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Inside the rapid decline of Trump's wing of the GOP: analysis

Matt Van Epps won by less than 9 points in a district Trump led by 22 points in 2024, signaling a decline in support for Trump-aligned Republicans, strategists say.

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Ordinarily, an election in an area as conservative as Tennessee's 7th Congressional District isn't a major story. That district, which Donald Trump carried by 22 percent in 2024, typically goes hard-right — and a GOP victory comes as no surprise. But on Tuesday, December 2 in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District, political strategists paid very close attention to a special election that found Democrat Aftyn Behn competing with Republican Matt …

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