{"id":1056433,"date":"2025-10-07T21:51:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T01:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056433"},"modified":"2025-10-07T21:51:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T01:51:50","slug":"dnc-congratulates-aftyn-behn-for-winning-democratic-nomination-for-tennessees-seventh-congressional-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-congratulates-aftyn-behn-for-winning-democratic-nomination-for-tennessees-seventh-congressional-district\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Congratulates Aftyn Behn for Winning Democratic Nomination for Tennessee\u2019s Seventh Congressional District"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Democratic Turnout Surges in Tennessee Primary Election<br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Tonight, State Rep. Aftyn Behn won the Democratic primary election for Tennessee\u2019s Seventh Congressional District. Behn will face Matt Van Epps, Trump\u2019s extreme preferred candidate, in the Dec. 2 special election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In yet <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/one-month-out-from-the-fall-2025-elections-democrats-are-in-pole-position\/\">another sign<\/a> Democrats have the momentum, Democratic turnout has already surpassed 2024 levels by over 33% in this Trump +20 district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, as we move towards the special election, Van Epps will have to defend Trump\u2019s Big Ugly Bill. In Tennessee alone, Trump\u2019s budget and the expiration of ACA subsidies will kick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/medicaid\/how-will-the-2025-reconciliation-law-affect-the-uninsured-rate-in-each-state\/\">210,000<\/a> people off their health insurance and put <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markey.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/letter_on_rural_hospitals.pdf\">nine<\/a> rural hospitals on the brink of closure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe DNC congratulates Rep. Aftyn Behn for winning the Democratic nomination for the special election in Tennessee\u2019s Seventh Congressional District. Aftyn Behn will fight tooth and nail to lower costs for working Tennessee families and stand up for the people of Middle and West Tennessee instead of the billionaires Matt Van Epps wants to represent. Democrats had a great night in Tennessee as turnout surged in the Democratic primary, underscoring once again that the momentum is with us. Democrats are on offense everywhere as we ensure voters know how toxic Trump\u2019s Big Ugly Bill is, which will kick nearly 68,000 off their health insurance in Tennessee alone. The wind is at our backs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Turnout Surges in Tennessee Primary Election Tonight, State Rep. Aftyn Behn won the Democratic primary election for Tennessee\u2019s Seventh Congressional District. Behn will face Matt Van Epps, Trump\u2019s extreme preferred candidate, in the Dec. 2 special election. In yet another sign Democrats have the momentum, Democratic turnout has already surpassed 2024 levels by over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC Congratulates Aftyn Behn for Winning Democratic Nomination for Tennessee\u2019s Seventh Congressional District - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-congratulates-aftyn-behn-for-winning-democratic-nomination-for-tennessees-seventh-congressional-district\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-08T01:51:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-congratulates-aftyn-behn-for-winning-democratic-nomination-for-tennessees-seventh-congressional-district\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-congratulates-aftyn-behn-for-winning-democratic-nomination-for-tennessees-seventh-congressional-district\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Congratulates Aftyn Behn for Winning Democratic Nomination for Tennessee\u2019s Seventh Congressional District - 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