Special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s vacant House seat goes to runoff
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The Special Election to fill former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s vacant House seat in Georgia’s deep-red 14th Congressional District will head to a runoff next month.
The seat in northwest Georgia remained vacant when Greene resigned in early January. Green left Congress with a year left in her term following a public disagreement with President Donald Trump over the Epstein files.
Tuesday’s special election ended with a runoff between Trump-backed Republican District Attorney Clay Fuller and retired army veteran Shawn Harris.
Currently, the GOP holds a razor-thin 218-214 majority in the House. As a result, Republicans cannot afford any surprises and cannot allow Democrats to suffer defeat in the district that Trump left behind by 37 points during his 2024 presidential election victory.
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The election to take over former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former seat will be held next month with a runoff between a Republican and a Democrat. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
In the special elections held in Georgia on Tuesday, all 17 candidates were on the same ballot, regardless of party affiliation. Twelve were Republicans and three were Democrats.
Since no candidate received 50% of the vote in the primary, the top two candidates advance to a runoff election on April 7.
Retired Brigadier General Harris received 39.9 percent of the vote, while Fuller, the district attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, received 34.2 percent.
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American flags are displayed outside the Georgia 14th Congressional District Office at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Robert Yoon/AP Photo)
Harris emerged as the fundraising champion among the 17 candidates, raising $4.3 million, but Fuller had Trump’s support in a district the president won easily.
Fuller worked with the president during a stop in the area at a recent event in Rome, Georgia, and described himself as a “MAGA warrior.” In addition to his Trump support, Fuller is also backed by the Club for Growth, a politically powerful and fiscally conservative group.
Former Congresswoman Greene — once a vocal critic of Trump while one of Trump’s top allies in the House of Representatives — ultimately remained neutral in the race to replace him.
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Republican congressional candidate Clay Fuller (L) speaks next to President Donald Trump during his visit to Coosa Steel Corporation in Rome, Georgia, on February 19, 2026. (Kevin Lamarque/REUTERS)
In third place on Tuesday evening was former state Senator Colton Moore, a strong supporter of Trump who draws support from the far right. Moore received 10.9 percent of the vote.
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