New Delhi, Dec. 3 -- Republican candidate Matt Van Epps won the contentious special election for a US House in Tennessee on Tuesday, 2 December. US President Donald Trump-backed Republican was in the fray for the hotly contested deep-red congressional seat. To represent the 7th Congressional District, he defeated Democratic candidate Aftyn Behn.

Matt Van Epps was a military veteran and had also served as Nashville's state general services commissioner. During his victory speech, he said, "Politicians who run from the president or abandon the common-sense policies that the American people gave us a resounding mandate on do so at their own peril, "AP reported.

Declaring that he is proud to be a part of Donald Trump's, he added. "No matter...