Posted on 04/08/2026 5:40:26 AM PDT by V_TWIN
RINGGOLD, GA — Republican congressional candidate Clay Fuller just gave House Speaker Mike Johnson a little bit of breathing room as the GOP clings to a razor-thin majority in Congress.
Fuller, who was backed by President Donald Trump, on Tuesday defeated Democrat Shawn Harris in a special election to fill the empty U.S. House seat in Georgia's solidly red 14th Congressional District, the Associated Press reported.
"He was the difference maker," Fuller told Fox News Digital following his victory, as he pointed to Trump. "He was the key factor in us winning…. Our results prove that President Trump means a ton to Georgia-14."
The seat was left vacant when MAGA firebrand Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stepped down at the beginning of January. Greene quit Congress with a year left in her term, after a bitter falling out with Trump.
The special election came as Republicans cling to a razor-thin 218–214 majority in the House. The GOP was under the gun to make sure the Democrats didn't pull off an upset in the special election, in a district in northwest Georgia that Trump carried by a whopping 37 points in his 2024 presidential victory.
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"MAGA firebrand Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene"
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As it turns out she was none of that.
Loose cannon lunatic is more like it.
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Yes a Republican won but MTG won by over 60% and this guy barely cracked 50% and the Dem got 45%...not good for the future...
You got that right. She tried to turn over the House to the RATS by quitting. It’s good to be rid of her.
This won’t sink into the thick skulls of the Neo-Con twats until November. This coalition took years to build and now the imperialist faction is throwing it away with mouthy arrogance. The political Left has its Woke faction to torpedo its party and we have Lincoln Project faction to torpedo ours.
15 or more candidates splits the vote. Harris was a “good” dim candidate with reasonable financial backing. Ex-military officer and a black man. Checks the boxes for some voters.
The R “barely cracked” 50 percent?? He won with 55.9 percent beating his opponent by 12 percentage points. Ten percentage points is generally considered a “landslide”.
It was 56% to 44%. 56% is not "barely" cracking 50%.
The Dem candidate spent millions of dollars on this race.
Yes a Republican won but MTG won by over 60% and this guy barely cracked 50% and the Dem got 45%...not good for the future...
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Continued off-cycle Republican turnout problem. Republicans — from top to bottom — need to be continually urging our people to vote.
Clay Fuller will be a thousand times better than MTG.
Major upgrade
The real acid test will be the mid-terms - which are in a few months.
If gas prices remain high and the Iran War has not ended, I believe Democrats will have the advantage - house and senate.
And, that would be a disgrace.
There were 23 seats decided by less than 5% in 2024.
Those are where total focus is deserved. Not these special election sideshows.
Yes, good news, we’ll take it.
Unique local factors and low turnout are confounding factors in special elections. As a result, a single special election is not a reliable predictor of a general election trend.
And MTG was an incumbent with 100% name recognition.
This was a VERY solid win for the GOP.
Meanwhile there is pressure on Tony Gonzalez (Texas-23), a Republican, to resign from the House. Sheila Cherilus-McCornick (Democrat, Florida) should also be forced out but may be able to withstand pressure because she is black (Haitian).
That should be Cherfilus-McCormick, not Cherilus-McCormick.
There have been seven congressional seats up for special elections. Not one of them flipped from one party to another. There are two additional races that probably will have the same result.
Completed
Florida’s 1st Congressional District on April 1, 2025
Florida’s 6th Congressional District on April 1, 2025
Virginia’s 11th Congressional District on September 9, 2025
Arizona’s 7th Congressional District on September 23, 2025
Texas’ 18th Congressional District on November 4, 2025
Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District on December 2, 2025
Georgia’s 14th Congressional District on March 10, 2026 (Ballotpedia has the wrong date listed on this page in two places.)
New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District on April 16, 2026 (Mikie Sherrill (D), elected NJ Gov.)
California’s 1st Congressional District on August 4, 2026 (Doug LaMalfa (R), who died on January 6, 2026).
As best I can tell, there is only one candidate running for the CA seat in the special election: James Gallagher (R)
The primary for the regular election is on the same day with different borders than the special election. Which is sure to make things complicated.
He got 56% of the vote. A nobody GOP. Pretty good if you ask me. MTG had incredible publicity. Not a fair comparison by you if I may add.
Although I say turnout due to ground game is the difference of 64% R in 2022 and 55% R in 2026.
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Clay Fuller TV ads got stuck in the middle between dirt throwing between “Republicans” Jackson & Jones.
Research is needed to see if that was a factor?
The Jackson-Jones dirt fight can only hurt the Republican brand and help neither Jackson nor Jones.
It’s like Cherry Coke and Real Coke advertising that the other is made with dog poop.
It can only drive people to the other brand.
Republicans: Let’s talk about the isssues for the future.
The future of taxes.
The future of spending.
The future of wasteful spending, of the SWAMP in GA (DELOITTE).
The future of gambling.
The future of choice in education.
The future of ......
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