{"id":4812,"date":"2026-03-11T13:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/battle-over-mtgs-former-seat-goes-unresolved-on-election-night-but-trump-backed-republican-tastes-victory\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T13:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:33:20","slug":"battle-over-mtgs-former-seat-goes-unresolved-on-election-night-but-trump-backed-republican-tastes-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/battle-over-mtgs-former-seat-goes-unresolved-on-election-night-but-trump-backed-republican-tastes-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle over MTG’s former seat goes unresolved on election night \u2014 but Trump-backed Republican tastes victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) called it quits and left office on Jan. 5, leaving Georgia’s 14th congressional district up for grabs.<\/p>\n

Shawn Harris \u2014 a Democratic retired brigadier general<\/a> who was previously defeated by Greene in a landslide<\/a> \u2014 attempted to take the seat in Tuesday’s free-for-all special election. He was, however, thwarted by Clay Fuller, a hard-nosed Republican who served in the Air National Guard and left his role as district attorney to run for Congress.<\/p>\n

‘TOO BIG TO RIG.’<\/p>\n

With over 95% of the votes in as of Wednesday morning, Fuller \u2014 whom President Donald Trump characterized as an “America First Patriot” in his endorsement<\/a> last month \u2014 had secured 34.9% of the total vote, reported<\/a> the Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Trump’s pick handily outperformed over 10 other Republican contenders, including former Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore, who identified<\/a> himself on the campaign as “Trump’s #1 Defender for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District.” Moore received 11.6% of the vote.<\/p>\n

The other Republican candidates couldn’t crack 5%.<\/p>\n

Harris, alternatively, managed to secure 37.3% of the vote.<\/p>\n

As neither Harris nor Fuller reached the necessary 50% plus one vote to take the district outright, they are headed to a head-to-head runoff election on April 7 where Trump’s pick won’t have to compete with fellow Republicans.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Megan Varner\/Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n

Fuller told<\/a> reporters at his election night watch party, “I would describe this as an outright win.”<\/p>\n

“We know that the endorsement from President Trump made a difference in this race, and we’re going to go and win it,” continued the candidate. “I think it’s time that the Republican vote unites and gets a representative to Capitol Hill as soon as possible.”<\/p>\n

Trump noted<\/a> just before midnight, “Congratulations to Clay Fuller, of Georgia\u2019s 14th Congressional District, on getting such a high percentage of the vote with 12 Republicans running. We want to make the next vote ‘TOO BIG TO RIG.’ Clay will be a GREAT Congressman \u2014 HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!”<\/p>\n

Notwithstanding his opponent’s performance in a crowded Republican field, Harris claimed<\/a>, “This race isn’t over.”<\/p>\n

“Momentum is real. The coalition is growing,” continued Harris. “Let\u2019s finish what we started.”<\/p>\n

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Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) called it quits and left office on Jan. 5, leaving Georgia’s 14th congressional district up for grabs. Shawn Harris \u2014 a Democratic retired brigadier general who was previously defeated by Greene in a landslide \u2014 attempted to take the seat in Tuesday’s free-for-all special election. He was, however, thwarted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-conservative-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}