By Jacki Thrapp NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Republican Matt Van Epps has won the special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District seat on Dec. 2. The former state commissioner and Army helicopter pilot defeated the Democratic nominee, Aftyn Behn, with 53.2 percent of the vote in the highly publicized race, according to The Associated Press as of 9:45 […]
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Tennessee is a landlocked state in the U.S. South. Its capital, centrally located Nashville, is the heart of the country-music scene, with the long-running Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and a legendary stretch of honky-tonks and dance halls. Memphis, in the far southwest, is the home of Elvis Presley’s Graceland, rock-and-roll pioneering Sun Studio and the blues clubs of Beale Street.
