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Uncle Joe

(63,855 posts)
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 11:02 AM Sunday

'They're desperate': TN congressional candidate Aftyn Behn race neck and neck in deep-red district



A new Emerson College poll shows Democrat Aftyn Behn and Republican Matt Van Epps in a dead heat for Tennessee’s 7th District special election, with just two points separating the candidates and a small share of voters still undecided ahead of December 2. Tennessee State Rep. Aftyn Behn, the Democratic candidate, joins MS NOW to discuss the tightening contest.
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'They're desperate': TN congressional candidate Aftyn Behn race neck and neck in deep-red district (Original Post) Uncle Joe Sunday OP
Newsweek and CNN said to forget about it displacedvermoter Sunday #1
Time will tell, Uncle Joe Sunday #2
They're basically trying to say that the outsized Republican spending will decide the election, but will it? ChicagoTeamster Sunday #3
This message was self-deleted by its author BBbats Sunday #4
We can only hope. Gimpyknee Sunday #5

Uncle Joe

(63,855 posts)
2. Time will tell,
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 11:13 AM
Sunday

but the corporate media in general prefer the status quo from the get go, as a baseline.

ChicagoTeamster

(296 posts)
3. They're basically trying to say that the outsized Republican spending will decide the election, but will it?
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 11:36 AM
Sunday

People know what they're looking for. Just because you show them a hundred times that you're waving a flag doesn't mean they're going to miss the 10 times someone else shows them what they want.

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