Former Army helicopter pilot Matt Van Epps bucked the recent trend of right-wing electoral disasters on Tuesday, defeating Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn in the special House election for my district, Tennessee ‘s 7th Congressional District, after Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) announced his resignation this summer.

Amid the bizarre pattern of nationalizing local politics, middle Tennessee found itself the latest center of attention on the national political stage. Outside of bachelorette parties, country music, and having one of the worst NFL teams in the league, Nashville is not used to that kind of scrutiny.

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