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For the very first time considering that losing the 2024 governmental election, Previous Vice President Kamala Harris went back to the project path on Tuesday, this time in a surprise look with Democratic congressional prospect Aftyn Behn.
Fox News verified that Harris headlined a canvassing kickoff occasion for the Tennessee state agent after checking out Fisk University, a traditionally Black college, and before hosting a book trip occasion for her narrative “107 Days” at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
Tuesday’s canvass kickoff marked the very first time Harris has actually campaigned for a prospect considering that losing the White Home to President Donald Trump a year earlier, and her look comes as Democrats are stimulated from their gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey previously this month. While a Democrat hasn’t won in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District in years, Democrats have actually been all in for the ruby-red district.
” Kamala Harris need to’ve fallen out of the coconut tree if she believes the AOC of Tennessee stands an opportunity. This is Trump nation and Republican politicians will win Dec. 2,” Republican Politician National Committee Spokesperson Delanie Bomar informed Fox News Digital in a declaration.
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Previous Vice President Kamala Harris goes to a Yes on Proposal 50 rally at the Los Angeles Convention Center Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. ( Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times through Getty Images)
The previous vice president informed the crowd at Nashville’s Hadley Park, “Why am I in Tennessee? Since I understand the power remains in the South,” according to The New york city Times.
The outlet kept in mind that Harris did not point out Behn by name however prompted the crowd to go out the vote.
Harris initially went back to the project path previously this month for a rally supporting her home state’s redistricting efforts. California Gov. Gavin Newsom purchased an unique election this year to level the playing field versus Trump-backed efforts to redraw congressional maps in Texas and throughout the U.S. ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. “Prop 50” handed down Election Day, handing Democrats approximately 5 most likely blue congressional districts.
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Previous Democratic National Committee vice chair and progressive firebrand David Hogg likewise campaigned in Nashville last weekend for Behn, the increasing liberal star called the “AOC of Tennessee.”
U.S. 7th Congressional District prospect Aftyn Behn speaks throughout a political online forum Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Dickson, Tennessee. ( AP Photo/George Walker IV)
” Hey, young Democrats, I am extremely thrilled to be here supporting Aftyn in her run for Congress,” Hogg stated in an Instagram video while flanked by 2 young Democrats. “This seat is incredibly, incredibly youth-centric. If youths end up and vote here, we can turn this seat and send out a clear message to Donald Trump and Republicans throughout the nation that we are finished with their bulls– and the rest of the nation is.“
On Saturday, Hogg signed up with Behn in Nashville for a “Young Gets It Done” rally and canvass launch at the City Court House Public Square, motivating young citizens to go out and support Behn.
According to her project site, Behn is a “p —— off social employee” who chose to run for Congress after Republicans passed the One Huge Stunning Costs Act previously this year– a megabill that consisted of tax cuts and Medicaid reform.
Behn explained the expense as “a free gift to the rich that codified the biggest transfer of wealth from working individuals to the abundant in American history.”
She is a state agent in the Tennessee Home and a long time neighborhood organizer and activist. Like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., the fellow millennial is active on social networks. She likewise authors a Substack page that is connected to the “Problems” tab on her project site.
Gov. Costs Lee, R-Tenn, (right) backed Matt Van Epps to represent Tennessee’s seventh congressional district. ( Matt Van Epps Project)
DNC Chair Ken Martin likewise campaigned in Tennessee for Behn recently as early ballot started throughout the state, highlighting her program to decrease “health care and grocery expenses, vote to launch the Epstein files, and withstand Trump and his acolytes like Van Epps.”
Behn is contending to change previous Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., in Congress. A Democrat hasn’t been chosen to represent Tennessee’s 7th District in the U.S. Legislature in years.
Republican Matt Van Epps, a previous commissioner of the Tennessee Department of General Solutions who has actually worked for numerous state firms, beat an 11-candidate field to protect the Republican election last month.
While Behn has the assistance of both the Democratic facility and its progressive wing, Van Epps has actually protected recommendations from President Donald Trump, Republican Politician Gov. Costs Lee and Green, who retired from Congress after the “huge, gorgeous expense” passed this year.
Previous Vice President Kamala Harris launched a book, “107 Days,” on Sept. 23, 2025, stating her time on the extraordinary 2024 project path after then-President Biden left of the race. ( Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post through Getty Images)
Trump held a tele-rally for Van Epps recently in the district the president won by approximately 22 points in 2015. Tennessee’s 7th District consists of parts of Nashville and its big rural and rural surrounding locations.
The leading outdoors political group that supported Trump’s effective 2024 run, MAGA Inc., likewise released advertisements to support Van Epps on Wednesday, Fox News Digital was the very first to report.
The advertisements, which MAGA Inc. states will work on broadcast television and digital and are backed by a seven-figure buy that likewise consists of financial investments in get-out-the-vote efforts, are the very first by the group considering that in 2015’s governmental election.
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On The Other Hand, the RNC has personnel on the ground in Tennessee and is making a six-figure financial investment into the race, according to a representative.
Fox News Digital connected to Harris’ workplace for a reaction to the RNC’s remark however did not instantly hear back.
Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser and Fox News’ Patrick Ward added to this report.
Source: Fox News.
