Republican Matt Van Epps won a special election on Tuesday to represent Tennessee's 7th Congressional District.
In a victory speech to supporters on Tuesday night, Matt Van Epps praised President Donald Trump, saying his endorsement "made all the difference." ABC News' Alex Presha reports.
Trump confidently carried Iowa Senate District 35 by about 21 points in 2024. In January, Democrat Mike Zimmer flipped the seat, winning by roughly 4 points over Republican Katie Whittington. The result was about a 25-point overperformance by Democrats compared with Trump’s margin a year earlier.
At a Franklin rally on Dec. 1, President Donald Trump weighed in ahead of the highly competitive 7th district race. Here's what he said.
Trump claimed the results of Tuesday’s race would show the GOP "is stronger than it’s ever been" while Democrats anticipated a monumental upset.
Democrat Aftyn Behn seeks upset in Tennessee special election that could threaten fragile GOP House majority ahead of 2026 midterms in deep-red district.
Trump claims efforts in Honduras to "change the results" of an election in which he's backed the party of an ex-president convicted of trafficking cocaine to the U.S.