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FIRST ON FOX: Lower than one week till the first election, Gov. Invoice Lee, R-Tenn., is endorsing Republican Matt Van Epps to exchange former Rep. Mark Inexperienced within the U.S. Home of Representatives.
Inexperienced’s retirement triggered a aggressive particular election with a staggering 19-candidate area, together with 11 Republicans vying for the social gathering’s nomination. Van Epps secured Inexperienced’s endorsement forward of his final day representing Tennessee’s seventh Congressional District in July.
“My buddy Matt Van Epps has my full and whole endorsement, and I look ahead to calling him my congressman,” Lee introduced Tuesday. “I’ll be casting my vote for Matt, and I encourage all conservatives to affix me in doing the identical on October seventh.”
Van Epps informed Fox Information Digital that he’s “deeply honored” by Lee’s endorsement, vowing to defend President Donald Trump’s agenda within the Home and be a “robust conservative voice.”
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Gov. Invoice Lee, R-Tenn., proper, endorsed Matt Van Epps to symbolize Tennessee’s seventh Congressional District. (Matt Van Epps Marketing campaign)
“Matt Van Epps is the conservative, America First fighter we’d like representing Tennessee,” Lee mentioned in an announcement. “As a West Level graduate, embellished Particular Operations fight pilot, present Nationwide Guardsman, and former member of my cupboard, Matt has the character and the braveness to go to Washington and battle for Tennesseans.”
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Van Epps was appointed DGS commissioner in 2024 and has labored for a number of Tennessee state companies, together with the Division of Veteran Providers and the Division of Transportation.
“In his time as commissioner, he labored to chop pink tape, improve accountability, and drive authorities effectivity. He’ll stand totally with President Trump, bringing that very same results-driven management to Congress to defend our conservative values, and battle again in opposition to the liberal insurance policies that threaten our lifestyle,” the governor mentioned.
Van Epps graduated from West Level in 2005. He served 9 fight excursions as an Apache pilot for the 4th Fight Aviation Brigade and as a Chinook pilot for the one hundred and sixtieth Particular Operations Aviation Regiment, generally known as the Evening Stalkers.
Home Homeland Safety Committee Chair Mark Inexperienced, R-Tenn., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 30, 2024. Inexperienced resigned from Congress earlier this yr. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Picture)
Inexperienced introduced his retirement from Congress final month, notifying Home Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., that he would resign as quickly because the Home voted on Trump’s “huge, lovely invoice,” which Republicans managed to cross by their self-imposed July 4 deadline.
Inexperienced had served Tennessee’s seventh Congressional District since 2019, and his final day in Congress was July 20. He served as chair of the Home Homeland Safety Committee.
His early retirement from Congress narrowed the already slim majority within the Home to 219 Republicans and 212 Democrats in July.
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Tennessee’s seventh district voted for Trump by greater than 20 factors final yr.
The first is about for Oct. 7, forward of the particular election on Dec. 2.
