Tennessee’s 7th congressional district — reliably conservative, both historically and in recent decades — is now somehow up for grabs.
Polling within the margin of error, Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn, running on lowering the high cost of living, is putting her party’s new affordability electoral strategy to the test in Tennessee.
Encompassing parts of Nashville, its suburbs, Clarksville and rural counties in Middle and West Tennessee, the district, after GOP Rep. Mark Green resigned over the summer, will have a special election Tuesday.
It’s a contest between Behn and Republican candidate Matt Van Epps, a former state commissioner in the GOP Gov. Bill Lee administration.
Months ago, this race, thought to be an inevitable Republican landslide, wasn’t on anyone’s radar. But now, days away from the election, the GOP finds itself in an unexpected position.