U.S. House

Matt Van Epps

U.S. Representative for Tennessee’s 7th District

Party
Republican
In office since
December 4, 2025
Current term ends
January 3, 2027
Next election
November 2026
2026 election

Running for the House in TN-7

Candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot for TN-7
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Matt Van EppsIncumbentRepublican$2.3M$208K
Darden CopelandDemocratic$869K$79K
Andrew J. KoontzIndependent$5,100$4,970
Lowell ReynoldsIndependent——

Official candidate list from Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Elections, retrieved September 24, 2026. Write-in candidates are not listed. Fundraising from Federal Election Commission filings, reported through July 17, 2026; a dash means no FEC record.

On the record1 of 32 Scan statements

How Van Epps has voted on the DNA Scan’s statements

Some of the statements in the DNA Scan have come to a recorded floor vote in Congress. Below are Van Epps’s votes on them from 2023 to 2026: what each measure did, which way a yea pointed, and the official roll call. The other statements haven’t come to a direct vote, so we don’t guess where Van Epps stands on them.

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  • “Government should never monitor citizens' communications, even to fight crime or terrorism.”0 of 2 votes agreed with it
    1. Voted yeaH.R. 9238Jun 11, 2026

      H.R. 9238 extends the authorities of Title VII of FISA, including Section 702, until July 2, 2026; a yea continues this surveillance authority, against the statement.

      House failed · Republicans 190-19 · Democrats 8-199Roll callMeasure

    2. Voted yeaS. 4465Apr 30, 2026

      S. 4465 extends the authorities of Title VII of FISA, including Section 702 acquisition of communications of non-U.S. persons outside the United States, under which information about U.S. persons may be incidentally acquired and queried; a yea continues this surveillance authority, against the statement.

      House passed · Republicans 166-26 · Democrats 95-85Roll callMeasure

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Committee assignments2
  • House Committee on Homeland Security
    • Counterterrorism and Intelligence
    • Transportation and Maritime Security
  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
    • Environment
Contact
Washington office
2446 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4207

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; votes from the Clerk of the House and the Senate, with measure summaries from the Congressional Research Service; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission; the November ballot from the Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Elections. Updated October 5, 2026.

More on Van Epps: Congress.gov · FEC filings · Ballotpedia · Wikipedia · GovTrack