Republican Clay Fuller, the district attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit and President Donald Trump’s endorsed choice, won a place in the April 7 runoff to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ.
Trump Endorsement Helps Fuller Reach Runoff
Democrat Shawn Harris, a retired brigadier general and cattle farmer who lost to Greene in 2024, also advanced after no candidate cleared the majority needed to avoid a second round.
Fuller emerged from a crowded field of more than a dozen candidates after Trump endorsed him last month and later appeared in Greene’s district alongside Fuller and other Republicans at a February event in Rome, Georgia.
In his endorsement, Trump said Fuller would fight to grow the economy, cut taxes and regulations, promote U.S. manufacturing, unleash energy production, secure the border, stop migrant crime, protect elections, expand school choice and defend gun rights.
Greene Stays Out But Looms Large
Under Georgia’s special-election rules, all candidates, regardless of party, appeared on one ballot, and a candidate needed more than 50% to win outright. Greene, who resigned at the start of the year after a public break with Trump, stayed out of the primary and did not back a successor, even as candidates either embraced her combative style or ran against it.
The district stretches from Atlanta’s northwest exurbs to the Alabama line and up to Tennessee, and Greene carried it by 64.4% in 2024, highlighting Harris’ steep climb in the runoff.
That said, Politico notes that Georgia’s campaign season is far from over. The report notes that several candidates who ran in the special election have also qualified for the May 19 primary for a full term, including former state Sen. Colton Moore (R), a hardline conservative and longtime Trump ally who stayed in the race without Trump’s endorsement and finished a distant third in the special election.
GOP Eyes Seat To Protect Majority
According to an Associated Press report, a Republican win next month would be significant for the party as it would help protect the GOP’s razor-thin House majority. The chamber currently stands at 218 Republicans to 214 Democrats, meaning party leaders can afford only one GOP defection on legislation if all members vote.
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