Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Matt Van Epps

Office
U.S. representative for Tennessee’s 7th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Nashville, TN
Born
1983
In Congress
House since 2025
Current term
December 4, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
VAN EPPS, MATTHEW ROBERT
Next election
Primary August 6, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Tennessee with the current district highlighted

Tennessee, District 7

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Tennessee District 7IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6TN07161 · Principal campaign committee: MATT VAN EPPS FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$2,646,914.76
Total spent$2,288,459.51
Cash on hand$358,455.25
Debts owed by the campaign$45,000.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,855,955.77PACs and other committees: $690,800.00Party committees: $10,305.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $85,353.53Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $4,500.46
  • Individual contributions$1,855,955.7770%
  • PACs and other committees$690,800.0026%
  • Party committees$10,305.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$85,353.533%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$4,500.460%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$468,719.8627%
  • Contributions over $200$1,274,666.7673%
  • Itemized from inside Tennessee$1,004,803.9176%
  • Itemized from other states$314,724.7124%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $51,318.88 · Virginia $41,391.96 · Texas $39,961.72 · California $29,435.80 · Indiana $12,030.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$963K$0 JULY QUARTERLY: raised $112,019.83JULY QUARTERLY: spent $5,852.21PRE-SPECIAL: raised $247,235.70PRE-SPECIAL: spent $244,024.78OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $42,750.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $97,830.55PRE-SPECIAL: raised $590,710.05PRE-SPECIAL: spent $413,841.16POST-SPECIAL: raised $777,190.33POST-SPECIAL: spent $963,445.62YEAR-END: raised $24,210.92YEAR-END: spent $7,407.00APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $187,940.35APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $114,500.55JULY QUARTERLY: raised $280,016.38JULY QUARTERLY: spent $138,665.57PRE-PRIMARY: raised $38,616.76PRE-PRIMARY: spent $107,168.75OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $270,946.73OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $170,140.382025-062025-092025-122026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving363
Voted yea267
Voted nay96
Did not vote0 of 363
Bills and resolutions sponsored9
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored101

Recorded House roll-call votes from December 4, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10808 STORK Act
    Introduced Oct 13, 2026 · Latest action Oct 13, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 10470 SHIELD for Victims Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.Res. 1497 Commemorating the 13 United States servicemembers killed at Abbey Gate during and as a result of President Biden's disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.
    Introduced Aug 27, 2026 · Latest action Aug 27, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, …
  • H.R. 9589 Declaration of Independence Reaffirmation Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 2, 2026 · Latest action Jul 2, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 9307 Web of Biological Data Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Latest action Jun 11, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  • H.R. 9232 Critical Infrastructure Airspace Defense Act
    Introduced Jun 9, 2026 · Latest action Jul 7, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
  • H.R. 8281 Guard Equal Benefits for Federal Missions Act
    Introduced Apr 14, 2026 · Latest action Apr 14, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker…
  • H.R. 8168 Major Non-NATO Ally Terror Threat Assessment Act
    Introduced Mar 30, 2026 · Latest action Jul 14, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • H.R. 7932 HONOR Gold Star Families Act
    Introduced Mar 12, 2026 · Latest action Mar 12, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

155 committees reported giving $606,600.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Show all 155 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Matthew Robert Van Epps$2,460,784.07
  • Independent expenditures opposing Matthew Robert Van Epps$1,652,803.66

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Tennessee U.S. House, District 7, 2026 · 14 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Matthew Robert Van Epps (R)$2,646,914.76$358,455.252026-10-14
Darden Hunter Copeland (D)$1,105,699.39$120,708.012026-09-30
Stewart Thomas Parks (R)$362,619.68−$308.472026-02-04
Mark Green (R)$270,374.75$255.412026-09-30
Vincent Dixie (D)$265,989.76$659.792026-09-30
Saletta Holloway (D)$91,368.32$0.572026-09-30
Jason Knight (R)$46,303.80$185.932026-09-30
Jonathan Thorp (I)$22,599.22−$6,239.302026-10-08
Andrew Koontz (I)$5,100.00$4,970.232026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RDecember 3, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: MATT VAN EPPS FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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