The Final Countdown In District Seven
Good afternoon, everyone. Final thoughts from Matt Van Epps and Aftyn Behn with T-minus 4 hours until the polls close in the D-7 race... Nashville sues the Trump administration over federal funding cuts... No Metro Council tonight... And much more!
Today's Election Day! The special election to replace Mark Green in U.S. Congressional District 7 is today! Find your election day voting location here.
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Final Thoughts From Matt Van Epps and Aftyn Behn
From Megan Podsiedlik
On the ground: While driving by a Clarksville voting location at St. Bethlehem Christian Church on Dunbar Cave Rd, campaign supporters holding signs for Democrat nominee Aftyn Behn were seen shouting at Matt Van Epps campaign volunteers. Though Behn’s cohort were actively instigating Van Epps sign holders, those in support of the Republican nominee did not engage in the shouting match.
Final Words From Behn: Aftyn Behn wants you to “stay tuned for another world.” The Democratic nominee stayed in alignment with her previous statements expounding upon how she hates “all of the things that make Nashville, apparently, an ‘it’ city to the rest of the country.” In an email sent out this morning, Behn stated that, if elected, she hopes to change Tennessee. “This campaign has been about so much, but most importantly, to me, it’s been a vehicle to radically reimagine what’s possible,” she posted on Substack.
While canvassing in Clarksville yesterday, Behn claimed that Matt Van Epps was hiding “behind the big pearly gates of a Williamson County mega mansion, meeting with the puppet masters and power brokers of the universe.”
Final Words From Van Epps: Matt Van Epps has been popping up at different voting locations this morning with a “get out the vote” message to his supporters. “Your vote could be the one that makes all the difference,” said Van Epps in a live video shot at a Williamson County polling location in West Haven. “So please come stand with us. Get out and vote, and we're going to bring this home decisively today. Thank you all so much, everybody.”
Join Us On December 10th for an evening with writer Aaron Renn. Renn's recent book, Life in the Negative World, talks about being a Christian in a culture hostile to Christianity.
At our event, he will discuss this in addition to the crisis of civic leadership plaguing cities like Nashville. Aaron runs a very popular Substack, has written for The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic and was recently profiled in the New York Times. Currently, he's a Senior Fellow at American Reformer.
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HEADLINES
- 🚫 No Metro Council meeting tonight. The council will convene on Thursday, December 4, for their first meeting of the month due to today’s special election. (Metro Nashville)
- ⚖️ Nashville joins a lawsuit challenging federal funding cuts that affect homeless services. (Complaint)
- 🚦 Routine traffic stop in Mt. Juliet leads to the arrest of a wanted fugitive with multiple charges. (Fox 17)
- ✌🏻 Metro Council Director and Special Counsel Margaret Darby will step down from her position at the end of the month. (Banner)
- 🎒 Nashville schools closed today, not for weather, but for the special election in TN-7. Due the the state-mandated closures, MNPS will have a reduction in bad-weather make-up days. (Helm)
LOCAL FLAIR
- 🪧 “Will kidnap your ex for $5” — Written on a sign held by a homeless man standing on the corner of the White Bridge Pike overpass.
DEVELOPMENT
- Atlanta developer will seek rezoning to allow for 13-floor, 164-room hotel in Midtown (Post)
- Surcheros Fresh Mex to open third Tennessee restaurant in Mt. Juliet (Tennessean)
- Elmington pays $68M for East Nashville apartment building (Post)
THINGS TO DO
View our calendar for the week here.
📅 Visit our On The Radar list to find upcoming events around Nashville.
🎧 On Spotify: Pamphleteer's Picks, a playlist of our favorite bands in town this week.
👨🏻🌾 Check out our Nashville farmer's market guide.
TONIGHT
🎄 Little Big Town: The Christmas Shows @ Ryman Auditorium, 7p, $75+, Info
🎸 Country Vs. Cancer @ The Pinnacle, 7p, $75+, Info
+ feat. HARDY, Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, McCoy Moore & Lanie Gardner
🎸 No More Tears : A Tribute to Celebrate The Legacy Ozzy Osborne @ 3rd and Lindsley, 7p, $18.33, Info
+ feat. Jason Fowler, Anthony Morra, Jonathan Von Boehm, Michael Simmons, Jonathan Crone, Tyson Leslie & Surprise Special Guests!
🎸 Honky Tonk Tuesday @ Eastside Bowl, 8p, $10, Info
+ two-step lessons @ 7p, The Cowpokes @ 8p
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