Today’s notice: What to know about TN-07. There’s not much to know about the state of ACA subsidy talks. An update to our Relaxium investigation. And: Truly, no one is betting on a health care deal.
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Tennesseein’ is Tennebelievin’. “It’s a big vote. It’s going to show something. It’s got to show that the Republican Party is stronger than it’s ever been,” Donald Trump told voters in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District last night, his voice coming through Mike Johnson’s cell phone at a rally for GOP nominee Matt Van Epps.
It would be close to a “pigs fly” moment if Van Epps loses this. But public polling has shown a close race, and Johnson’s appearance on election eve shows Republicans are taking those numbers seriously. But not, you know, crazy seriously — Trump called in, he didn’t visit.
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Privately, Democrats don’t want a special election in this extremely red district to be any kind of litmus test for the midterms. But they can read numbers, too, and they are also buying plane tickets to stump for their nominee, state Rep. Aftyn Behn. If Behn wins, she will be famous. If she overperforms by a lot, various precincts shifting blue will be famous.