Runoff in Georgia: MAGA Stronghold Put to the Test

The election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia's 14th District will go to a runoff after no candidate secured a majority. Trump's favored candidate, Clay Fuller, faces Democrat Shawn Harris. Greene had distanced herself from Trump in 2025, and the election tests Trump's influence.

Georgia's election to find a successor for Marjorie Taylor Greene in the U.S. House will see a runoff next month. None of the candidates, including President Trump-backed Clay Fuller, clinched a majority. Fuller, backed by Trump, will face Shawn Harris, a moderate Democrat, on April 7.

The election drew significant attention due to its implications for Trump's hold on his political base, especially within Georgia's 14th District—a bastion for his Make America Great Again ideology. The area has been in the national eye since Greene's 2020 victory and her subsequent prominence in the MAGA movement.

Greene publicly broke with Trump in 2025 over releasing investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein. The runoff winner will serve until the end of 2026 and will face a potential May primary for a full term starting in January 2027.

(With inputs from agencies.)