Trump-endorsed Clay Fuller has won the special election in Georgia to replace former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, defeating Democrat Shawn Harris in the state’s 14th Congressional District.
Fuller, a local district attorney and a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard who served in the U.S. Air Force since 2009, stated that the Democratic Party had “poured millions of dollars into this campaign” and “poured lies into this campaign,” but they could not beat Donald Trump.
The seat became vacant when Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress at the beginning of January after a bitter falling out with President Trump. She stepped down with one year remaining in her term.
Fuller held a 57 percent to 43 percent lead on Harris with approximately 92 percent of all votes counted. The district, located in northwest Georgia and spanning areas from Atlanta’s suburbs to the Appalachian mountains bordering Tennessee, has never been represented by a Democrat. Trump carried the district by a margin of 37 points in his 2024 presidential victory.
Fuller described himself as “the difference maker” in securing victory, emphasizing that the results proved President Trump’s significant influence in Georgia-14. Harris, who lost to Greene by about 29 points in the previous election, expressed confidence in capturing the seat in the November midterm elections.
This special election occurred amid Republicans’ efforts to maintain their narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, which stands at 218–214 in favor of the GOP.