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Tenn. Special Election 2025: Live Updates

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After months of political advertisements and campaign signs throughout Middle Tennessee, all attention turns to what political observers are calling a surprisingly competitive race in a historically Republican district.

A specially-called election will take place Tuesday in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District, where Republican Matt Van Epps, Democrat Aftyn Behn and several independent candidates are competing to replace former Rep. Mark Green in Congress.

If you're unsure if you live in the 7th Congressional District, you can type your address into this website and it will tell you which Congressional district you live in.

POLL OPENING AND CLOSING TIMES:
All polls close at 7:00 p.m. Central.
Eligible voters in line by the time the polls close will be able to vote.

WHO CAN VOTE IN DISTRICT 7:

A WORD FROM AFTYN BEHN'S TEAM LESS THAN 3 HOURS BEFORE POLLS CLOSE:

A WORD FROM MATT VAN EPP'S TEAM 3 HOURS BEFORE POLLS CLOSE:

MONTGOMERY CO. CHECK-IN

DISTRICT 7 CONFUSION

WILLIAMSON CO. CHECK-IN

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Students help relaunch donation drive for Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

Young or old, we all love to play board and card games! Those games become even more important when you are indoors and don't have the ability to get outside, like patients in a hospital. Austin Pollack shares the story of students in a Nashville family who have helped re-launch the Red Wagon project to collect games for patients at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.

- Lelan Statom