Georgia holds run-off election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

Georgia holds run-off election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene1 hour agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleKayla EpsteinReutersDemocrat Shawn Harris, left, and Republican Clay Fuller, right, are competing to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress.Georgia holds a runoff election on Tuesday to replace former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, which could see the staunch conservative district remain in Republican hands or flip in a surprise upset by a Democrat.Greene abruptly resigned from the US Congress in January after a split with President Donald Trump, leaving behind thousands of frustrated constituents.Voters will choose between Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn Harris.Leadership in the US House of Representatives will closely watch the outcome, as Republicans have a razor-thin governing majority and cannot afford to lose many seats.The winner will serve out the rest of Greene's term, which ends in January 2027.He won't have time to rest, however: In order to hold the seat in Congress beyond next January, the winner will have to immediately start running again in the midterm elections this November. It's possible both candidates face off again.A special election was held on 10 March where Harris performed marginally better than Fuller, in part because of a lack of other serious Democratic contenders. Due to the crowded field, no single candidate won a majority, requiring Tuesday's run off election.Fuller, a former district attorney whose endorsement by Trump put him ahead of the Republican field, has the advantage of running in a conservative district.Republican voters told the BBC last month that they wanted a candidate willing to support Trump's agenda after the dramatics of the president's rupture with Greene. Fuller's platform closely aligns with Trump's, including curbing illegal immigration and enacting mass deportations."They support President Trump," Fuller said of his voters in March, af...