(The Center Square) – Four of the 11 candidates hoping to take the 7th Congressional District seat all claimed their goal was to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda if elected.

State Reps. Jody Barrett, R-Dickson, Gino Bulso, R-Brentwood, and Lee Reeves, R-Franklin, participated in the debate along with Matt Van Epps, the former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of General Services. The debate, sponsored by Americans for Prosperity’s Tennessee chapter, included only candidates who had raised $250,000.

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The candidates were asked what issue the

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