The race to replace former Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., is tight, but Republican candidate Matt Van Epps leads by 2 points in the latest Emerson College poll released Wednesday and has drawn the attention and endorsement of President Donald Trump.
Van Epps is on the cusp of 50% majority support among likely voters (or those who have already voted) in the poll, leading Nashville Democrat Aftyn Behn by 2 points, 48%-46%, with 5% undecided. His support expands to 49% when the undecided voters were asked which way they were leaning.
“The special election in Tennessee’s 7th District will come down to what groups are motivated to turnout on election day, and who stays home,” Emerson College Polling Executive Director Spencer Kimball wrote in a statement.
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