- See Matthew Van Epps's sponsored bills →Matthew Van EppsRepublicanIncumbent✓ Verified$2.6M raised
- Darden CopelandDemocratic✓ Verified$1.1M raised
- Andrew KoontzIndependent✓ Verified
- Lowell ReynoldsIndependent✓ Verified
Where they stand
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Where they differ: Darden Copeland supports lowering costs for working families by addressing price gouging and capping prescription drug prices, and he advocates for making corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share to relieve the middle class's financial burden 116. Matthew Van Epps supports cutting red tape and reducing waste to strengthen the economy and has voted yea on multiple economic bills including technology use in regulation and capital access 23.
AI-written comparison of the sourced entries below. Generated Oct 15, 2026.
| Issue | Matthew Van EppsRepublican | Darden CopelandDemocratic | Andrew KoontzIndependent | Lowell ReynoldsIndependent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Van Epps supports cutting red tape, reducing waste, bringing manufacturing back to America, unleashing American energy, and creating good-paying jobs to strengthen the economy. Van Epps votes yea on multiple economic bills including technology use in regulation, capital access, privacy in purchases, TRIA reauthorization, and financial exploitation prevention. | Copeland fights to lower costs for working families by tackling price gouging, expanding affordable housing, capping prescription drug prices, making child care affordable, and ensuring corporations pay their fair share. | No public position found. | No public position found. |
| Where they differ on Economy & Jobs: Darden Copeland aims to lower costs for working families by addressing price gouging, expanding affordable housing, capping prescription drug prices, making child care affordable, and ensuring corporations pay their fair share 1. Matthew Van Epps supports cutting red tape, reducing waste, bringing manufacturing back to America, unleashing American energy, and creating good-paying jobs to strengthen the economy 2. He has voted yea on multiple economic bills related to technology use in regulation, capital access, privacy in purchases, TRIA reauthorization, and financial exploitation prevention 3. | ||||
| Healthcare | Van Epps will work to reform the VA, eliminate red tape, and ensure veterans have access to healthcare and benefits, and expand rural healthcare access for all Tennesseans. Van Epps votes yea on healthcare bills including EARLY Act reauthorization, rural care improvement, Medicaid harm prevention, and lowering health care premiums. | Copeland supports protecting Medicaid, defending affordable health care premiums, lowering prescription drug costs, and keeping rural hospitals open to ensure health care access for all families. Copeland wants to protect and expand Medicaid, strengthen Medicare, and expand prescription drug price negotiation. | No public position found. | No public position found. |
| Where they differ on Healthcare: Darden Copeland supports protecting Medicaid, defending affordable health care premiums, lowering prescription drug costs, and keeping rural hospitals open to ensure health care access for all families 1. He also wants to protect and expand Medicaid, strengthen Medicare, and expand prescription drug price negotiation 2. Matthew Van Epps will work to reform the VA, eliminate red tape, ensure veterans have access to healthcare and benefits, and expand rural healthcare access for all Tennesseans 3. He votes yea on healthcare bills including EARLY Act reauthorization, rural care improvement, Medicaid harm prevention, and lowering health care premiums 4. | ||||
| Immigration | Van Epps supports finishing the border wall, empowering Border Patrol, and ending open-border policies to keep borders secure and protect American families. Van Epps votes yea on immigration security and enforcement acts and supports DHS, but votes nay on a national emergency resolution related to immigration. | Copeland says immigration enforcement that results in deaths or serious injuries is poorly designed, while still supporting secure borders. | No public position found. | No public position found. |
| Where they differ on Immigration: Darden Copeland supports secure borders but criticizes immigration enforcement that causes deaths or serious injuries as poorly designed 1. Matthew Van Epps supports finishing the border wall, empowering Border Patrol, and ending open-border policies to secure borders and protect American families 2. He votes in favor of immigration security and enforcement acts and supports the Department of Homeland Security, but votes against a national emergency resolution related to immigration 3. | ||||
| Public Safety & Crime | Van Epps aims to restore law and order, stop migrant crime, and protect American families by securing borders and supporting law enforcement. Van Epps votes yea on public safety bills including GUARD Act, prison staff safety, privacy in purchases, veterans 2nd amendment protection, cashless bail reporting, and violent offender restrictions. | Copeland will hold Donald Trump and MAGA extremists accountable, opposing their policies that increase costs and undermine checks and balances. | No public position found. | No public position found. |
| Where they differ on Public Safety & Crime: Darden Copeland will hold Donald Trump and MAGA extremists accountable, opposing their policies that increase costs and undermine checks and balances 1. Matthew Van Epps aims to restore law and order, stop migrant crime, and protect American families by securing borders and supporting law enforcement 2. He has voted yea on public safety bills including the GUARD Act, prison staff safety, privacy in purchases, veterans 2nd amendment protection, cashless bail reporting, and violent offender restrictions 3. | ||||
| Abortion | Van Epps opposes abortion, supports defending the sanctity of life, and will fight to ensure taxpayer dollars are never used to fund abortion. | Copeland opposes a federal abortion ban, saying the decision should rest with the woman. | No public position found. | No public position found. |
| Where they differ on Abortion: Darden Copeland opposes a federal abortion ban and believes the decision should rest with the woman 1. Matthew Van Epps opposes abortion, supports defending the sanctity of life, and will fight to ensure taxpayer dollars are never used to fund abortion 2. | ||||
| Taxes & Government Spending | Van Epps supports cutting taxes and regulations, reducing wasteful government spending, and rein in reckless Washington spending. Van Epps votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims, AGOA extension, budget resolutions, continuing appropriations, and multiple appropriations acts. | Copeland supports making corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share to relieve the financial burden on the middle class. Copeland calls the federal deficit out of control and wants billionaires to pay a larger share. | No public position found. | No public position found. |
| Where they differ on Taxes & Government Spending: Darden Copeland supports making corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share to relieve the financial burden on the middle class and calls the federal deficit out of control, advocating for billionaires to pay a larger share 12. Matthew Van Epps supports cutting taxes and regulations, reducing wasteful government spending, and reining in reckless Washington spending, and he has voted yea on tax relief for fraud victims, AGOA extension, budget resolutions, continuing appropriations, and multiple appropriations acts 34. | ||||
| Energy & Environment | Van Epps votes yea on disapproval of EPA rule, diesel emissions reduction, marine conservation, battlefield protection, consumer fuel choice, and HEATS Act. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. | No public position found. |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Van Epps supports rebuilding military strength, standing with Israel against aggression, and ensuring America never abandons its allies. Van Epps votes nay on resolutions to remove US forces from Iran and Lebanon, and yea on defense authorization, veterans clinic naming, and FISA amendments. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. | No public position found. |