President Donald Trump has reacted after Tennessee Republican Matt Van Epps defeated state Rep. Aftyn Behn, the Democrat, in the reliably conservative 7th U.S. House Congressional District.

The president posted on Truth Social, "Congratulations to Matt Van Epps on his BIG Congressional WIN in the Great State of Tennessee. The Radical Left Democrats threw everything at him, including Millions of Dollars. Another great night for the Republican Party!!! President DJT"

Why It Matters

The 7th District is one of three seats redrawn in 2022 to dilute the political influence of Nashville, the state’s largest and heavily Democratic city. Only about one-fifth of the district’s registered voters live in Nashville, and last year it backed former Rep. Mark Green, who resigned this summer, by 21 pe

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