Special election replacing Marjorie Taylor Greene goes to runoff between Trump-endorsed candidate and Democrat
The special election to fill former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's vacant House seat in Georgia's solidly red 14th Congressional District is headed to a runoff next month.
The seat in northwestern Georgia was left vacant when Greene stepped down at the beginning of January. Green quit Congress with a year left in her term after a public falling out with President Donald Trump over the Epstein files.
Tuesday's special election ended in a runoff between Trump-endorsed Republican District Attorney Clay Fuller and retired Army veteran Shawn Harris.
The GOP clings to a razor-thin 218–214 majority in the House. As a result, Republicans cannot afford any surprises and allow the Democrats to pull an upset in a district Trump carried by a whopping 37 points during his 2024 presidential election victory.
All 17 candidates in Tuesday's special election in Georgia, regardless of party affiliation, were on the same ballot. Twelve were Republican, three were Democrats.
Since no contender topped 50% of the vote in the primary, the top two candidates are advancing to an April 7 runoff.
Harris, a retired Army brigadier general, got 39.9% of the vote, while Fuller, a district attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, got 34.2%.
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With $4.3 million raised, Harris was the fundraising champion among all 17 candidates, but Fuller has a Trump endorsement in a district the president won handily.
Fuller teamed up with the president recently during a stop in the district at an event in Rome, Georgia, during which he described himself as a "MAGA warrior." In addition to his Trump backing, Fuller is backed by the politically potent and deep-pocketed fiscally conservative group the Club for Growth.
"I think we've been very successful in staying with our message discipline that President Trump truly matters in Georgia 14," Fuller told Fox News Digital. "His support has meant the world to me and meant the world to the voters. So, we're just going to continue to get that message out about President Trump supporting us, and my experience, being a military officer, an elected district attorney and an America First fighter too."
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Former Congresswoman Greene, once a top Trump ally in the House, became a vocal critic of his and stayed neutral in the race to succeed her. Fuller told Fox News Digital Tuesday night that he had not gotten a chance to speak with other Republicans in the race, but said he was confident that the Republican Party would embrace him against Harris.
Third place Tuesday evening went to former state Sen. Colton Moore, a vocal Trump backer who enjoyed support from the far right. Moore garnered 10.9% of the vote.
"Everybody in the field understands that a Democrat cannot represent Georgia 14. It would be a tragedy for Georgia 14, a tragedy for the MAGA movement. And we're going to rally around as a party and go and win this thing and defeat Sean Harris," Fuller said Tuesday evening.