Dave Wasserman: I've seen enough: Matt Van Epps (R) defeats Aftyn Behn (D) in the #TN07 special election.

[Celerity]

Link to tweet

[cally]

1. I know it was a long shot but I really believed she would win

[MustLoveBeagles]

2. At least we made them work for it

[mvd]

3. I really wanted this one, but..

at least a single digit loss would be a moral victory. That’s why we must be calling out their gerrymandering so much. This district took away Nashville’s power and made it virtually impossible for the Democrat to win.

[Jack Valentino]

4. Who is Dave Wasserman ?

[aaaaaa5a]

10. He is a political expert.

He use to work for the Cook Political Report. He is very good. I consider him the gold standard of congressional races.

[Celerity]

11. Cook Poltical Report, he is one of the best election result analysts

David Nathan Wasserman (born September 13, 1984) is an American political analyst known for his coverage of elections to the United States House of Representatives. He has worked as an editor at the nonpartisan election analysis newsletter The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter since 2007 and is a contributor to NBC News. Wasserman is considered an expert on redistricting in the United States.

[UpInArms]

5. ??

Another thread has Behn n the lead

[Celerity]

15. MS NOW just called it for Van Epps

[UpInArms]

17. Darn

[Greg_In_SF]

6. She's down

by 7000 votes and the gap is widening.

[Celerity]

7. NYT latest estimate is Epps wins by only 7.1 per cent

[aaaaaa5a]

8. Good night for us

This was a Trump +22 district. The final margin will be 6 or 7. Any GOPer in a Trump +15 or less district is on serous trouble next year.

The +15 margin is about the same that we saw in NJ. And VA.

[SheltieLover]

9. Has Nashville reported yet?

[hatrack]

13. Yes, most of Davidson is already in

.

[SheltieLover]

14. Fuck

Ty

[Celerity]

16. results so far by county

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/02/us/elections/results-tennessee-us-house-7-special.html

[SheltieLover]

18. Confirms my contention that most of TN is an intellectual dead zone

Ty

[kwolf68]

21. WoW, those smaller counties really love them some gangster fascism

This was always an uphill battle, but what a hell of a showing.

[cachukis]

12. Marsha Blackburn's district.

[RazorbackExpat]

19. Damn

[yaesu]

20. Well, another state added to my never ever visit list. nt

[Greg_In_SF]

22. It's actually quite beautiful

with a phenomenal State Park system.

[Shellback Squid]

23. it just sucks in the populated areas

[B.See]

24. It's only proof that they either

don't yet think/know that Trump/MAGA is/has FKD them

or they LOVE getting fk'd.

But to quote HegsDEATH, 'they've only just begun.'