After Republican Matt Van Epps cruised comfortably to victory Dec. 2 in a Middle Tennessee special election for Congress, the 13-point advantage Donald Trump racked up in the same district little more ...

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Republicans have “a real problem” after the party eked out a narrow victory in a ruby red Tennessee district in Tuesday’s special election. “I’m always concerned, to ...

A closely watched Tennessee special congressional election on Tuesday, Dec. 2, had Nashville and the entire nation on edge. While the GOP ultimately declared victory, it revealed that Democrats in the ...

These three people running in the Republican primary can't be on the ballot, party leaders say. But their appeals are pending.

The Tennessee special election is reviving a long-simmering debate between the progressive and moderate wings of the Democratic Party over what kind of candidates to nominate. Democrat Aftyn Behn fell ...

Democrats waltzed into Tennessee and tried to swipe the seat held by Former Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., this week. Winning special elections for House seats is a delicate dance. But Rep.-elect Matt Van ...

Shortly after Republican candidate Matt Van Epps defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn in an off-year special House election in Tennessee, media in Washington, D.C., immediately began the time-honored ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.(AP) — As a leader of the College Democrats at Vanderbilt University, Luci Wingo knew the odds of a Democrat winning one of Nashville's three U.S. House seats weren't great. Yet her ...

There’s this thing in politics where people scramble to find something “good” to talk about for their side, no matter how bad reality happens to be. It’s like someone being blown up in a terrorist ...

Voter turnout is important for Republican and Democratic primary elections. A candidate may only need a small number of votes ...

Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally won't seek re-election, ending nearly 50 years in politics and 10 at the helm of the ...