More than a dozen people are running in the Tennessee primary special election on Oct. 7, including President Trump's preferred pick: Matt Van Epps.

Republican Matt Van Epps and Democratic State Rep. Aftyn Behn will face off in the Dec. 2 general election to decide who will see out the remainder of Green’s term in Tennessee’s 7 th Congressional District. Green stepped down in July.

Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner in Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s administration, has won a crowded Republican primary in the special election to replace a GOP congressman who left office this summer.

More than a dozen candidates are vying for the chance to represent Tennessee’s Seventh Congressional District, which cuts through part of Nashville. Read about the results ›

Matt Van Epps won the GOP primary for the Tennessee special election to fill the U.S. House seat left vacant by former Republican Rep. Mark Green.

More than a dozen candidates are competing for their parties’ nominations Tuesday to fill a vacant Tennessee congressional seat in the closely divided U.S. House.

Matt Van Epps won the Republican nomination for a December special election in the state’s Seventh Congressional District. State Representative Aftyn Behn won the Democratic primary.

Tuesday night's election had lots of drama, including a surprise upset that turned out to be nothing, a four way neck-and-neck race, and the emergence of Montgomery County as a pivotal battleground.

As the special House election for a deep-red congressional district in Tennessee approaches, one issue has shaped the race above all else: Donald Trump

A Tennessee special election to replace a Republican congressman who stepped aside this summer has attracted crowded primaries for both major parties

Tennessee Democrats picked Aftyn Behn as their nominee for a special congressional election in the Republican-leaning 7th District, with the general election set for December 2.