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Darden Copeland, a Democrat and consultant who ran for the seat in 2025, is his party's 2026 nominee for Tennessee's 7th congressional district against Republican incumbent Matt Van Epps.
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2026 race
Darden Copeland, a consultant who was a candidate for this district in 2025, is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 election for Tennessee's 7th congressional district.
The district is centered on Middle Tennessee, with parts of Nashville and its western suburbs, most of Franklin, Clarksville and rural counties stretching south to the Alabama border.
Copeland won the Democratic primary with 16,646 votes (39.9%) against a field that included state representative Vincent Dixie, former Nashville Metropolitan Council member Saletta Holloway and teacher Joshua Warren Sales.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, he faces Republican incumbent Matt Van Epps, who won the seat in a special election following the resignation of Republican Mark Green with 53.9% of the vote.