Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. Behn, who won a crowded and closely divided Democratic primary with a plurality of the vote, has been a vocal and unapologetic leftist for much of her public life — enough so that members of her own party dubbed her “the AOC of Tennessee.” Strident positions and inflammatory rhetoric from the recent past garnered significant attention and headlined the GOP campaign against her. In other words, it’s home to a chunk of voters who might be open to backing a Democrat now that Trump is back in the White House and racking up a shaky job approval rating.
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Published at: 2025-12-03 23:03:19
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