(Left) Republican congressional candidate Matt Van Epps in Nashville on Nov. 12, 2025. (Right) Democratic congressional candidate State Rep. Aftyn Behn attends a campaign event in Nashville on Nov. 13, 2025. George Walker IV/AP Photo
Americans across the country are keeping a close eye on the special election for Tennessee’s Seventh Congressional District seat on Dec. 2. after Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) retired to take a job in the private sector.
Democrats are hoping to flip the long-time Republican-held seat and narrow the GOP’s already slim majority in the U.S. House—which could provide a temperature check of where voters in the South are ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Who Are the Candidates?
More than a handful of candidates are vying to head to Washington to represent 14 counties in Middle Tennessee, which include the tourist section of downtown Nashville and wealthy suburbs in Williamson County.
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