2025 Tennessee's 7th congressional district special election

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2025 Tennessee's 7th congressional district special election
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  2024 December 2, 2025 2026  

Tennessee's 7th congressional district
 
Party Republican Democratic

U.S. Representative before election

Mark Green
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

TBD

A special election to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 7th congressional district will be held following the resignation of Republican Mark Green on July 20, 2025, to take a private sector job. [1] Green resigned after the House voted again to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. [2] [3] It is considered a safely Republican district. Republican Secretary of State Tre Hargett announced that the primary election will take place on October 7, 2025, with the general election on December 2, 2025. [4] The candidate filing deadline was August 12, 2025, and the withdrawal deadline was August 15, 2025.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Jody Barrett
Organizations
Gino Bulso
State legislators
Lee Reeves
State legislators
Local officials
Matt Van Epps
U.S. representatives
Local officials

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Matthew Van Epps (R)$112,020$5,852$106,168
Source: Federal Election Commission [22]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Jody
Barrett
Gino
Bulso
Lee
Reeves
Matt
Van Epps
OtherUndecided
Spry Strategies [23] [A] August 19–23, 2025500 (LV)± 4.4%10%9%8%7%8% [b] 58%

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jody Barrett
Republican Gino Bulso
Republican Stuart Cooper
Republican Adolph Dagan
Republican Mason Foley
Republican Jason Knight
Republican Joe Leurs
Republican Stewart Parks
Republican Lee Reeves
Republican Matt Van Epps
Republican Tres Wittum
Total votes100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Democratic Party Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Aftyn Behn
Democratic Darden Copeland
Democratic Vincent Dixie
Democratic Bo Mitchell
Total votes100.00%

Independents

Candidates

Declared

  • Terri Christie, boat captain [7]
  • Bobby Dodge [7]
  • Robert James Sutherby [7]
  • Jon Thorp, commercial helicopter pilot (previously ran as a Republican) [7]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [26] Likely RJuly 10, 2025

See also

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Knight with 3%; Wittum with 2%; Cooper, Dagan, and Parks with 1%; Foley and Leurs with 0%
Partisan clients
  1. This poll was sponsored by Americans for Prosperity Tennessee

References

  1. "Rep. Mark Green Retires from the U.S. House of Representatives". June 9, 2025. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  2. Masters, Hamilton Matthew (June 9, 2025). "Rep. Mark Green Announces Resignation". Nashville Scene . Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  3. Alexandra Koch, Chad Pergram (July 3, 2025). "Congressman's last day in office revealed after vote on Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill'". Fox News. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
  4. "Secretary of State Tre Hargett Provides Timeline for Seventh Congressional District Special Election". sos.tn.gov. Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 Rau, Nate (July 7, 2025). "Race to replace Rep. Mark Green gets crowded quickly". Axios . Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  6. Masters, Hamilton Matthew (July 28, 2025). "State Rep. Gino Bulso Launches 7th Congressional District Bid". Nashville Scene . Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Reeves, Cheri (August 12, 2025). "Candidates qualify for 7th Congressional District special election". Main Street Media of Tennessee. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  8. "Mason Foley - Previously held position: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (Jan. 2020-Jan. 2022), Legislative Correspondent - Biography | LegiStorm". www.legistorm.com. Retrieved August 16, 2025. Mason Foley Previously held position Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (Jan. 2020-Jan. 2022), Legislative Correspondent
  9. Smith, Chris (June 11, 2025). "Who's running so far to replace Congressman Mark Green: 3 Republican military veterans step up" . Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 Stockard, Sam (July 15, 2025). "Congressional candidates dropping, adding in Tennessee District 7 race". Tennessee Lookout. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  11. Nir, David (July 8, 2025). "Morning Digest: A senior House Democrat lands a primary challenger after health scares". The Downballot. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  12. Schelzig, Erik (June 10, 2025). "Van Epps announces bid for Green seat in Congress, steps down from Lee Cabinet". State Affairs. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  13. 1 2 Housler, Kaitlin (August 14, 2025). "Gino Bulso's Campaign for TN-7 Endorsed by State Rep. Jay Reedy". The Tennessee Star . Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  14. Smith, Chris (July 9, 2025). "2 more state legislators step up to run for Mark Green's seat in Congress" . Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  15. 1 2 Schelzig, Erik (July 14, 2025). "Green endorses Van Epps for 7th District seat, Maberry backs fellow state Rep. Reeves" . Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  16. Schelzig, Erik (August 13, 2025). "Six state representatives join 7th Congressional District race" . Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  17. Smith, Chris (June 18, 2025). "State Sen. Bill Powers decides not to run to replace Mark Green in Congress" . Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  18. Nir, David; Singer, Jeff (September 4, 2025). "Morning Digest: Suddenly, Maine has a three-way Senate primary" . Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  19. Reports, Herald (July 17, 2025). "All 7 mayors in Williamson County endorse Lee Reeves for Congress". Williamson Herald. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  20. "Mark Green endorses Matt Van Epps in Tennessee race". WXMI . Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  21. "Montgomery County Commissioner Michael Lankford Endorses Matt Van Epps for Congress". Clarksville Online. August 28, 2025. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  22. "2026 Election United States House - Tennessee 7th". Federal Election Commission . Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  23. McCall, J. Holly (August 26, 2025). "Poll shows dead heat between top four Republicans in Tennessee special congressional election". Tennessee Lookout . Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  24. 1 2 Stockard, Sam (June 12, 2025). "More candidates enter field to replace Green in Tennessee's 7th District". Tennessee Lookout . Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  25. Schmitt, Brad (July 9, 2025). "Ex-Nashville Mayor Megan Barry won't run for TN seat US Rep. Mark Green is vacating". The Tennessean . Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  26. Miles Coleman, J. (July 10, 2025). "Notes on the State of Politics: Nebraska Senate, Upcoming Special Elections". Sabato's Crystal Ball . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
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