Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin will travel to Tennessee on Saturday to campaign for congressional candidate Aftyn Behn, who is running in a deep red district in a December special election — a sign of Democratic bullishness coming off of positive election results Tuesday.

The campaign trip, shared first with NBC News, comes ahead of the Dec. 2 special election to fill Tennessee's 7th Congressional District, which was left vacant after GOP Rep. Mark Green resigned earlier this year.

In an interview with NBC News, Martin said that Behn has “an excellent shot to win,” despite the district being solid red in the past. Last year , Green beat his Democratic challenger by more than 20 points, and President Donald Trump carried the district by a similar margin.

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