Federal Election Commission (FEC) reports submitted on Wednesday reveal that former Tennessee state official Matt Van Epps had about $54,000 in his campaign bank account as of October 1, just six days before he became the Republican Party nominee to represent the 7th Congressional District after receiving an endorsement from President Donald Trump. 

During the same period, the FEC data shows that State Representative Aftyn Behn (D-Nashville) had just over $20,000 in cash on hand, leaving her campaign at a possible disadvantage to Van Epps, as Democrats seek to flip a district that retired U.S. Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07) won in a landslide just last year.

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