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2026 candidates we're tracking in TN-7
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Matt Van Epps
Republican
Incumbent
Matt Van Epps is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, a former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of General Services and Army helicopter pilot who won the 2025 special election to succeed Mark Green, per his official House biography. He wa…
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Darden Copeland
Democratic
Darden Copeland, of Nashville, is a businessman who founded and leads the public affairs firm Calvert Street Group after an earlier career as a campaign strategist, per his campaign site and the Tennessee Lookout. The Democratic nominee for November 3, he won …
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Andrew J. Koontz
Independent
Andrew J. Koontz, of Portland, is an independent candidate on the certified 2026 candidate list for this district. Independent candidates skip Tennessee's primary and appear on the November 3 ballot, per the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate l…
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Lowell Reynolds
Independent
Lowell Reynolds, of Nashville, is an independent candidate on the certified 2026 candidate list for this district. Independent candidates skip Tennessee's primary and appear on the November 3 ballot, per the Tennessee Secretary of State's certified candidate l…
About this race
Tennessee's 7th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Tennessee primary is Thursday, August 6, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.