- Will the Republican Party win the TN-07 House seat?96¢
- Will the Democratic Party win the TN-07 House seat?3¢
Incumbent Republican Matt Van Epps holds a commanding position in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District race due to the district’s consistent Republican lean, his recent special-election victory, and substantial fundraising advantages. The seat, redrawn in recent redistricting, has favored Republicans by wide margins in presidential and prior House voting, and Van Epps secured the open seat in December 2025 with 53.9 percent against a Democratic challenger. As the sitting member seeking a full term, he benefits from incumbency, unified party support, and far higher campaign receipts than Democrat Darden Copeland. Early forecasts and limited polling reflect this structural edge. The most plausible paths to a closer outcome or upset remain low-probability events such as sustained traction from Copeland’s October ethics complaint on congressional staffing, unusually high Democratic turnout concentrated in Davidson County precincts, or a broader national shift not yet evident in current indicators. Election Day is November 3.
Rules
This market will resolve according to the party of the candidate who wins the TN-07 congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections. The midterm elections will take place on November 3, 2026. A candidate's party will be determined by their ballot-listed or otherwise identifiable affiliation with that party at the time all of the 2026 House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources. A candidate without a ballot-listed affiliation to either the Democrat or Republican parties will be considered a member of one of these parties based on the party with which they most recently expressed their intent to caucus at the time all of the House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources. This market will resolve based on the result of the election as indicated by a consensus of credible reporting. If there is ambiguity, this market will resolve based solely on the official results as reported by the United States government, specifically the Federal Election Commission (https://www.fec.gov/).