Скачать или смотреть Candidates in hotly contested Tennessee congressional make last-ditch push to voters

(1 Dec 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Franklin, Tennessee - 1 December 2025
1. Wide of a garage filled with classic cars
2. Wide of people at a rally for congressional candidate Matt Van Epps
3. Wide of Rep. Mike Johnson holding up his phone on a call with President Donald Trump, SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump: "He's fantastic, and go get him, and get out tomorrow morning, get out and vote, and let's make it a sweeping victory. The whole world is watching Tennessee right now, and they're watching your district, the whole world. It's a big vote. It's going to show something, and it's got to show that the Republican Party is stronger than it's ever been. We have a bigger, stronger party than we've ever had. We have more members of the Republican Party than we've ever had."
4. Wide of crowd listening to Rep. Mike Johnson
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, House Speaker:
"The turnout is so important. Special elections are an odd thing, and people take for granted when you're in a deep-red district like this in a deep-red state like Tennessee that the Republican will just win automatically. Nothing is automatic. The Democrats are spending millions of dollars here. They're bringing in all their heavy hitters because they think they can flip the seat from red to blue. That is not going to happen. Matt Van Epps is the candidate, the best to represent Tennessee and Nashville in Washington, D.C."
6. Wide of people applauding for Matt Van Epps
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Cheryl Brown, Tennessee resident:
"Matt Van Epps is a strong conservative. And that's what we believe in again as a conservative Republican Party. We believe in God and country. And Matt Van Epps stands for what we believe in and what we believe in as our state, you know, and also for District 7. So we appreciate a man of integrity like Matt Van Epps."
8. Wide of people standing among lines of classic cars
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Matt Van Epps, (R) congressional candidate:
"Well, I'm super excited the momentum that we have to have the endorsement of the president. And we're going to win decisively tomorrow when everyone gets out to vote. And that's what we're trying to do. This is about America first. As the speaker said, the margins in Congress are so narrow, and this is about the direction we want to move our country. And we want to move it in the America-first direction. That's what we're going to do."

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Clarksville, Tennessee - 1 December 2025
10. Wide of Aftyn Behn listening to supporters
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Aftyn Behn, (D) congressional cadidate:
"The race is so important for a host of reasons. One is that I think voters are feeling that this Washington Republican economic agenda has not delivered. And that we have a Republican trifecta at the state level, the Republicans trifecta at the federal level. And groceries aren't cheaper, utilities aren't cheaper, rent isn't cheaper. And so what is the option? It's a candidate who's been fighting for affordability for the past decade."
12. Wide of Aftyn Behn listening to supporters
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Jalen Smalls, Tennessee resident, on his support for Aftyn Behn:
14. Wide of Aftyn Behn talking to supporters
15. Tight on a sign supporting Aftyn Behn
STORYLINE:
President Donald Trump and top Republicans are making a last-ditch push to prevent embarrassment in a hotly contested Tennessee special election for Congress. Democrats, meanwhile, enlisted former Vice President Al Gore and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to back their candidate with a virtual rally Monday.













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