ATLANTA — Georgia voters in the state’s 14th Congressional District will head to the polls Tuesday to select a new representative following Marjorie Taylor Greene’s departure from Congress earlier this year after tensions with President Donald Trump escalated.
The crowded field features 17 candidates, including prominent Republicans Clay Fuller and Colton Moore, along with Democrat Shawn Harris. Tuesday’s contest may only mark the beginning of a lengthy electoral process in the northwest Georgia district.
Fuller, who serves as a district attorney and has received Trump’s backing, aims to secure victory without heading to an April 7 runoff election. A runoff becomes mandatory if no candidate captures more than half the vote in the district spanning 10 counties from Atlanta’s suburbs to the Tennessee border.
“We need to win this thing on March 10 and send an America First warrior to fight for President Trump,” Fuller declared to supporters gathered in Rome, Georgia, on Feb. 19 during a Trump campaign event.
However, achieving an outright victory may prove challenging given the large candidate pool of 12 Republicans, three Democrats, one Libertarian, and one independent, despite five Republican candidates dropping out of the race.
The victorious candidate will complete Greene’s remaining term, but must campaign again to stay in office past January. Both parties have scheduled May 19 primaries for the full two-year term, with potential June 16 runoffs preceding November’s general election.
Ten Republicans and Harris have already secured spots on November’s ballot for the full term. This group includes both Fuller and Moore, a former state legislator popular among far-right supporters who gained attention for his aggressive defense of Trump during Georgia’s election interference case.
Harris, who operates a cattle farm and previously served as a general, campaigns on moderate positions and addressing local concerns. Nevertheless, Democratic victory appears unlikely in the 14th District, which the Cook Political Report identifies as Georgia’s most solidly Republican constituency.
District voters rallied behind Greene’s conservative agenda in 2020 when she shifted her campaign there after abandoning her original bid in a more competitive Atlanta-area district.
Greene became one of Congress’s most recognizable figures before departing in January. She maintained unwavering support for Trump following his 2020 loss to Joe Biden, amplifying his unsubstantiated claims about election fraud. During Trump’s 2024 campaign, she traveled nationwide as a surrogate speaker, frequently appearing at rallies wearing her signature red “Make America Great Again” cap.
However, Greene’s relationship with Trump soured last year when he and fellow Republicans opposed her potential Senate or gubernatorial campaigns. Greene publicly criticized Trump’s international policies and his decision not to release Jeffrey Epstein-related documents. Trump eventually announced his willingness to back a primary opponent, prompting Greene to announce her resignation one week later.
Electing another Republican would strengthen the party’s slim House majority. Republicans currently hold 218 seats compared to Democrats’ 214.
