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Matt Van Epps

Matt Van Epps

Republican · TN U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

2 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2025

  • role U.S. representative for Tennessee's 7th congressional district since December 2025
  • background Former Army officer
  • role Commissioner of Tennessee Department of General Services from 2024 to 2025

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House TN-07 · 2026 General Election

  • $2,300,690 raised
  • $2,092,736 spent
  • $207,954 cash on hand
$2.30M
$2.25M
$1.67M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.25M
Unitemized (< $200)$419.39K
Party committees$7.30K
Other committees (PACs)$582.30K
Transfers from other committees$41.44K
Offsets to expenditures$4.50K
$2.09M
Operating expenditures$2.06M
Contribution refunds$2.00K
Other disbursements$35.57K
Cash on hand$207.95K
Debts owed by committee$60.00K

Through July 17, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jul 17, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Contributions received — 2026 cycle

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions in the 2026 cycle: $79,408 ·

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $2,460,784 supporting · $1,652,804 opposing · 20 outside groups

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Epps, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

  • Committee oversight & trading — technology coverage: high

    Sits on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, which oversees the technology sector, and disclosed 8 technology-sector trades (disclosed amounts up to $120,000) in Jun 2026.

    Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.

  • Committee oversight & trading — energy coverage: high

    Sits on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology — Environment, which oversees the energy sector, and disclosed 1 energy-sector trade (disclosed amounts up to $15,000) in Jun 2026.

    Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.

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