Democrats Have a Chance to Flip Sen. Marsha Blackburn's Old District

GOP panics as Democrat closes gap in Tennessee red district special election

Donald Trump won Tennessee's 7th Congressional District by 22 points last year, so Republicans may have expected an easy win in a special election coming this Tuesday, December 2. Instead, new polling shows the Democratic candidate, Aftyn Behn, all but closing the gap with Republican opponent Matt Van Epps. Behn talked with Jen Psaki about the success of her campaign and what she is hearing from voters.

Democrats Have a Chance to Flip Sen. Marsha Blackburn's Old District

On Tuesday, December 2, voters in Tennessee’s 7th district will go to the polls to fill one of the U.S. Congress’s four vacant seats, choosing either current Democratic state representative Aftyn Behn or the Republican nominee, combat veteran Matt Van Epps. Under normal circumstances, this wouldn’t even be a contest. The 7th is Senator Marsha Blackburn’s old district, where Trump won by 22 points in 2024. (Blackburn is currently vying for the Re…

Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District special election candidate Aftyn Behn speaks at Women in Government event

Women in Government hosted Aftyn Behn, a state representative for the 51st district of Tennessee, on Nov. 19 as part of their speaker series in Buttrick Hall. Behn is running as a Democrat in the Dec. 2 special election for the United States House of Representatives in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District.   The event was moderated by sophomore Abby Silver, a member of WIG’s Political Involvement Committee. Silver began by asking Behn about he…