India, Dec. 3 -- The polling for the special election in Tennessee's 7th district closed at 7:00 p.m. CT on Tuesday after a day-long voting across hundreds of polling booths in the district. Around 460,000 registered voters were expected to cast their votes for the US House seat left vacant by ex-GOP Rep, Mark Green's resignation.

The counting of votes for the special election for Tennessee's 7th district shortly after voting ended. Republican candidate, Matt Van Epps has been declared the winner of the race by NBC News. Democrat Aftyn Behn lost the race after a close fight.

Tennessee's 7th Congressional District includes all or parts of the following counties: Benton, Cheatham, Davidson (part), Dickson, Decatur, Hickman, Houston, Humph...