Republicans held onto former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s House seat Tuesday.
Clay Fuller defeated Democrat Shawn Harris in a special runoff election in the state’s 14th District, giving the GOP another vote for their narrow House majority.
But his margin of victory is on track to be less than half of President Donald Trump’s 37-point win in 2024. That continues a broader trend since Trump returned to office last year: Democrats have regularly overperformed in races up and down the ballot, from gubernatorial contests and House special elections to state legislative races.
The northwest Georgia district is the reddest in the Peach State, and the slimmer margin had Democrats bullish on their ambitious plans to flip seats in November’s midterms.
