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

Matt Van Epps

Republican 1st term Up 2026

Replaces Mark E. Green

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$2.6M raised · top PACs: American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Emmer Victory Committee, Team Hagerty Victory
99LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
12BipartMed 12
2BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2025–now
Under a year in CongressMore senior than 1% of the House
Committees
  • Homeland Security 17th majority
  • Science, Space, and Technology 21st majority
Age
43

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date54911013632

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 26% 11%
Science, Technology, Communications 12% 11%
Armed Forces and National Security 33% 33%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Government Operations and Politics and Energy; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Crime and Law Enforcement.

  • He talks most about: Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), AI Infrastructure Impact (Science, Technology, Communications).
  • 9 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberHomeland Security Committee17th majority
MemberScience, Space, and Technology Committee21st majority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 1% of the House, in the majority.

  • Under a year in Congress: more senior than 1% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

8% · peer median 10%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Van Epps.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

8% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 10%); closest in his party: Shreve and Hinson.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 8 · expected 23
Action in committee 2 · expected 7
Beyond committee 1 · expected 4
Passed House 1 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 349 of 433 in the House

0.28expected 1.09 · average member 1.00

1 of 8 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.28 against a peer median of 1.09.

  • On the move: H.R. 8168 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.61

With his party on all 7 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 2 of the 2 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 2 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: +0.61, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 1 of 21.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Van Epps$2.6M raised18%52%26%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

70% of what he raised came from individuals; 18% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.6M raised, 26% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last election margin: not on file.

21 PACs of the 49 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Transportation.

  1. American Israel Public Affairs Committee31% D
  2. Emmer Victory Committee0% D
  3. Team Hagerty Victory0% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

52 bills

Van Epps voted Yea on 26, Nay on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 24 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.