How outlets cover Aftyn Behn · Dec 3, 2025
Matt Van Epps Defeats Aftyn Behn in Tennessee 7th District Special Election
So far two left-leaning outlets have covered this. No center or right-leaning outlet has picked it up yet.
Lead article · People's World · LEFTMAGA fearful after narrow GOP win in red Tennessee districtCommunity verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Behn in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Behn’s record.
Republican nominee Matt Van Epps defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn 54%-45% in a special election for Tennessee’s 7th District. Behn’s close loss and stronger-than-expected showing in rural counties drew attention as a test of the parties and of Donald Trump’s influence.
Outlets by lean
2 RATEDCompare by side
How outlets portrayed Behn, by side
2 ARTICLESEach article counts once, however many sites carried it. Sides are each outlet’s published lean. How portrayal is read
Left: 2 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Center: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral. Right: 0 favorable, 0 critical, 0 mixed, 0 neutral.
When each side covered it
DEC 3Articles per day by side. DEC 3: Left 2, Center 0, Right 0.
Legislation in this story
1 BILLOnly left-leaning outlets have covered this. We’ll alert you when a center or right-leaning outlet does.Only left-leaning outlets have covered this so far. We’ll alert you when a center or right-leaning outlet does.