VAN EPPS, MATTHEW ROBERT

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. House · Tennessee · District 7 · Election 2026 · IncumbentH6TN07161

Overview

Raised: $2.6M
Spent: $2.3M
Cash on hand: $358.5K
Debts owed: $45K

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Race forecast

Chance of winning: 99%
Rating: Safe R
Predicted margin: R+16.2

VotePredictor gives Matt Van Epps a 99% chance of winning as of November 14, 2026. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

Matt Van Epps’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Nov 14, 2026	99%

As VotePredictor published it each day since September 25, 2026, including changes to its model.

Forecast by VotePredictor , updated daily. Its probabilities stay between 1% and 99%; no race is called before it is decided.

Compliance review indicators

1 open

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Nov 5, 2026 · Index refreshed: Nov 5, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Nov 5, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).

0 receipt eligibility · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 2 notice(s) to MATT VAN EPPS FOR CONGRESS about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-07-16, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Jul 16, 2026

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

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Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · Tennessee · District 7
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2026
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: MATT VAN EPPS FOR CONGRESS (C00908202)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Who's funding Matt Van Epps? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$1.4M
Unitemized individual contributions$424.8K
Other committees$690.8K
Party committees$10.3K
Transfers from affiliates$85.4K

Top contributors

TEAM VAN EPPSRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$81.4K6 contributions
GIDEON, CECILE A.RepublicanDerived from contributions$14.5K7 contributions
BEAMAN, JULIE H.

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$2.2M
Contribution refunds$3,000
Other disbursements$53.9K

Largest transfers and contributions to committees

AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMixed activity · 46% Democratic / 54% RepublicanInferred from activity$3,500

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Largest operating payments

ADVICTORY LLC$139.3KMEDIA BUY · Nov 17, 2025
ADVICTORY LLC$133KMEDIA BUY · Nov 24, 2025
ADVICTORY LLC$109.9KMEDIA BUY · Nov 10, 2025
ADVICTORY LLC$52.1KMEDIA BUY · Sep 8, 2025
ADVICTORY LLC$48.8KMEDIA BUY · Sep 15, 2025

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Tennessee · District 7
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026
Registered address: PO BOX 1975 · DICKSON, Tennessee, 37056
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

TEAM VAN EPPSC00940395 Joint fundraising participantMATT VAN EPPS FOR CONGRESSC00908202
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1950089Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
SHORING UP REPUBLICAN FUTURES FUND (SURF FUND)C00953547 Joint fundraising participantMATT VAN EPPS FOR CONGRESSC00908202
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1983213Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
MATT VAN EPPS FOR CONGRESSC00908202 Authorized candidateVAN EPPS, MATTHEW ROBERTH6TN07161
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
MATT VAN EPPS FOR CONGRESSC00908202 Connected organizationTEAM VAN EPPSReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
KEEPING FREEDOM ALIVE PACC00929554 Leadership PAC sponsorVAN EPPS, MATTHEW ROBERTH6TN07161
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1950231Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Apr 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $3,000
Debts owed by committees: $45,000
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hashbf54a48d8bb96d191a0924a6d57639a027d7bab33cce0b24e326053149d04ff2

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Month	Raised	Spent
Jun 25	$81,231	$0
Jul 25	$70,413	$0
Aug 25	$75,092	$0
Sep 25	$111,400	$0
Oct 25	$143,667	$0
Nov 25	$314,096	$0
Dec 25	$121,909	$0
Jan 26	$21,609	$0
Feb 26	$48,271	$0
Mar 26	$48,651	$8,500
Apr 26	$34,326	$0
May 26	$69,508	$5,000
Jun 26	$75,271	$0
Jul 26	$20,863	$2,000

VAN EPPS, MATTHEW ROBERT

Overview

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