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‘Running With Trump Is How You Win’: Tennessee Republican Celebrates House Victory
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Republican Matt Van Epps held off Democrat Aftyn Behn in Tuesday’s hotly contested special election for Tennessee’s 7th District House seat, giving the GOP a much-needed electoral victory to close out a bumpy 2025.
With 99% of the expected vote in, Van Epps -- a former Army helicopter pilot endorsed by President Trump -- led Behn by 8.9 percentage points, well below the 22-point margin that Trump carried the district by in last year's presidential election.
Behn, a 36-year-old state representative, had raised Democrats’ hopes for a stunning upset in the conservative stronghold after late polling showed her within striking distance of Van Epps and forced a last-minute surge of campaigning from both the president and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)
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