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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.
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The election to take over former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat will head to a runoff between a Republican and Democrat next month. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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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American flags are on display outside the office of the 14th Congressional District of Georgia in the Rayburn House Office Building Thursday, March 5, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Robert Yoon/AP Photo)
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…
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