Matt Van Epps (Republican), Darden Copeland (Democrat), Andrew Koontz (Independent) and Lowell Reynolds (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Tennessee District 7, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Tennessee Division of Elections.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Andrew Koontz (Independent) and Lowell Reynolds (Independent).
Official candidate list: Tennessee Division of Elections; The Division of Elections page that links both lists. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Matt Van Epps
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2025 · Age 43
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Tennessee
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
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How they won the primary
The primary · 41,763 votes
- Darden Copeland Won: 39.9% 16,646
- Vincent Dixie: 27.3% 11,387
- Saletta Holloway: 23.9% 9,985
- Joshua Warren Sales: 9.0% 3,745
The primary · 60,043 votes
- Matt Van Epps Won: Unopposed 60,043
Primary results as recorded October 11, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Tennessee Secretary of State statewide precinct results workbook. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $4.2M
- Outside money
- $7M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $2.9M of the race's $7M was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other 2 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
10 filed- Aftyn BehnDemocrat-
- Vincent DixieDemocrat$250K
- Mark GreenRepublican$270K
- Saletta HollowayDemocrat$91K
- Jason KnightRepublican$46K
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
The district
Census context- People
- 791K
- Median household income
- $76K
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
- Living below the poverty line
- 12.5%
- Without health insurance
- 9.2%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.
How this seat voted last time
R+9 in 2025
- Matt Van Epps Won: 53.9%
- Aftyn Behn: 45.1%
180,012 votes for candidates. It was a special election for the rest of the term, held December 2, 2025. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 1.0%. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Official returns from the Tennessee Secretary of State.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between February 4, 2026 and October 8, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.