey's margin of error..................................
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Turn this seat blue tomorrow.
