(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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-- Sean

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