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. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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.
Democrats nationally were more focused on the margins than the final results coming out of the district, which is one of the more MAGA-friendly areas in the country stretching from the Atlanta suburbs to the Appalachia mountains on the Tennessee border.
In deeply red Chattooga County, for instance, which is right at the border with Alabama, Fuller won by approximately 40 percentage points, according to preliminary numbers. That is less than Greene, had bested Harris two years ago by about 52 percentage points.
I was born and raised in this district, and I knew there is no way that Harris was going to win. I knew Fuller would win, but the race was closer than I expected. Most of the people there are very low information voters. My family still lives there and will vote with anyone who has an R next to their name no matter who it is. They’re all convinced democrats are the spawn of Satan or some shit. Ask them any political question and you just get a blank stare.
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It feels like the GOP victory maps of today may serve as a good guide for areas around the country where the quality of the local educational system may be subpar.
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From USA TODAY:
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. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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.
Democrats nationally were more focused on the margins than the final results coming out of the district, which is one of the more MAGA-friendly areas in the country stretching from the Atlanta suburbs to the Appalachia mountains on the Tennessee border.
In deeply red Chattooga County, for instance, which is right at the border with Alabama, Fuller won by approximately 40 percentage points, according to preliminary numbers. That is less than Greene, had bested Harris two years ago by about 52 percentage points.
Read more: [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/04/07/republicans-win-mtgs-georgia-seat/89490575007/](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/04/07/republicans-win-mtgs-georgia-seat/89490575007/)
I was born and raised in this district, and I knew there is no way that Harris was going to win. I knew Fuller would win, but the race was closer than I expected. Most of the people there are very low information voters. My family still lives there and will vote with anyone who has an R next to their name no matter who it is. They’re all convinced democrats are the spawn of Satan or some shit. Ask them any political question and you just get a blank stare.
It feels like the GOP victory maps of today may serve as a good guide for areas around the country where the quality of the local educational system may be subpar.
Where to sell your hair in Northwest Georgia:
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Win by 16%?! 1/3 Americans are dead dumb maga and a hopeless fact.