Clay Fuller received President Trump’s endorsement early in the election season in the race to replace former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. He will serve out the remainder of Green’s term.
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Republican Clay Fuller will replace former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. That’s according to the race call from the Associated Press. Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Sarah Callis reports.
SARAH CALLIS, BYLINE: Congressman-elect Clay Fuller came to the race with a clear message.
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Clay Fuller: We need the America-first warfighter to stand strong for Northwest Georgia.
CALIS: Fuller, the attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, received President Trump’s endorsement in a special election in March that featured more than a dozen candidates. But after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, he advanced against Democrat Sean Harris. For voters like David Hale, Trump’s endorsement mattered in this solidly red district. He says he cast his ballot for Fuller.
David Hale: He has the support of President Trump, and I hope they can work together.
CALLIS: This will be different than Marjorie Taylor Greene’s last few months in Congress. He resigned after publicly disagreeing with Trump over the release of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. This week, he criticized his handling of the war with Iran. When the Greens last contested elections in 2024, they received about 64% of the vote. Harris faced Green in 2024 also. At that time, the Democrats lost by about 29 percentage points. Tuesday’s results show a narrow margin of victory. Fuller defeated Harris by about 14 percentage points in this conservative rural and suburban district. This year, Harris’ campaign catered to voters disenchanted with Trump. Voter Linda Rhodes chose Harris and said she wanted change in Congress.
Linda Rhodes: I prefer to have common sense who understands the Constitution of the United States, who cares about the disadvantaged, who cares about education, who cares about health care for women.
Callis: National Democrats like former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg campaigned for Harris in the district before the runoff. In addition to attracting national support, the race also attracted large national funds. The National Republican PAC spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Fuller’s campaign, even though the district is considered a safe Republican seat. Harris’s campaign also received thousands of dollars in funding from outside the state. Voters in the 14th could see a Fuller-Harris rematch in November because the special election only selected a candidate to serve out the remainder of Greene’s term. Both candidates have qualified to appear on their respective party’s ballots again for Georgia’s primary election in May.
For NPR News, I’m Sarah Callis in Atlanta.
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