(Nashville is already a liberal shithole these days but "AOC from
Tennessee" is an especially bad case of a worthless, self-important
person.)
From:
https://shorturl.at/5fiIP (dailycaller.com)
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Republicans Hold On To House Seat In Tennessee
Mariane Angela News Reporter
December 02, 2025 9:56 PM ET
Republican Tennessee congressional candidate Matt Van Epps won the
special election Tuesday for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District,
securing 81,017 votes (52.4%) over Democratic Tennessee congressional
candidate Aftyn Behn, who received 71,912 votes (46.5%), with 93% of
votes in, according to The New York Post.
Former Republican Tennessee Rep. Mark Green resigned in July,
stepping down fewer than six months into his fourth term. The 7th
District - which President Donald Trump carried by 20 points in 2024
- drew millions of dollars from both of the two major political
parties in the run-up to Tuesday's vote, despite Republicans
historically dominating the area. Van Epps ultimately kept the seat
in GOP hands.
Van Epps is a West Point graduate and former Army helicopter pilot
who completed multiple overseas deployments, including in Iraq and
Afghanistan. He later served in the Tennessee Army National Guard,
eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Van Epps briefly led the Tennessee Department of General Services
after being appointed commissioner in late 2024 before resigning to
run for Congress. He won the crowded Republican special primary in
October with the help of a late endorsement from Trump.
Behn is a progressive Tennessee state lawmaker and longtime activist
who built her political profile through protests and direct-action
campaigns at the state Capitol. She has repeatedly taken combative
stances against Tennessee's Republican leadership, including a
confrontation in 2019 that led to her removal - by force - from
Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's office. In another incident, she
was also removed from the House chamber.
Behn aligned herself with far-left positions on issues like abortion
access, transgender policies and policing. She frequently promoted
views that placed her well outside of Tennessee's political
mainstream. In earlier public statements and podcast appearances, she
criticized Nashville, called Tennessee a "racist state," and urged
radical approaches to social policy.
"I hate the city, I hate the bachelorettes, I hate the pedal taverns,
I hate country music, I hate all of the things that make Nashville
apparently an `it' city to the rest of the country. But I hate it,"
Behn said on the "Year old GRITS" podcast in February 2020.
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