Republican Clay Fuller prevailed over Democrat Shawn Harris in Georgia's special election for Congress on April 7 but a growing blue wave eroded the wide 2024 GOP margins in the district set by President Donald Trump and former Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene. The race was called by the Associated Press and NBC News less than 90 minutes after the polls closed.
The contest to replace Greene, who resigned in January after a falling out with Trump, was widely watched for signs of fractures in the Make America Great Again movement and the size of the rising political tide for Democrats ahead of the 2026 midterms. Fuller, a former prosecutor, was endorsed by Trump.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, and other Republican leaders cheered the win, which adds a needed member to their slim House majority.
"In Congress, Clay will be a strong ally of President Trump and help House Republicans grow the economy, secure the border and keep Americans safe," Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said in a statement.
Fuller scored decisive wins in most of the 10 counties in Georgia's 14th Congressional District, which stretches across northwestern Georgia from the Atlanta suburbs to the Tennesse border.
