22 Candidates Flood Georgia Special Election to Replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

A special election on March 10 will choose a replacement for Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned in January amid a public rift with President Donald Trump, and a crowded field originally of 22 candidates has been whittled to 17 active contenders competing on a single ballot regardless of party.

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The vote will occur in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, a sprawling northwest district that stretches to the Tennessee line, and if no one wins a majority the top two vote-getters will advance to an April 7 runoff.

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Nearly 54,000 ballots had already been cast in the U.S. House special election as of the Friday before the vote, reflecting substantial early participation in a district that had about 521,000 registered voters as of the reporting date.

The 14th District is widely described as deeply Republican and one of Georgia’s most conservative seats, a factor that shapes both who runs and the strategic dynamics: the Cook Political Report rates it as the state’s most Republican-leaning district, and the GOP field includes at least a dozen candidates vying to succeed Greene.

Several Republicans in the race are established local figures who resigned other offices to run, and the crowded GOP ballot increases the chance that a Democrat could finish among the top two if Republican votes are split.

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On the Republican side, Clay Fuller — a multi-county district attorney who has Donald Trump’s endorsement — and Colton Moore, a former state representative and state senator allied with the right-wing Freedom Caucus, are among the highest-profile contenders.

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Other GOP entrants include local officials and party activists such as Nicky Lama, Brian Stover, Jim Tully and Trey Kelly.

Several candidates have purchased television ads and some, like Stover, are potential self-funders, while others gave up existing offices to qualify for the contest under Georgia law.

The Democratic bench is smaller but notable: Shawn Harris, the 2024 Democratic nominee and a retired Army brigadier general and Cedartown farmer, leads Democratic fundraising in the field and is seen as the party’s best chance to reach a runoff.

Other Democrats include Jim Davis and Jon Hobbs, while third-party and independent candidates such as Libertarian Andrew Underwood and independent Rob “Rush” Ruszkowski also appear on the ballot.

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Reporting shows differing fundraising figures for Harris across timeframes, with one outlet reporting roughly $4.3 million raised as of Feb. 18 and another citing about $1.3 million raised during a prior period in 2024.

Campaign timing and the electoral calendar complicate the contest: candidates who run in the March special may also need to qualify for May party primaries and possibly June runoffs for the regular November election, meaning contenders could face multiple statewide and local contests this year.

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Observers say that the compressed schedule and overlapping filing deadlines make this a potentially grueling marathon for nominees from both parties.

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The special elections in state legislative seats in Georgia are happening concurrently, and if no candidate achieves a majority on March 10 the two top finishers will move to the April 7 runoff.