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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 8, 2025

Tennessee state Rep. Aftyn Behn, D-Nashville, has won the Democratic nomination in the special primary for the state’s 7th Congressional District, defeating three other candidates in the district’s first four-way Democratic primary in decades, The Tennessean reports. Behn will face Republican nominee Matt Van Epps in the Dec. 2 general election. Van Epps, who defeated eight rivals for the Republican nomination, earned the endorsement of President Donald Trump, who held a tele-rally on the eve of the election calling Van Epps “very special” and “a true champion for the people of the Seventh District.” The winner in December will replace retired U.S. Rep. Mark Green, who stepped down in July.