In Tennessee, Democrats hope a ‘coalition of the pissed off’ will flip a red district

With a platform focused on cost of living, Aftyn Behn wants to turn the US House seat blue for the first time since 1983

Republicans have controlled Tennessee's seventh congressional district for four decades. The party finished some 21 points ahead of the Democrats when the seat was last contested, alongside Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election last November.

Twelve months on, that lead has narrowed dramatically, according to opinion polls - and a challenger is attempting to build a coalition of the pissed off" to overturn it altogether.