August 27, 2025
State Representative Gino Bulso’s (R-Brentwood) congressional campaign hailed the Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Foundation poll released Tuesday—which shows Bulso in a statistical tie among the top Republican candidates running for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District—as a “major milestone” in the race.
The AFP poll shows the Republican primary for the 7th District to be a statistical tie among the top four candidates—Bulso, State Reps. Lee Reeves (R-Franklin) and Jody Barrett (R-Dickson), and former Lee administration official Matt Van Epps—with 57 percent of voters still undecided.
The poll found the four candidates separated by just 1 percentage point, with all falling within the survey’s 4.4 percent margin of error.
With Tuesday’s poll results, Bulso, Reeves, and Barrett have all automatically qualified for the race’s likely only major debate set to be hosted by AFP next month in Nashville, while other candidates must raise or self-fund at least $250,000 by August 29 to participate.