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Aftyn Behn

Democrat Not on the November ballot

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Not on the November ballot

Behn is not on the November ballot for this seat. Matt Van Epps and Darden Copeland are.

Matt Van EppsRepublican · $2.3MDarden CopelandDemocrat · $869K

A primary result is a filed fact about a contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Behn's campaign finance and record below are still their own record, and their committee may still be filing.

The whole race

How to vote in Tennessee

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 30 days before the election.

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People
791K
Median household income
$76K
Unemployment
4.2%
Living below the poverty line
12.5%
Without health insurance
9.2%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

Spending to support them

$860K
  • HMP$207K
  • The Equity Alliance Fund Action PAC$168K
  • Tennessee Rise PAC$144K
  • Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition Votes Action PAC$89K
  • Working Families Party PAC$70K

The top 5 committees of the $860K filed in this direction.

Spending to oppose them

$1.9M
  • Maga$846K
  • Conservatives for American Excellence$767K
  • Club for Growth Action$307K
    Anti-tax, free-market conservative
How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.

Campaign money

Behn has no campaign finance on file yet.

Committees report quarterly; an empty filing is not a statement about the candidate.

Record in office

Behn has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.

That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.

What the campaign says, on aftynforcongress.com

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Wikimedia Commons, see Commons. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.