If you’d asked me a few months ago about the prospect of a Democrat winning in TN-07, a place where Trump won by 22 last year, I’d have said you were crazy and that it just wasn’t possible. But here we are, with Aftyn Behn behind by just 2 points in a poll from respected pollster Emerson College.
Source: The Nation
In the suburban and rural counties around Nashville, Tennessee, drivers passing under the bridges above area highways are witnessing a new phenomenon: “bridge brigades” holding aloft American flags, cheering, and pointing to brightly lit signs urging “Vote Aftyn.”
What’s striking is that “Aftyn” is a Democrat—State Representative Aftyn Behn—who is running what looks to be a competitive race for an open congressional seat in a historically Republican and, more recently, pro-Trump district.
