Georgia holds special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene : NPR

Trump-endorsed Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn Harris compete for US House seat in General Assembly runoff Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. ATLANTA – Democrat Shawn Harris and Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller will advance to a runoff in April in a race to replace former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. That's according to a call from The Associated Press. President Trump's endorsement of Fuller, a district attorney in northwest Georgia, propelled him ahead of other Republicans in a crowded field. Democrats in the heavily conservative district rallied behind Harris, a retired Army brigadier general who ran against Greene in 2024. Before Election Day, some voters said the president's choice is not who they think would best support the conservative MAGA movement championed by both Trump and Greene. Greene resigned earlier this year, leaving Georgia's 14th Congressional District without representation in Congress (and reducing the GOP majority in the House) after a bitter split with Trump. Follow the results below when polls close on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Eastern time. Loading... Greene rose to prominence during five years in office as a strong ally of Trump, grandiosely attacking his critics and pushing the "America First" policy of the MAGA movement. However, the two had a very public confrontation after she pushed for documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to be made public. Greene has also sharply criticized Trump's actions abroad, saying he has deviated from his promises to focus domestically. Now that Trump is in the second year of his second term, other high-profile disputes have emerged with key parts of his MAGA coalition over his administration's handling of other issues, including sweeping tariffs, immigration policy and more. More recently, divisions have emerged over the war with Iran. Some, like Greene, argue that while Trump helped create the "America First" worldview, he is not the sole arbiter of how it is viewed. Most Republican candidates in the special election have said they want to focus on Trump's priorities and their district's concerns, rather than becoming incumbents themselves, an approach they say Greene took in her public disputes with Democrats and even members of her own party. "The difference between Marjorie and me is that I will not use the press to become a celebrity," Republican Star Black said during a Feb. 16 candidate forum. "I will use the press to really show what I have done - the achievements." Trump has endorsed Clay Fuller, district attorney in the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit in northwest Georgia. He emphasized his support last month during a visit to Rome, part of the state's 14th district, where he held a rally to promote his administration's economic policy. Fuller called himself a "MAGA warrior" at the event. "I really like it," said rally attendee Jill Fisher. "I think he is a strong candidate, he seems like a very good family man with great values. And I think he will contribute a lot to Congress." Highlighting Fuller's military service as an Air Force veteran, an ad for his campaign reads: "'America First' is the story of his life." Fuller faces several other Republican candidates in the primary, including former state Sen. Colton Moore. Moore previously won election to the state legislature in the district and is considered one of the most right-wing legislators at the state level. "I am 100% pro-Trump," Moore declared in his campaign announcement video. It has made some headlines of its own. Last year, Moore was arrested for trying to enter the State House in Atlanta to attend Republican Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State address. Moore argued that he had a constitutional right to enter the chamber. Moore had been banned from entering the chambers by the state Republic.