Van Epps defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn, NBC News projects, after an expensive campaign to replace former Rep. Mark Green.

Van Epps, a combat veteran and former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of General Services, topped Behn, a ...

Republican Matt Van Epps has won a special election in Tennessee for a seat in the U.S. House. Van Epps was backed by ...

Republican Matt Van Epps has won the special US House election for Tennessee’s 7th District, preventing an upset but ...

Republican Matt Van Epps is the projected winner of the closely watched special election for Tennessee's U.S. House seat, ...

Van Epps secured the endorsement of President Donald Trump and scraped by with a win despite holding only a 2-point lead ...

Republican candidate Matt Van Epps is on track to defeat Democrat Aftyn Behn in a special election for Tennessee's 7th ...

Republican Matt Van Epps has won the special election for Tennessee’s 7th District, keeping the deep-red seat in party hands.

Aftyn Behn had raised Democrats’ hopes for an upset in the conservative stronghold after late polling showed the state ...

Matt Van Epps fended off a Democrat to protect Republicans’ slim House majority, but the relatively close margin in a red district sent the party a warning shot before the 2026 midterms.

Van Epps' 9 point victory margin was significantly narrower than the 21 point margin by which the GOP won the House seat in last year's election in the deep-red district.