Overperforming and Still Losing: What Tennessee’s Special Election Actually Shows
Democratic congressional candidate State Rep. Aftyn Behn, D-Nashville, attends a campaign event during the special election for the 7th district on Nov. 13, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV/AP Democrats have spent much of the past year pointing to “overperformance” in deep-red districts as evidence that their message is breaking through in Donald Trump