Georgia’s 14th District race heads into May primary after high-profile special election
The fight for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District is heading into another round of voting just weeks after a closely watched special election to replace former Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Republican U.S. Rep. Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn Harris are now back on their respective party ballots for the regularly scheduled May primary election, after facing each other in the April special election runoff to fill the remainder of Greene’s term.
The primary election is scheduled for May 19. If no candidate secures more than 50% of the vote, the top two finishers will proceed to a June 16 runoff to become the nominee of their party.
Georgia’s 14th Congressional District was created after the 2010 census and has never elected a Democrat to Congress. Harris, a retired Army brigadier general and cattle farmer, finished first in the March special election jungle primary with about 37% of the vote before losing the April runoff to Fuller, an Air National Guard officer and forme…