Matt Van Epps was backed by more than $1 million from MAGA Inc.

President Donald Trump and Republicans are hoping to recover from recent losses as Tennessee voters choose a representative for the conservative 7th Congressional District on Tuesday

Republican Matt Van Epps won a special election on Tuesday to represent Tennessee's 7th Congressional District.

Republican candidate Matt Van Epps won the District 7 seat on Tuesday, Dec. 2. The 34-year-old combat veteran and former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of General Services, overtook Aftyn Behn, a progressive Democratic state representative, by single digits, USA TODAY reported.

Voters in central Tennessee went to the polls for a special election that's considered a bellwether for which party controls the U.S. House in next year's midterms.

Republican candidate Matt Van Epps’s victory in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District special election prompted celebrations from his Republican colleagues in his state, Congress, and the White House.

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