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

President Donald Trump and top Republicans are making a last-ditch push to prevent embarrassment in a hotly contested Tennessee special election for Congress.

Tennessee’s 7th congressional district is usually an easy win for Republicans. But Tuesday’s special election gives Democrats hope for an upset as they test just how far their recently successful message of affordability can take them.

President Donald Trump and Republicans are hoping to recover from recent losses as Tennessee voters choose a representative for the conservative 7th Congressional District on Tuesday

The 2024 U.S. presidential election is on Election Day, Nov. 5. Options on how to vote vary by state. Some offer forms of early voting or voting by mail. Others have ways of voting absentee. Polls will be open at varying times on a state-by-state basis.

The rush of attention on the reliably conservative 7th US House Congressional District came as President Trump hopes to rebound from recent Republican losses around the country.

Trump, who beat former Vice President Kamala Harris in the district by 22 points in 2024, argued that he’ll get bad press if Van Epps doesn’t win by a substantial margin.

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