Nashville, tenn., october 31, 2025 — the equity alliance fund (teaf) announced its endorsement of aftyn behn for congress in tennessee's 7th congressional district, a race that has become a referendum on five years of grassroots organizing and a test of whether black political power can flip one of tennessee’s reddest districts. “aftyn behn praised mamdani and said she was running on the same agenda,” van epps posted on social media, sharing an edited clip of a june cnn interview with behn Aftyn behn earned a degree from the university of texas at austin Behn's career experience includes working as the campaign director of ruralorganizing.org Aftyn behn officially announced her campaign for tennessee’s 7th congressional district, which will be determined in the coming months by a special election following the surprise retirement of. Aftyn behn, democrat, the first woman to represent her district in 50 years, is a community organizer and campaign director for rural organizing.
Aftyn behn, the democratic nominee in tennessee congressional district 7, is favorable, but will enough democrats vote? Welcome to the aftyn for congress newsroom, your source for her latest press statements and media advisories.
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