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Feb 20, 2026

Special Election To Replace Marjorie Taylor Greene Called

The run-off election in northwest Georgia to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Trump ally-turned-critic who left her seat in Congress in January, has been called.


VoteHub projected that Republican Clay Fuller has defeated Democrat Shawn Harris in the run-off election for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District.

It’s important to remember that turnout is usually low in special elections, especially special runoff elections. This means that voter enthusiasm can have a bigger impact on the outcome than in bigger elections.

The general primary for the full term is on May 19, so these candidates may not be done fighting each other yet. Last month, Fuller and Harris both made it onto the ballot, along with many of the people they ran against in the special election in March.

President Donald Trump endorsed Fuller, a former prosecutor and Air Force veteran, and his victory tonight will provide Speaker Mike Johnson with more flexibility in his small House Republican majority.

Fuller has repeatedly said he would be “a warrior for President Trump on Capitol Hill,” but other Republican candidates have also promised to support the president’s plans fully.

“There’s a lot of folks who talk a big conservative game, but when it comes down to doing conservative stuff, they’re nowhere to be found,” Moore said Monday in an interview on a conservative talk radio show on WLAQ, a station in the district based in Rome, Georgia. “We need to find a fighter, a legislator, who’s willing to bring that fight with true vigor.”

The 14th Congressional District is massive, covering 10 counties from the Atlanta suburbs to the Appalachian foothills along the Tennessee state line.

Despite being Trump’s stronghold, the 14th Congressional District is home to a significant number of Democrats and independents, which could potentially unsettle Republicans in a special election.

Earlier this year, President Trump criticized Greene during a rally, days before she left Congress in early January.

Trump made the remarks at a campaign rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. During his speech, Trump referred to Greene as a “stone-cold liberal” and “highly neurotic,” Mediaite reported.

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