House Republicans’ majority has officially shrunk even further.
Tennessee Congressman Mark Green has officially resigned from Congress to pursue a job in the private sector.
“It’s with a heavy heart that I say farewell. To my constituents across Tennessee’s 7th District—thank you. The trust you put in me is humbling. I will look back fondly on my years of serving as your voice in Washington,” Green, who started in the House in 2019, said in a post on the social platform X earlier this month.
There are now 219 Republicans and 212 Democrats in the lower chamber, only a seven-seat difference amid already high tensions between the two parties and the 2026 midterm races in which Democrats seek to take back the House, beginning to heat up.
He called serving Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District “the honor of a lifetime.”
“They asked me to deliver on the conservative values and principles we all hold dear, and I did my level best to do so. Along the way, we passed historic tax cuts, worked with President Trump to secure the border, and defended innocent life. I am extremely proud of my work as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, and want to thank my staff, both in my 7th District office, as well as the professional staff on that committee,” Green said.
Green acknowledged in his statement that he had previously geared up to retire in the last Congress, but reversed course.
“Though I planned to retire at the end of the previous Congress, I stayed to ensure that President Trump’s border security measures and priorities make it through Congress,” he said.
Green is an Army veteran who has served in Congress since 2019. The Tennessee Republican also served on the influential House Homeland Security Committee, where he oversaw Republicans’ impeachment of former Biden administration DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Despite Green’s departure from Congress, his House seat will likely stay in Republican hands. His district voted for Trump by more than 20 percentage points over former Vice President Kamala Harris last year.
Fox News first reported that Green endorsed Matt Van Epps to replace him in the U.S. House of Representatives. (RELATED: Army Veteran Kicks Off Campaign To Fill Mark Green’s Seat)
“Matt Van Epps has my complete and total endorsement,” Green shared in a statement with Fox News. Green revealed that he served in the same Army special operations unit as Van Epps, which he described as “a brotherhood that cannot be replicated anywhere else.”
A number of Republican candidates have announced their own congressional campaigns, including Montgomery County Commissioner Jason Knight, U.S. Army veteran Jonathan Thorp, Mason Foley of Main Street Health, and state Reps. Jay Reedy, Lee Reeves and Jody Barrett.
Dimwit nitwit attorney generals suing for money for illegal aliens. Those Attorneys are the enemies of the USA and the populace who are the taxpayers whose money they want to waste. Fire them and run their coffers to empty! No more taxpayer money for illegal aliens! Kick em back, all of them and their anchor babies back to their points to origin FOREVER!
Come here legally OR DO NOT COME AT ALL. ADIOS PENDEJOS!