Overview

• Green stepped down on July 20 after ensuring President Trump’s border security measures cleared the House via reconciliation.
• His exit leaves 219 Republicans and 212 Democrats in the chamber, with four vacancies created by his departure and the deaths of three Democratic members.
• State law mandates a special election to fill the remainder of his two-year term representing Tennessee’s 7th District.
• Green has endorsed Army veteran Matt Van Epps as his preferred successor in the upcoming race.
• Republicans will soon select a new Homeland Security Committee chair, with Reps. Clay Higgins, Andrew Garbarino, Carlos Gimenez and Michael Guest under consideration.