Georgia runoff to fill Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat exams GOP majority

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ROME, GA — Republican congressional candidate Clay Fuller says that Tuesday's particular election runoff in Georgia is "extraordinarily essential."

Fuller is going through off towards Democrat Shawn Harris within the race to fill the seat in Georgia's solidly crimson 14th Congressional District — within the northwest a part of the state — left vacant when MAGA firebrand Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stepped down originally of January. Greene give up Congress with a yr left in her time period, after a bitter falling out with President Donald Trump .

The particular election, held on the identical day as a state Supreme Courtroom contest in battleground Wisconsin, comes as Republicans cling to a razor-thin 218–214 majority within the Home. The GOP can't afford any surprises and permit the Democrats to drag an upset within the particular election, in a district Trump carried by a whopping 37 factors in his 2024 presidential victory.

"We want the reinforcements," Fuller, a neighborhood district legal professional and a lieutenant colonel within the Air Nationwide Guard who's served within the Air Power since 2009, emphasised in a Fox Information Digital interview on the eve of the runoff election , as he pointed to the GOP's fragile majority. "I feel the voters in Georgia 14 perceive that, they usually're wanting ahead to sending a MAGA America first fighter up on Capitol Hill to assist that agenda."

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<source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/03/931/523/clay-fuller-donald-trump-rome-georgia-feb.-19-2026.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/03/1862/1046/clay-fuller-donald-trump-rome-georgia-feb.-19-2026.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="523" width="931"> Republican congressional candidate Clay Fuller, left, speaks subsequent to President Donald Trump, throughout a go to to the Coosa Metal Company in Rome, Georgia, Feb. 19, 2026. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Requested if he was involved that MAGA supporters would sit out what could also be a low turnout election for the reason that president just isn't on the poll, Fuller stated voters "would crawl by glass to ensure they've a consultant up there that battle for them and battle for President Trump, and that is why we'll have the votes pouring out on April 7."

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Harris, a cattle farmer who spent 4 many years within the navy and retired as an Military brigadier basic, wants the assist of crossover Republicans in an effort to pull off an upset.

"I'm a Democrat, however I am not tied to the get together," Harris highlighted as he spoke with Fox Information Digital. And Harris argued, "My opponent, Clay, can't say that. He really offered his soul to President Trump."

Harris, pointing to surging fuel costs fueled by Trump's military attack on Iran , stated when voters "go to the polls, they must cease on the pump, and that'll be the very last thing they give thought to earlier than they go and vote. And they will say, 'You recognize what, Shawn Harris is the one one which's speaking about bringing down prices, Shawn Harris is the one one is saying, 'I will get up for the folks right here in Northwest Georgia, interval."

"We are going to win this struggle militarily. Nonetheless, if we do not watch it and be clear with the American folks, primarily based on these fuel costs and diesel costs, we might really lose this struggle politically."

Harris stated he "will assist President Trump on issues just like the...southern border." However he added "on the subject of issues like...a eternally struggle. Ship me. I'll push again."

Fuller stated that "the voters in Georgia-14 assist the president on this endeavor. They perceive that the Iranian regime was a long run risk to our nationwide safety...they perceive that President Trump is making the world safer, they usually perceive that there could also be quick time period ache on the fuel pump, they usually'll anticipate these costs to drop as quickly as this battle is over."

Harris grabbed 37% of the vote, with Fuller at 35% amid a subject of 17 candidates, together with 12 Republicans, within the first round of voting in early March. Since no candidate topped 50%, Harris and Fuller superior to Tuesday's runoff.

The congressional seat — which stretches from Atlanta's outer suburbs to the state's northwest borders with Alabama and Tennessee — was left vacant when Greene give up Congress with a yr left in her time period, after a really public falling out with Trump largely over her push to launch the Jeffrey Epstein recordsdata.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks throughout a information convention with 10 of the alleged victims of disgraced financier and intercourse trafficker Jeffrey Epstein exterior the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)

Whereas Greene stays in style amongst Republicans within the district, Fuller stated the voters he is talked with on the marketing campaign path "are centered on the fights of the longer term, not something that had occurred prior to now."

Requested if he is talked with Greene, Fuller stated he "reached out to Rep. Greene, had conversations along with her and bought recommendation on the district, and I will hold these conversations confidential."

Harris, who as a first-time candidate misplaced to Greene by almost 29 factors in her 2024 re-election, emphasised that "I am not operating towards Marjorie Taylor Greene anymore," and that his title "carries extra weight than another title on this district."

If Harris loses however holds Fuller's margin to the mid-teens or much less, nationwide Democrats will argue the election is the newest in almost 15 months since Trump returned to the White Home through which they've overperformed.

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The poll field brawl in Northwest Georgia is not the one electoral showdown on Tuesday. There's additionally a state Supreme Courtroom election in battleground Wisconsin.

Whereas formally a non-partisan contest, state Supreme Courtroom elections in Wisconsin have develop into extraordinarily partisan lately.

With the courtroom's majority on the road in final yr's contest, exterior cash poured in and out-of-state door titties blanketed Wisconsin. One of many greatest spenders was Trump ally Elon Musk , who headlined a rally days earlier than the election and donned a cheesehead hat worn by followers of the Inexperienced Bay Packers.

Then-Trump adviser Elon Musk seems at a city corridor assembly Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin, in March. Musk and his tremendous PACs spent greater than $2 million to assist conservative Supreme Courtroom candidate Brad Schimel's marketing campaign. (Scott Olson/Getty)

Democrats received that election by a larger-than-expected margin and at the moment maintain a 4-3 majority on Wisconsin's highest court .

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With a conservative justice retiring, the bulk is not at stake on this yr's election, though if state Appeals Courtroom Choose Chris Taylor, a former democratic state consultant, wins, liberals would develop their majority on the excessive courtroom to 5-2.

If Appeals Courtroom Choose Maria Lazar, a conservative, wins or retains the margins shut, the GOP might declare an ethical victory.

Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter primarily based within the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the marketing campaign path from coast to coast."