Backed by United States President Donald Trump, Republican Matt Van Epps won Tuesday’s special US House election in Tennessee , defeating Democratic state Representative Aftyn Behn.

Van Epps will fill the seat vacated by former Representative Mark Green, who resigned in July.

A Democratic upset would have further narrowed the Republicans’ 219-213 House majority.

Here is what to know:

What were the final results of the Tennessee special election?

Van Epps won the election in Middle Tennessee. The Associated Press news agency called the race after Republican leaders made a late push to get their voters out.

With about 96 percent of votes counted, Van Epps had 53.9 percent, while Behn had 45 percent, according to the AP.

“This race was bigger than just one campaign,” Van Epps said in

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