Georgia runoff to decide Marjorie Taylor Greene replacement

Politics Georgia runoff to decide who replaces Marjorie Taylor Greene after her spat with Trump By Caitlin Yilek Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation. Read Full Bio Caitlin Yilek April 7, 2026 / 6:00 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Washington — Voters in Georgia's 14th Congressional District will decide Tuesday whether Republican Clay Fuller or Democrat Shawn Harris will replace former GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. She resigned from Congress three months ago after a bitter falling out with President Trump, whom she has accused of forsaking his MAGA base on issues like affordability and foreign affairs.The result will have an effect on the balance of power in the House, where Republicans (and one independent who caucuses with the party) hold 218 seats and Democrats have 214. Harris performed slightly better than Fuller in a special election on March 10, but neither secured a majority of the vote in a crowded field of candidates, forcing a runoff election.Harris' ability to attract more votes than Fuller, who had Mr. Trump's endorsement, was attributed to the number of GOP candidates in the race and is not viewed as an indication that Democrats could pull off a major upset in the conservative district that Greene has consistently won by wide margins. Greene was first elected to Congress in 2020, winning by nearly 50 points against her Democratic opponent. She won her two subsequent reelection campaigns by about 30 points.Tuesday's margin is likely to be viewed as one of the first tests of how voters view Mr. Trump's handling of the Iran war and the economic ramifications. Fuller, a district attorney and Air National Guard veteran, has supported Mr. Trump's decision to go to war with Iran, descr...