Aftyn Behn at her election night watch party, Oct. 7, 2025

Aftyn Behn at her election night watch party, Oct. 7, 2025

A trickle of GOP spending against Democrat Aftyn Behn turned into a flood on Tuesday evening as national Republicans cut checks to avoid another embarrassing election night.

Super PACs put more than $1 million behind conservative Matt Van Epps — Behn’s Republican opponent in the Dec. 2 special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District — during the past 48 hours, just days after Trump himself stumped for Van Epps at a virtual town hall meeting.