NBC News projected on Tuesday that Republican Clay Fuller, a former prosecutor who received the endorsement of President Donald Trump, won a special runoff election in Georgia to take the U.S. House seat vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Fuller, previously the district attorney in northwest Georgia, prevailed over Democrat Shawn Harris in the two-way contest for what the reporting describes as the state's most conservative congressional district. Harris, characterized in the reporting as a moderate Democrat, had focused part of his campaign on appealing to Trump supporters who had become disaffected.
The runoff was required after a March 10 special election produced no candidate with an outright majority. That special election itself was held following Greene's resignation from Congress in January, which occurred amid a public rupture with President Trump.
The contest was conducted as a direct, head-to-head race between Fuller and Harris. The projection by NBC News indicated Fuller as the victor in that final matchup. Beyond the projected outcome and the biographical details of the principal candidates, the reporting does not include vote counts, margins, turnout figures, or statements from the campaigns.
Key facts established in the reporting include the endorsement of Fuller by Trump, Fuller’s prior role as a district attorney in northwest Georgia, Harris’s positioning as a moderate Democrat seeking to attract disaffected Trump voters, the triggering of the runoff after no majority in the March 10 special election, and Greene’s resignation in January following a public rupture with Trump.
The reporting does not provide details on how this change of representation might influence specific legislative priorities or federal policy actions tied to the district. Nor does it offer explicit analysis of market or sector consequences stemming from the outcome.
Readout: Clay Fuller, backed by President Trump and formerly a northwest Georgia district attorney, was projected to win a special runoff to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene after a March special election left no candidate with a majority.