Trump Ally Wins GA House Seat Formerly Held By Marjorie Taylor Greene

Clay Fuller, a GOP-backed district attorney, on Tuesday won the special election to fill the U.S. House District 14 seat after Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned in January.

With the endorsement of President Donald Trump, Fuller defeated Democratic cattle farmer and retired brigadier general Shawn Harris in a runoff after neither candidate cleared the required 50 percent plus one vote threshold on March 10.

But the GOP margin of victory was roughly half the amount the party had in the 2024 election, raising concerns for Republican chances in the coming midterms in closer races.

Fuller won with 72,304 votes to Harris' 57,030 votes, according to unofficial vote tallies from the Georgia Secretary of State's office.

Fuller will serve out the remaining months of Greene’s term in the House, where Republicans control 217 seats to Democrats’ 214, with one independent.

In a deep red district that Greene won by 29 points and Trump carried by almost 37 points two years ago, Fuller was on track to win by about 12 points with almost all votes counted. But, the result added to a string of special elections where Democrats performed better than expected, a track record that the party hopes will create momentum toward November's midterm elections when control of Congress hangs in the balance.

All 10 of the counties in District 14 shifted by double digits toward the Democratic candidate compared with the 2024 presidential election, The New York Times reported.

To earn a full two-year term, Fuller may have to face Harris, again.

The Republican primary for the November election is on May 19 and a party runoff is scheduled for June 16. Harris is already the Democratic nominee for November.

“Tonight, we start campaigning for November,” Fuller said to his supporters after claiming the win Tuesday, per CNN.

Fuller, the district attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit's four counties, insisted that his victory over Harris was a testimony to Trump's staying power, the Associated Press reported.

“They couldn’t beat Donald Trump and they never will,” he told supporters in Ringgold, "and I will be on Capitol Hill as a warrior to have his back each and every day.”

Despite the vote count, Harris declared victory.

“If Democrats, independents and Republicans can do this in a ruby-red district, the Democrats can win anywhere,” Harris said Tuesday night, the Times reported. “Nobody ever thought that we would ever be this close.”

The former White House fellow will represent Catoosa, Whitfield, Gordon, Walker, Dade, Floyd, Polk and Haralson counties, as well as portions of Cobb, Douglas, Carroll and Paulding counties.

Fuller previously served in the Department of Defense and the Office of the Vice President, according to his campaign site.

"It is my Great Honor to endorse America First Patriot, Clay Fuller, who is running to represent the wonderful people of Georgia’s 14th Congressional District," Trump said in an endorsement message published to Fuller's campaign site. "Clay Fuller has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next Representative from Georgia’s 14th Congressional District — HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!”

Fuller ran his campaign on maintaining an "American-first economy" and said he favors the mass deportation of immigrants, supporting Trump policies.

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Why Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Resign?

Greene first announced her intent to resign in a social media video released in November 2025.

It followed a public fallout with Trump, as the congresswoman criticized him for his stance on the Epstein files, along with foreign policy and health care.

Trump branded her a “traitor” and “wacky” and said he would endorse a challenger against her if she was to run for reelection this year.

Greene’s discontent dates back to at least May 2025, when she announced she wouldn’t run for the Senate against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff, while attacking GOP donors and consultants who feared she couldn’t win.

Her restlessness later intensified when she announced she wouldn’t run for Georgia governor this year.

She was also frustrated with the Republican leadership on Capitol Hill, which worked in lockstep with Trump.

Greene said in her video that “the legislature has been mostly sidelined” since Republicans took unified control of Washington in January and her bills “just sit collecting dust."

“That’s how it is for most members of Congress’ bills,” she said. “The speaker never brings them to the floor for a vote.”

The Associated Press contributed reporting and writing.