Van Epps, a combat veteran and former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of General Services, topped Behn, a progressive Democratic state representative, by single digits in a district that Trump won by 22 points in last year's presidential election.

Decision Desk HQ projects Republican Matt Van Epps has won Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District against Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn.

A new Gallup poll released on Friday found Trump’s approval rating dropping to just 36 percent—the lowest mark he’s recorded in Gallup’s polls in his second term.