Clay Fuller says Trump support key to winning Georgia runoff election

Republican House candidate Clay Fuller says his guide to runoff elections in a vacant congressional district in solidly red northwest Georgia that was once held by Marjorie Taylor Greene is simple.

“We’re just going to continue to get this message out about supporting President Trump and my experience as a military officer, an elected prosecutor and a fighter for America First,” Fuller told Fox News Digital.

Fuller was interviewed shortly after advancing to the runoff after placing in the top two in the special election in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. He will face Democrat Shawn Harris, a retired brigadier general and cattle rancher, in the second round.

Harris received 37% of the vote, to Fuller’s 35% in a field of 17 candidates, including 12 Republicans.

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Tuesday’s special election and April 7 runoffs come as Republicans cling to a slim 218-214 majority in the House.

Republican Clay Fuller speaks to supporters after learning he will run in a runoff election during an election night event March 10, 2026, in Rome, Georgia. (Mike Stewart/AP Photo)

The congressional seat was left vacant when MAGA firebrand Greene resigned in early January. Greene left Congress a year into her term, after a very public falling out with Trump, primarily over his willingness to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The GOP can’t afford any surprises and allow Democrats to spring a surprise in a district that stretches from the northwest suburbs of Atlanta to Georgia’s northwest border with Alabama and the northern border with Tennessee — which Trump won by 37 points in his 2024 presidential victory.

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“President Trump really matters in Georgia 14,” noted Fuller, a local prosecutor and member of the Air National Guard.

Trump joined forces with Fuller during a stop in the district in March. Speaking before the president at an event in Rome, Georgia, Fuller described himself as a “MAGA warrior.”

Republican congressional candidate Clay Fuller, left, speaks next to President Donald Trump during a visit to the Coosa Steel Corporation in Rome, Georgia, February 19, 2026. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

“It’s Christmas every time he’s here,” Fuller told Fox News Digital. “Let’s bring him back as many times as possible. I’d like to have him here every day. I know he’s got bigger problems to deal with than Georgia 14, but I’d like to see him. Let’s bring in Vice President JD Vance. Let’s bring everyone in.”

Fuller was also backed by the deep-pocketed political group the Club for Growth, which advocates a limited, pro-growth government program.

Georgia Democratic Party Chairman Charlie Bailey, pointing out that Harris was leading the pack Tuesday, said “Georgians are tired of cost increases, health care cuts, failed Republican leadership – and Shawn’s performance tonight is proof.”

Harris, taking to social media Wednesday, said, “Last night we came out on top in a crowded field and earned our spot in the runoff. That’s no easy feat in northwest Georgia. Now it’s head-to-head on April 7. We’re going right back to work – and we’re going to win again.”

But Harris, who lost nearly 30 points to Greene in 2024, faces a steep climb in the runoff election.

Democratic sources told Fox News Digital that Democratic-aligned groups are highly unlikely to invest resources in the runoff.

The runoff election will take place April 7 in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, in the race to fill the seat vacated by then-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican, resigned from Congress in early January. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Fuller said he would contact other Republican candidates who were on the ballot, including former Sen. Colton Moore, a staunch Trump supporter who enjoys broad support from the far right. Moore finished in third place, with nearly 12 percent of the vote.

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“We know the Republican Party is going to consolidate around President Trump’s choice. We’re going to chase the vote,” Fuller said.

And he emphasized, “Everybody in the field understands that a Democrat can’t represent Georgia 14. It would be a tragedy for Georgia 14, a tragedy for the MAGA movement. And we’re going to come together as a party and win this thing and defeat Sean Harris.”