Republican Matt Van Epps won Tuesday night’s special election in Tennessee ‘s 7th Congressional District, beating Democrat Aftyn Behn by a larger margin than last-minute polling showed. However, there were still significant Democratic gains in the district.

The outcome of the special election was thrown up in the air last week when an election tracker and a new poll suggested the race would have been tighter. Inside Elections shifted its rating for the district from “safe Republican” to “lean Republican” in response to a poll conducted by Emerson College and the Hill that showed 48% of voters supporting Van Epps and 46% supporting Behn.

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