NASHVILLE, Tenn. — President Donald Trump and Republicans tried to bounce back from recent losses around the country Tuesday as Tennessee voters chose the next representative for the reliably conservative 7th U.S. House Congressional District .

Polls closed in the evening for the special election , which was organized after Republican Rep. Mark Green resigned this summer. The race saw an unexpected surge of spending in recent weeks, flooding the airwaves and filling residents’ mailboxes with campaign flyers.

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