Republican Clay Fuller Wins Election to Succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia

(SeaPRwire) –   According to the Associated Press, Republican Clay Fuller secured victory on Tuesday in a special runoff election to represent Georgia’s deeply conservative 14th Congressional District. Fuller will complete the remaining term of former GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene—once a fierce backer and ally of President Donald Trump, who stepped down in January after emerging as one of the President’s most vocal critics.

Fuller, a military veteran and district attorney, faced off against Democrat Shawn Harris in a district that Trump won with 68% of the vote in 2024. His victory—endorsed by Trump—boosts the Republican Party’s narrow House majority to 218-214, even as Democrats are counting on a “blue wave” in this year’s midterm elections to seize control of the chamber.

Against the backdrop of Greene’s recent rejection of Trump and large parts of the Republican Party, Fuller ran his campaign as a “MAGA warrior,” aiming to “keep Georgia red.” Greene declined to endorse any candidate in the race to fill her seat. Her acrimonious split with Trump stemmed from the Administration’s management of the Epstein Files, Trump’s role in Israel’s war with Gaza, and the Administration’s tensions with Iran.

“This [is] NOT what we pledged to the American people when they voted overwhelmingly in 2024,” Greene stated on X (formerly Twitter) Sunday in reaction to Trump’s warnings to Iran that if its leaders fail to open the Strait of Hormuz, there would be consequences. On Tuesday, she called Trump’s threat to eliminate “a whole civilization” “evil and madness.”

Tuesday’s special election offers one of the earliest insights into how the Iran war might be influencing voters’ choices. Though both Fuller and Harris are veterans, their views on Trump’s military actions in Iran were vastly different. In a March 23 debate, Fuller fully supported Trump’s stance on Iran, asserting that the U.S. was “safer” because of the President’s measures. “It is a death cult that cannot be bargained with,” he commented about Iran during the debate.

“This current war we’re engaged in is a war of choice,” Harris argued at the same debate. “Our focus ought to be [on] how to rebuild this economy, how to support our farmers, and how to look after all the hardworking residents of Northwest Georgia.” Harris, who is a cattle farmer, has also condemned the war’s role in driving up prices for oil, fuel, and fertilizer to sky-high levels.

Fuller—who ran against Greene for the Republican nomination in 2020—will serve out the remainder of Greene’s term until January 2027. However, if he wishes to stay in Congress after that, he must secure his party’s backing in the May 19 Republican primary to face Democrats once more in November.