State Representative Jody Barrett (R-Dickson) said during his Tuesday concession speech that he "didn't really want to win" the Republican primary contest to select the party's nominee for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District. He had just lost the election to Matt Van Epps, the veteran and former state official who, last Friday, was endorsed by President Donald Trump.

Though conceding the race to Van Epps following his landslide victory, securing about 52 percent of the vote compared to the 25 percent of the Republican electorate who voted for Barrett, the Dickson County Republican did not endorse his former opponent.

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