Matt Van Epps, a Republican, currently holds this House seat and is running for re-election. Matt Van Epps, a Republican, has taken $21,778 in donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group. 3 candidates show no AIPAC-linked donations in available records, including Darden Copeland, a Democrat. The November ballot lists 4 candidates: one Democrat, one Republican and two independent.
Key issues in Tennessee
Major issues facing Tennessee, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.
Rising property taxes — Property taxes rose faster than in any other state over six years, driven by reappraisals of soaring home values.
School voucher expansion — The state expanded taxpayer-funded private-school scholarships to 35,000 seats, reviving debate over public-school impacts.
Bail constitutional amendment — Voters decide whether judges may deny bail for more serious crimes beyond current capital-case limits.
Victims' rights amendment — A proposed amendment would enshrine crime victims' rights to information, notice and a voice in proceedings.
Statewide property tax ban — Voters consider a constitutional ban on any future statewide property tax, which the state has not levied in decades.
Candidates & funding
Matt Van Epps RepublicanNominee
AIPAC-linked $21,778FundVoter-reported, career 2024–2026 — methodology replication pending
AIPAC PAC and AIPAC-routed contributions, 2026 cycle. Source: FEC filings via FundVoter.
No 2026 conduit activity detectedFEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle
A PAC can give at most $10K per cycle directly to a candidate. But when individuals route donations through a PAC acting as conduit, there’s no cap on how many donors can be bundled. That’s where the real money moves — not from the PAC’s treasury, but from individuals the PAC steered to the candidate. How conduits work →
2026 fundraising (FEC)$2,300,690 raised · $2,092,736 spent · $207,954 cash on hand through Jul 17, 2026
Focus: Fight for Tennessee families; advance Trump's America First agenda, secure borders
FEC campaign finance data through Jul 17, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.
Matt Van Epps R
Darden Copeland D
Andrew Koontz I
Lowell Reynolds I
Raised
$2.3M
$869K
$5K
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Individuals
$1.7M72%
$636K73%
$0
—
PACs & parties
$590K26%
$3K0%
$0
—
Self-funded
$0
$229K26%
$5K100%
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Other
$46K2%
$0
$0
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AIPAC-linked*
$22K
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Outside spending†
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* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.
† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.
“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.
Who are the biggest donors?
Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.
Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.
Matt Van Epps970 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$2.3M
Campaign spent$2.1M
Cash on hand$208K
FEC 2026 through 07/17/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals72%
PACs / committees26%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
ROUTED CONTRIBUTIONS
No 2026 conduit activity detected
FEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle. Career AIPAC-linked total (above) may reflect prior cycles. How conduits work →
Corporate PAC$15K
Individual$14K
Individual$14K
Individual$14K
Individual$14K
Individual$14K
Individual$14K
Individual$14K
Membership PAC$14K
Individual$14K
Individual$12K
Individual$12K
Individual$11K
Individual$10K
Individual$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
PAC$10K
PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
Individual$10K
Individual$10K
Leadership PAC$9K
Leadership PAC$8K
Corporate PAC$8K
AIPAC's PAC$8K
Individual$8K
Individual$8K
Joint fundraising committee$8K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
Showing the 50 biggest of 970 donors. The other 920 gave $1.3M combined.
Plus $449K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.
These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.