Barely 48 hours before votes are counted in the special election for Tennessee’s open 7th U.S. House District, Republican Matt Van Epps remains the narrow favorite to keep the seat in GOP hands.
A just-completed Emerson College Poll shows former state commissioner of general services and retired Tennessee National Guard Lt. Colonel Van Epps — who has President Donald Trump’s strong endorsement — eking out a lead over leftist Democrat state Rep. Aftyn Behn by 48% to 46%, with another 2% going to third-party candidates.
In a district where Trump won more than 60% of the vote last year and which sent a Republican to Congress for 53 straight years, a win by Behn would be nationwide news as well as a blow to Republican control of the narrowly divided House.
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