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FRANKLIN, Tenn. – The Republican congressional nominee in a special election for a hotly contested GOP-controlled vacant U.S. House seat in ruby-red Tennessee says he’s getting “incredible reports back all across the district.”

Matt Van Epps touted “great turnout for us” as he spoke with Fox News Digital Tuesday morning after greeting supporters outside a polling station. “We were up in early voting, and we’re just going to keep pressing forward to win today.”

Van Epps is facing off against Democratic nominee Aftyn Behn in the race to succeed former GOP Rep. Mark Green, who resigned from office in June to take a private sector job.

With the GOP clinging to a razor-thin majority in the House, the election is seen as a must-win for Republicans.

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