Voters Head to Polls for Tennessee’s Special Election Today

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Voters will brave a wintry mix of weather to submit their ballot in the high-stakes special election for Tennessee’s Seventh Congressional District on Dec. 2.
Republican Matt Van Epps, Democrat Aftyn Behn, and four independent candidates are seeking to succeed Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), who resigned in June after accepting a private-sector job.
The four independent candidates are vessel captain Teresa “Terri” Christie, combat pilot Jon Thorp, small business owner Bobby Dodge, and pastor Robert James Sutherby.
“There’s going to be a little bit of snow, that’s nothing for Montgomery County,” Epps said at his rally in Clarksville on Dec. 1….