Tennessee Democrat Aftyn Behn avoided direct answers on police funding and whether she disagree with any of Kamala Harris' policies during a CNN interview ahead of her congressional race.

Tennessee voters will decide between Republican Matt Van Epps and Democrat Aftyn Behn for Tennessee’s open 7th District Congressional seat.

Tennessee’s special election will be a test of whether Democrats’ recent election momentum is strong enough to carry them in a district that overwhelmingly went to President Donald Trump in 2024. The race between Democrat Aftyn Behn and Republican Matt Van Epps for Tennessee’s Seventh District will show if Democratic messaging on affordability is still

Behn faces GOPer Matt Van Epps. It’s a Republican district. But political observers are watching the race to gauge potential weakness by Trump, a softness in the Trump coalition, issues with the Republican brand or early indications of a possible blue wave in the 2026 midterms.

In the final hours before Tennessee’s high-stakes special congressional election, Behn is pushing back against Trump’s attacks.

Democratic congressional nominee Aftyn Behn, speaking with Fox News Digital on the eve of Tuesday’s special election in Tennessee, says she has "a track record of showing up in the hard fights."

Aftyn Behn, who is running for Congress in Tennessee, dodged more questions about whether she believed more money for police was good or bad on Monday, ahead of the special election on Tuesday.

The battle for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District has tightened into a statistical dead heat, signaling a potentially dramatic shift in a traditionally Republican stronghold. A new Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey released this week shows Republican Matt Van Epps holding a razor-thin lead over Democrat Aftyn Behn,