Green officially resigned on July 4, about one month after he announced his retirement from the House of Representatives. In 2024, Green retired and unretired after “countless calls” from constituents, colleagues, and President Donald Trump urging him to reconsider and run for re-election.

In the race to replace Rep. Mark Green in Congress, state Rep. Lee Reeves becomes the fifth Republican to announce, and state Rep. Aftyn Behn is the second Democrat.

The campaign for the forthcoming special election to succeed Rep. Mark E. Green is heating up as the Tennessee Republican last week formalized his plans to step down. Green said in a video on social media Friday that he would be resigning his 7th District seat and relinquishing his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee

Tennessee Congressman Mark Green officially announced his resignation on the Fourth of July, effective Friday.

Aftyn Behn officially announced her campaign for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, which will be determined in the coming months by a special election following the surprise retirement of incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Green.

Rep. Jody Barrett, a Dickson Republican, announced Monday he will run for Congress in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District.

Rep. Mark Green resigned from Congress on June 4 after voting for Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, which passed narrowly. He chaired the Homeland Security Committee and represented Tennessee’s GOP-leaning 7th District.

Long-time public official to start his own company 'to help America compete against the Chinese Communist Party'

While Tennessee voter turnout saw a decrease in the 2024 election cycle compared to the number of 2020, the state’s voter engagement is following an upward trend overall, according to a new report from nonpartisan think tank ThinkTennessee .

Nearly 300 election officials from across Tennessee gathered in Nashville on Monday, June 23, for the annual Election Law Seminar hosted by Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett