Republican Matt Van Epps won Tuesday's vote by 9 percentage points — a closer margin than the district's last election, yet still a victory for the GOP that seemed all but certain based on how the dis...

Republicans held onto a reliably conservative U.S. House district in Tennessee 's special election, but only after a late burst of national spending and high-profile campaigning helped them secure a m...

Van Epps, an Army veteran and former state commissioner, defeated Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn by 9 points to succeed Republican Mark E. Green, who resigned over the summer to take a private secto...