Thanks to Trump, cakewalk US House election in Tennessee turns into something of a nailbiter

 

GOP margin of victory in the Tennessee 7th drops from 42.6 percentage points in 2020 general election to 8.7 percentage points in 2025 special election.

Darn tootin' the party has a problem with its base.

Election results:  Ballotpedia

Headline:  Washington Post, 12/3/2025

Paul Kane reports:

Republicans face a dire predicament heading into the midterm year with independent voters breaking away from President Donald Trump and a conservative base losing faith in the GOP majorities on Capitol Hill. 

That point was driven home by the surprisingly difficult effort it took to eke out a win Tuesday in a conservative district in Tennessee. 

Republicans had to spend several million dollars to retain the seat, by about 9 percentage points, after both Trump and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R) won the district by 22 percentage points last year.  [emphasis added]

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