Inside Politics - NewsChannel 5 Plus Nashville
Oct 3, 2026 · 22 min · 11 segments
On this episode of Inside Politics we have the Republican and Democratic nominees for TN-07. Matt Van Epps and Darden Copeland both want your vote November 3rd to be your congressman for District 7…
Matt Van EppsGuestDarden CopelandGuestBen HallHost
So since December, uh, in the li- last nine months, we have just hit the ground running.
We've taken the same messaging on security, opportunity, and prosperity that we had in the last election in, into this election.
I have personally done over 200 now events in district, meeting with businesses, non-profits, uh, community leaders, elected officials, you name it, because we wanna have the truth, the boots on the ground so we can take that back in, into what we're doing.
I made a campaign promise that the first one would be for Gold Star families, and that's what we did.
I'm very proud to report that language from that bill is in one of our four amendments in the National Defense Authorization Act that passed the House.
We have really leaned in on the legislative side, on our constituent services side, and we're delivering for, for Tennesseans, and that's what we intend to continue to do.
This is the biggest, biggest honor of my lifetime, the hardest job, served in the Army and small business state government, and this is the, the hardest job, but the best job, and I could not be more grateful for the opportunity.
So since December, uh, in the li- last nine months, we have just hit the ground running.
We've taken the same messaging on security, opportunity, and prosperity that we had in the last election in, into this election.
I have personally done over 200 now events in district, meeting with businesses, non-profits, uh, community leaders, elected officials, you name it, because we wanna have the truth, the boots on the ground so we can take that back in, into what we're doing.
I made a campaign promise that the first one would be for Gold Star families, and that's what we did.
I'm very proud to report that language from that bill is in one of our four amendments in the National Defense Authorization Act that passed the House.
We have really leaned in on the legislative side, on our constituent services side, and we're delivering for, for Tennesseans, and that's what we intend to continue to do.
This is the biggest, biggest honor of my lifetime, the hardest job, served in the Army and small business state government, and this is the, the hardest job, but the best job, and I could not be more grateful for the opportunity.
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