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Overview
Current roleState Representative
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
Age36 years old (Nov 24, 1989)
GenderFemale
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LocationTennessee
BackgroundPolitician
EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin (B.A., Psychology Honors)
Notable personal detailsAftyn Alyssa Behn is a Democratic politician and licensed social worker who has represented Tennessee House District 51 (Nashville, part of Davidson County) since October 4, 2023. She previously worked as a community/healthcare organizer, including with the Tennessee Justice Center, and has been active in advocacy work in Tennessee politics. In 2025, she was the Democratic nominee in the special election for Tennessee's 7th congressional district.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Opposes regressive taxes such as Tennessee’s grocery sales tax and frames economic policy as opposing tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations while focusing on affordability for working families. Advocates rolling back policies she describes as giving special tax treatment to the rich and supporting measures to reduce costs for constituents (wages, healthcare, grocery costs).
Healthcare
Supports preserving and strengthening the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid, protecting federal programs that expand access to care, and making health care more affordable for rural communities and families.
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Immigration & Border
Supports protections for immigrants and has criticized aggressive immigration enforcement actions while highlighting work with refugees and displaced persons. Has publicly intervened to monitor and oppose ICE enforcement activities in her district. Positions emphasize humanitarian concerns alongside constituent advocacy rather than detailed federal enforcement prescriptions.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports protecting and expanding reproductive freedom, including defending abortion access and opposing laws that criminalize or restrict abortion and related information. Sponsored legislation to enshrine access to birth control and reproductive healthcare and challenged Tennessee’s "abortion trafficking" restrictions in court.
Climate & Energy
Supports climate-smart infrastructure investment and clean energy jobs while emphasizing infrastructure improvements (roads, broadband) and rural investment. Advocates for policies that promote clean energy and climate-resilient infrastructure rather than explicitly endorsing fossil-fuel expansion or climate denial.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports red flag (extreme risk) laws, mandatory background checks for all firearm purchases, and a law requiring secure storage of firearms in vehicles to reduce theft and gun violence.
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