Matt Van Epps Wins Tennessee’s 7th District Special Election
Rated outlets across the spectrum have covered this: 4 left-leaning, 6 center and 1 right-leaning.
Lead article · NPR · CENTERRepublican Matt Van Epps narrowly wins special House election in TennesseeHow each side told it
Right-leaning readers are seeing less of this. Only 1 rated right-leaning outlet has covered this, compared with 4 left-leaning outlets.
- The Guardian · Republican Matt Van Epps wins US House special election in TennesseeNO PUBLISHED LEAN
- Al Jazeera · Tennessee special election results: What we know about Matt Van Epps's win | Elections NewsNO PUBLISHED LEAN
- The Tennessean · Why were Tennessee election results not a surprise in District 7? The lines were redrawnNO PUBLISHED LEAN
Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them
Van Epps and Johnson were named together by 1 of 14 outlets. Counted by outlet.
Van Epps won the special election after a campaign that emphasized the economy and received Trump’s support.
Johnson headlined rallies for Van Epps and said Republicans would hold the seat.
When each side picked it up
When each side picked it up. left-leaning: 4 articles, first tue 10:18 am. center: 7 articles, first tue 6:45 am. right-leaning: 1 article, first wed 4:30 am, 22 hours after the first report. unrated: 5 articles, first tue 1:00 pm.
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