Georgia Rep.-elect Clay Fuller sworn in to spice up GOP Home majority

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Reduction is on the way in which for Home Speaker Mike Johnson , because the GOP clings to a razor-thin majority within the Home of Representatives.

Republican Rep.-elect Clay Fuller of Georgia is predicted to be sworn in by Johnson on Tuesday, one week after Fuller defeated Democrat Shawn Harris in a special election to fill the vacant U.S. Home seat in Georgia's 14th Congressional District, within the essential southeastern battleground state.

The seat, in northwest Georgia, was left vacant when MAGA firebrand Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stepped down at first of January. Greene give up Congress with a yr left in her time period, after a bitter falling out with Trump.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks throughout a listening to with the Home Committee on Homeland Safety within the Cannon Home Workplace Constructing on December 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee convened to listen to testimony from high nationwide safety officers on potential worldwide threats. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Pictures)

The particular election got here as Republicans clung to a fragile four-seat majority within the Home. The GOP was below the gun to ensure the Democrats did not pull off an upset in a district that President Donald Trump carried by a whopping 37 factors in his 2024 presidential victory. Fuller ended up topping Harris by 12 factors.

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Pointing to Fuller, Johnson in an announcement to Fox Information Digital mentioned, "We sit up for welcoming him to our Home Republican Convention and including one other sturdy member to our small however consequential majority."

And the Speaker described Fuller, who was an area district lawyer and a lieutenant colonel within the Air Nationwide Guard who's served within the Air Power since 2009, as "a principled chief who's laser-focused on delivering outcomes for Georgia."

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Fuller, in an interview final week with Fox Information Digital minutes after successful the runoff election, described himself as a "reinforcement" for Johnson and mentioned his victory was "extraordinarily essential."

And referring to Washington, D.C., he mentioned he was trying "ahead to getting up there as quickly as attainable...to being up there and combating."

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When Fuller is sworn in, the House Republican conference will stand at 219, which incorporates Republican-turned-independent Rep. Kevin Kiley of California, who caucuses with the GOP.

Republican congressional candidate Clay Fuller speaks after his victory within the particular election runoff in Georgia's 14th District, on April 7, 2026 in Ringgold, Georgia (Paul Steinhauser/Fox Information)

However the Democrats could quickly enhance their ranks by one to 215.

Democratic congressional candidate Analilia Mejia is favored in Thursday's particular election in New Jersey's left-leaning eleventh Congressional District, within the race to fill the seat left vacant when then Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill stepped down late final yr after successful election as governor.

There's another vacant seat in Congress, in California's 1st Congressional District, following the surprising demise in early January of Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa.

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A major within the race to fill LaMalfa's seat will probably be held on June 2, which is major day in California. And the particular common election will probably be held on Aug. 4.

The district, in northeastern California, is solidly Republican.

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."