Democrats, Republicans, go all in on final 2025 congressional ballot box showdown
With one week to go until Election Day in a hotly contested race for a GOP-controlled vacant House seat in a solidly red congressional district in Tennessee, both Republicans and...
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With one week to go until Election Day in a hotly contested race for a GOP-controlled vacant House seat in a solidly red congressional district in Tennessee, both Republicans and Democrats are pouring resources into the race. Republican-aligned groups are spending millions of dollars to run ads in the Dec. 2nd special election in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District , to avoid the possibility of a major upset and protect the GOP's current razor-thin 219-213 majority in the House. President Donald Trump carried the district — which is located in central and western Tennessee, stretches from Kentucky to Alabama, and includes parts of Nashville — by 22 points in last year's presidential election. But Democrats, energized following the party's sweeping victories earlier this month in high-profile ballot box showdowns from coast to coast, are also spending big bucks in the race. TRUMP-BACKED CANDIDATE WINS CROWDED GOP PRIMARY IN BATTLE FOR VACANT HOUSE SEAT "The stakes are exceptionally high, especially in the light of the results from the 2025 elections," Vanderbilt University Professor of Political Science John Greer told Fox News Digital. "Republicans are worried that this district, which is normally safe, could in fact swing to the Democrats." Republican nominee Matt Van Epps is facing off against Democratic nominee Aftyn Behn in the race to succeed former GOP Rep. Mark Green, who resigned from office in June to take a private sector job. Democrats were laser focused on spotlighting the issue of affordability in this autumn's elections, and Behn, a state representative, former healthcare community organizer, and rising progressive star who some have dubbed the "AOC of Tennessee," is keeping to that script. "Angry about high grocery prices? Worried about health care costs? Feeling burned by tariffs? Then December 2nd is your day to shake up Washington," she says in her campaign's final ad. By casting herself as the candidate who will put a check on Trump's party in…