Tennesse 7th Race 'Much Ado About Nothing' - Or maybe 'Much Ado About Nothing... Much'

AMERICAN REFUGEES: THE ROGER SIMON/SHERYL LONGIN SUBSTACK ^ | 3 Dec, 2025 | Roger Simon

[Dan in Wichita]

You forgot to mention the district was redrawn after the 2020 census to make it considerably less red, while helping Republicans in other districts. 2022 was the first election following the redistricting.

[MtnClimber]

Yes, the margin, while good enough, shows a troubling trend, especially with such a bad democRAT opponent. On another thread people are calling me a commie, RINO, thumb sucker for being concerned about what this means for 2026.

[Verginius Rufus]

There are more than 5 other counties in the district besides Davidson County--I've heard 14 mentioned.

I have no idea what p/p[ givyf means.

[plain talk]

Thanks for the info. I am sure there’s lots I do not know about that district.

[ckilmer]

From the rassmussen reports I’m seeing younger tha 40 republicans also want a strong central government

[ckilmer]

Compare 9% to trumps 22% last year. The pattern is the same as no and pa in early Nov. far fewer people show up to vote for republicans when Trump is nor on the ballot

[central_va]

Are you one?

[ckilmer]

Dominion is now owned by a tepublican

[yuleeyahoo]

This year, like most off year elections; the Ds outspent the Rs by almost 2 to 1. They do this to control the narrative. From where I sit, there is no large groundswell for a change in direction unlike in 2024.

However, there is still ample time for the Rs to screw this up.

[CraigEsq]

Virginia just elected a D as AG who fantasized about being a mass murderer.

[Frank Drebin]

"They only won the Super Bowl by one point, what a terrible game for the winners."

[Impala64ssa]

We’d better start realizing that these days, all politics is national
Yes. All politics WAS local.

[ProgressingAmerica]

"To Republicans, if a candidate sucks, they won’t show up."

I don't think there is much evidence of this across the board. I wish there was. I truly wish we would start doing this.

If this idea were true Republican leadership in the majority of states would be dropping like flies every single election, CryptKeeper Mitch McConnell wouldn't have been in the senate for 1000 years(and he's still there!!!) betraying conservatives and Lindsey Graham would be announcing he isn't seeking another term along with his fellow retiring senator John Cornyn. Most local races where this does happen are exceptions to the rule and nothing more.

The truth is (and I hate it) most Republican voters practice the soft bigotry of low expectations and will vote for any republican, any time, no matter how liberal the republican candidate is because "any republican is better than any Democrat". And this has been true for the entirety of my adult life. The only time in my living memory where a high profile race happened where GOP voters announced they would not vote(and carried through) was when republican voters refused to vote for Mitt Romney. And guess what? All of those voters who would have been Romney voters but refused had to go into hiding! It was controversial! It was not celebrated. If what you say is true, the GOP voters who sat at home instead of voting for Romney would've been celebrated.

The most liberal republicans are like cockroaches, you can't get rid of them. Out of 50 senators we have like 3 conservatives and out of 220 congressmen we have like 25 conservatives. Do you disagree with any of this evidence?

[dfwgator]

I don’t think there is much evidence of this across the board. I wish there was. I truly wish we would start doing this.

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Then you’ll wake up in a Democrat-Run Police State. That’s just the way it is. It’s a case of “Name Your Poison”.