Republican Matt Van Epps will fill Tennessee’s open 7th District Congressional seat, in the last showdown election of 2025.
Republican Matt Van Epps has won a special election in Tennessee for a seat in the U.S. House. Van Epps was backed by President Donald Trump.
Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District special election will be held on Dec. 2. Here's what to know and how to keep up with results.
Tennessee's special election in District 7 to replace U.S. Rep. Mark Green has elected a winner, but not quite how Republicans imagined.
Republican Matt Van Epps won the Tennessee 7th Congressional special election, but Aftyn Behn's overperformance has Democrats celebrating, too, and sets up an affordability focus in the 2026 midterms.
Voters in Tennessee elected Republican Matt Van Epps to fill a vacant U.S. House of Representatives seat, U.S. media outlets projected on Tuesday, padding the narrow lead by President Donald Trump's party in the chamber heading into next year's midterm elections.
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Democrats see Tennessee special election as sign of expanding 2026 map
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Tennessee election revives Democrats’ intraparty feud
Democrats just lost an election by 9 points. Why are they celebrating?
The race was a bellwether for 2026, and Democrats hailed the result. They had turned a safe seat into a competitive one, suggesting a wide-open battlefield next year, when not only the House but the U.
Their winning margin has been much-reduced, after a contest that was seen as a test of Donald Trump's popularity.
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Tennessee special election shows the power of partisan gerrymandering as Trump pushes for more of it
As states wage a mid-decade redistricting battle initiated by President Donald Trump, Tennessee’s special election illustrates the power of manipulative mapmaking and provides a window into what lies ahead in the states that are rushing to redraw their congressional maps for next year’s midterm elections.
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