Tennessee, Republicans and special election
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Republican Matt Van Epps won a special election on Tuesday to represent Tennessee's 7th Congressional District.
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There was yet another sign this week of a potential 2026 wave that could hand control of the House of Representatives to Democrats.
The judges wrote that plaintiffs failed to prove lawmakers drew maps "with the discriminatory purpose of minimizing or canceling out the voting potential of Black North Carolinians."
Tennessee’s Seventh District was created to be safely Republican, but in recent special elections across the country Democrats have done significantly better than they did in 2024.