{"id":21565,"date":"2026-03-11T00:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/top-two-candidates-emerge-in-race-for-majorie-taylor-greenes-open-congressional-seat\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T00:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:14:37","slug":"top-two-candidates-emerge-in-race-for-majorie-taylor-greenes-open-congressional-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/top-two-candidates-emerge-in-race-for-majorie-taylor-greenes-open-congressional-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Two Candidates Emerge In Race For Majorie Taylor Greene\u2019s Open Congressional Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn Harris will presumably face off in an April 7 runoff special election in former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s Georgia district, based on the results available as of Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

Greene resigned from her position representing the 14th Congressional District on Jan. 5 after a public falling out with President Donald Trump over the Epstein files, despite once being close allies.<\/p>\n

The special election comes as Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s (R-LA) Republican majority remains extremely slim, as Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA) announced that he would still caucus with Republicans, but would leave the party. This leaves only 217 registered Republicans in the House.<\/p>\n

There are two other vacancies in the House, one in a Republican-leaning seat and another in a Democratic-leaning seat, with those special elections in the coming months.<\/p>\n

Harris, a farmer and retired brigadier general, wrote in an X post on Tuesday night that \u201cMarjorie Taylor Greene isn\u2019t on the ballot, but the fallout from her feud still is.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis race isn\u2019t about loyalty to Trump. It\u2019s about loyalty to the voters of Northwest Georgia,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI\u2019m running to serve the people here at home \u2014 not chase anyone in Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former State Sen. Colton Moore and Brian Stover were other key Republicans in the special election, but Fuller ultimately earned the Trump nod in February, with the president writing on Truth Social that Fuller is \u201cstrongly supported by the most Highly Respected MAGA Warriors in Georgia, and many Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives.\u201d<\/p>\n

In November, Greene shared a video<\/a> explaining her decision, saying that \u201cloyalty should be a two-way street.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been blessed to represent the 14th District of Georgia for five years. That district is filled with some of the most wonderful, kind-hearted, God fearing, patriotic, hardworking people you will ever meet. Good, regular, common Americans,\u201d the congresswoman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause my self worth is not defined by a man, but instead by God, who created everything in existence,\u201d Greene added at the time.<\/p>\n

The district is deeply Republican, with Greene winning re-election in 2024 with over 64% of the vote compared with Kamala Harris\u2019 roughly 36%. Trump won the district with 68% of the vote, and he won the battleground state of Georgia with just under 51%.<\/p>\n

All eyes will remain on the Peach State through November, as the United States Senate race is considered a \u201ctoss-up,\u201d according to the Cook Political Report.<\/p>\n

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) will face off against either Reps. Mike Collins, Buddy Carter, or former football coach Derek Dooley, depending on who wins the Republican primary on May 19. Trump has yet to endorse a candidate in the race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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