Nashville, Tennessee- Nashville, Tennessee (AP) – Democratic polling cards and the republic do not lack the candidates Tennessee preliminary elections on Tuesday To replace a Member of the Republican Congress, who stepped aside This summer, including the person who won President Donald Trump last week.
The race is centered on the succession of former US MP Mark Green around one of three regions drawn by legislators from the Republican Party as a safe red in 2022 by The division of Nashville with left tendencies. The general elections that will be held on December 2 can be measured by the party’s popularity Trump’s aggressive agenda for his second termEspecially with Republican voters in the suburbs.
The Seventh Congress extends 14 provinces, on the border with Kentucky and Alabama. Its voters were elected Green by 21 points in 2024, and about 22 points in 2022. It includes parts of Nashville rural areas, rich suburbs and part of the Fort Campbell military facility.
With 11 Republicans in the polling, Matt van Eps drew attention when Trump supported him on Friday, a day after the end of early personal voting. This support prompted another prominent candidate, the deputy state, Lee Reeves, to announce the suspension of his campaign and support for Van Eps, a former public services commissioner in the administration of the Republican Party Ruler Bill Lee. The ruler and Green had already supported Van Eps. Trump praised Van Eps for his military service.
It is too late to remove the Reeves from the polling card.
The field includes other representatives of the Republican state, Jeno Polso, Judy Barrett. Polso is a Brentwood lawyer and was an explicit defender of socially conservative policies, including those targeting gay rights. Polso pumped nearly $ 700,000 of his own wealth in the race.
External groups spent more than $ 3.1 million, most of them for the Republican Party, with more than $ 1.1 million to opposition to Barrett.
The interests of choosing the school that Parit voted against it Expanding the school voucher at the state level made by the ruler They are behind many offensive ads against Barrett. Barrett, a lawyer from Dixon, said he opposed the “elite” in his party, and praised Tax credit to choose the school The initiative promoted by Trump. He received the support of the Freedom Fund in the House of Representatives.
These three have attracted the most interest, but they are not the only Republican candidates to get good financing. Masson Foley, a health care businessman and a former Senate employee for Kentucky, Mitch McConnell, loaned him $ 325,000. Stewart Parks, which Trump pardoned after entering the Capitol building during the January 6, 2021 rebellion, contributed about 300 thousand dollars to his campaign through contributions and loans.
The Republican Party’s nomination is also competing for the Montgomery County Commissioner Jason Knight; Adolf Agbiko Dagan, a businessman from Clarkville; The former legislative employee of the state, Tres Whitom; And the atmosphere of Luor, a retired secret investigator from the Nashville police. Stewart Cooper, Franklin’s businessman, also commented his election campaign and supported Van Eps after Trump’s support.
Meanwhile, the four Democratic candidates in the race attacked the legislation that Trump called “the big and beautiful bill”, as well as customs tariffs.
Representative Aftin Beyn is a social and societal organizer who focused on the reproductive rights of women, including as a prosecutor in a lawsuit against the Tennessee State Law, which prohibits assistant adults Minors get a miscarriage Without the permission of the parents. The judge stopped implementing this ruling.
Representative Vincent Dicksie, a businessman manufacturer, promoted his registration at work as the first black leader of a legislative gathering in the history of the state. “Washington was accumulating garbage for the working families,” he said in an electoral video from a garbage truck.
Representative Bou Mitchell, who works in the field of employee benefits, focused on accessing health care and roots in Dixon Province, a rural area of ​​the area.
Darden Koblland established the CALVERT Street Group and worked as a consultant in democratic campaigns. He took advantage of his presence in the private sector among a group of elected officials.