Trump -backed Van Eps wins the preliminary elections of the Republican Party in Tennessee
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President Donald Trump’s political force appeared in the Republican candidacy races completely on Tuesday, where the candidate who supported him last week won the crowded special and competitive special preliminary elections for a vacant seat in the Congress in Tennessee.
Matt van Eps, backed by Trump, former Commissioner for Public Services Department in Tennessee, has come at a list of 11 Republican candidates competing to occupy the seat in the seventh red congressional region in the state, according to the Associated Press.
Van Eps will now be the most fortunate candidate in the general elections scheduled for December 2 in the race to succeed former Republican MP Mark Green, who resigned from his position in June to take a job in the private sector.
Trump’s support for Van Eps in an area also included state deputies Judy Barrett, Jeno Polo and Levis, as a result of the initial battle, although the president’s support came after the early vote in the competition ended.
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President Donald Trump’s gestures while he was boarding the presidential plane with the first lady Melania Trump at the Norfolk Norvik Chamber Wildes in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday, October 5, 2025. (Alex Brandon / AP image)
The race between the main competitors of the Republican Party turned into a test of Trump’s loyalty, and with the president’s approval, Reeves suspended his campaign and support for Van Eps.
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Trump said in his statement: “He died knowing the wisdom and courage required to defend our country, support our army / the inventive of the amazing warriors, and ensure peace through power.”
Van Eps, who was supported by Green and Republican Governor Bill Lee, described Trump’s support as “an incredible honor.”
Republican candidate Matta Van Eps won the support of President Donald Trump last week, before the preparatory elections of the Republican Party on Tuesday in special elections in the seventh Congress region in Tennessee. (With the permission of Matt Van Eps)
On Monday night, on the eve of the preliminary elections, the President joined Van Eps in a massive gathering over the phone, which participated in hosting a conservative external group with political influence, “Growth Club”, which also supported Van Eps.
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Trump carried the area, which is located in the center and west of Tennessee and extends from Kentucky to Alabama, by about 20 points in the presidential elections last year.
Special elections are held in the seventh Congress region in Tennessee to fill the seat, which remained vacant after the resignation of Republican Mark Green from the US House of Representatives in June to take a job in the private sector. (C.
Van Eps, a preceded by the National Guard of the Tennessee State Army and a former army helicopter, was also supported by the prominent Republican Representative in Parliament Jim Jordan from Ohio.
But Barrett, who was described as “the representative of the most conservative state in the history of Tennessee,” obtained the support of the political arm of the Freedom Assembly in the House of Representatives, who spent large sums in the preliminary race.
State Deputy Judy Barrett, the Republican candidate in the election campaign for the state of Tennessee in the state’s seventh Congress, speaks during a political forum on Monday, September 8, 2025. (George Walker IV/AP)
Four senior Democrats were competing for their party’s nomination. They were the deputies of the state, Vincent Dixie, Aftin Beyn, Bou Mitchell, and businessman Darden Kobland.
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Republicans are currently controlling the Parliament by 219 votes to 213 votes, with two vacant seats: the seat in Tennessee and the eighteenth Congress in Texas, after the death of Democratic Representative Sylvester Turner earlier this year.
The elected democratic deputy, Adeleletta Greajova, who won the Special Conference Elections in Arizona last month, has not yet the constitutional oath.