A Special Election will be held on December 2, 2025 to replace Mark Green in TN-07. Democrats Work For America is proud to endorse Aftyn Behn to flip this seat!
Aftyn Behn currently serves in the Tennessee House of Representatives for District 51, having assumed office on October 4, 2023.
Aftyn holds a B.A. in psychology with honors and a Master of Social Work (Administration & Policy Practice) from the University of Texas at Austin. Before entering elected office, Behn worked as a licensed social worker and community organizer. Among her roles were campaign director for RuralOrganizing.org and advocate for marginalized communities in Tennessee.
Core Issues
Affordability & Working Families
- Cut Tennessee’s grocery tax and lower costs of living
- Strengthen economic fairness: make corporations pay their share
- Support small businesses and rural economic development
- Expand access to affordable health care and rural hospitals
- Protect and restore reproductive freedom nationwide
- Defend Tennesseans’ right to make personal health decisions
- Invest in public education, not privatization
- Pay, protect, and respect caregivers and educators
- Expand early childhood care and workforce pathways
- Uphold LGBTQIA rights and gender-affirming care access
- Safeguard voting rights and local self-governance
- Build a multiracial, grassroots democracy from the ground up
- Support climate-smart infrastructure and clean energy jobs
- Fix roads and invest in rural broadband and public utilities
We're counting on grassroots supporters like you to power Aftyn Behn to victory!
If you think things are going well, I’m not your candidate.
- Aftyn Behn