The Winner

If you live in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, Rep. Clay Fuller (R-GA) will keep representing you after winning his first full term, seven months after he won a special election for the seat. The Associated Press called the race for Fuller at 8:55 p.m. Eastern time on election night, Tuesday, Nov. 3. ​

Fuller has 168,830 votes (58.8%) to 118,446 (41.2%) for Democrat Shawn Harris), a margin of about 18 points, with an estimated 99% of votes counted, according to Associated Press election results. He returns to a House where Republicans will be in the minority.

The Race

The race was a rematch of April’s special election runoff, which Fuller won 55.9% to 44.1% after former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) resigned in January, according to Ballotpedia News. Fuller’s margin grew by about 6 points from that runoff, but it was still well short of Greene’s 29-point win over Harris in 2024.

Fuller, a former district attorney, won an eight-way Republican primary on May 19 with 81.3%, while Harris, a retired Army brigadier general and cattle farmer, ran unopposed, according to Ballotpedia’s race page. Cook Political Report and Inside Elections rated the race Solid Republican, and Sabato’s Crystal Ball rated it Safe Republican.

The district covers 10 counties in northwest Georgia, according to Capitol Beat. About 782,800 people live there, and residents are 71.4% white, 12.8% Hispanic, 12.4% Black and 1.7% Asian.

The median household income is $79,700, and the median age is 39. Of adults, 28% hold at least a bachelor’s degree, unemployment is 4.5% and 10.9% of residents live below the poverty line.

What’s Next

Fuller’s new term begins Sunday, Jan. 3. Having joined the House in April when Republicans held a narrow majority, he will start his first full term in the minority after Democrats won control of the chamber. Fuller has urged House appropriators to boost federal funding to clean up PFAS, the “forever chemicals” contaminating drinking water systems in Northwest Georgia, according to his office.

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