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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The results from the hotly contested special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District are in, handing a decisive victory to Republicans. But both Republicans and Democrats are drawing political ammunition from the outcome.

President Donald Trump proclaimed it was a “great night for the Republican Party!!!” after GOP nominee Matt Van Epps defeated Democratic rival Aftyn Behn in the high-stakes race to succeed former GOP Rep. Mark Green, who resigned from office in June to take a private sector job.

But Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin, pointing to Van Epps roughly 9-point margin in a solidly-red district Trump carried by 22-points a year ago, argued that “Democrats are on offense and Republicans

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