美联社预测，民主党人肖恩·哈里斯和共和党人克莱·富勒-获得了唐纳德·特朗普总统的支持-将在下个月进行决选，以取代前众议员马乔里·泰勒·格林。
决选定于4月7日举行。
佐治亚州的共和党人担心，2024年与格林竞选的农民和退伍陆军准将哈里斯周围拥挤的共和党人和民主党人将有助于推动民主党。哈里斯不仅进入了决选，而且在周二晚上美联社的投票统计中领先富勒。
然而，佐治亚州的第14国会选区主要是保守派，不太可能选举民主党人担任该席位。(哈里斯2024年输给格林近29分。)
结果表明，拥挤的共和党候选人——在选票上的十几名候选人中，大多数是共和党人——给了民主党人优势，即使是在深红色的地区。
但它们也表明，特朗普的支持能够帮助提升他青睐的候选人。
在这么多的比赛中据美联社报道，富勒被认为是对特朗普在佐治亚州支持的一次考验，预计他将战胜右翼煽动者科尔顿·摩尔，后者目前拥有约12%的选票。
摩尔是前佐治亚州参议员，去年在佐治亚州议会大厦被捕，此前他试图扰乱州长布莱恩·坎普的国情咨文，并在竞选中把自己定位为反建制候选人。
富勒是一个更传统的保守派，他将进入决选的预测也表明，第14区的选民似乎正在寻找后格林的基调，他曾是MAGA运动中最具侵略性的攻击犬之一。
特朗普介入了上个月给予他支持致富勒先生当地地方检察官和空气国民警卫队军官，在第一届特朗普政府中担任白宫研究员。在佐治亚州西北部对特朗普上个月就其经济议程发表讲话时，将富勒带上了讲台。
“我想他会成为一个完全的赢家，然后它是我们想要的，”特朗普在佐治亚州罗马告诉支持者。
佐治亚州的保守派政治评论员玛莎·佐勒(Martha Johnson)在进入初选时表示，这场比赛将是“对特朗普支持的真正考验”
格林的意外辞职今年早些时候，来自众议院的这一消息在全国范围内引发了政治冲击波——但没有比她自己所在的佐治亚州更强烈的了。
格林的唐突随之退出政坛a与特朗普公开决裂超过一些问题-最明显的是这关于被定罪的性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的档案被公开。特朗普盟友的一次性离开启动a完全开放的年特别选举佐治亚州深红色的第14国会选区。
科尔·穆齐奥，总裁总部设在佐治亚州的保守组织前线政策委员会说，虽然格林的“滑稽动作可能穿着在某些人身上，”前者立法者仍然受她欢迎区。
“我认为他们对(格林)有好感她的好斗，尤其是她对总统的忠诚，”格林的选民穆齐奥说。
下个月的决选是只是为了填满这剩余物关于格林的任期，这意味着无论谁获胜，都必须再次参加一场独立的竞选，以完成从2027年1月开始的两年任期--a从5月19日的党内初选开始的单独选举。
Democrat Shawn Harris and Trump-endorsed Clay Fuller advance to runoff to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia, AP
Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller -- who received President Donald Trump's endorsement -- will advance to a runoff election next month to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after a jam-packed special election race, the Associated Press projects.
The runoff is set to take place April 7.
Georgia Republicans had feared that the crowded Republican field and Democratic consolidation around Harris, a farmer and veteran Army brigadier general, who ran against Greene in 2024, would help boost the Democrat. Not only did Harris make the runoff, but he was leading Fuller in the AP's tally of voting on Tuesday night.
However, Georgia's 14th Congressional District is predominately conservative and unlikely to elect a Democrat to the seat. (Harris lost to Greene by nearly 29 points in 2024.)
The results indicate that the crowded field of GOP candidates -- of the more than a dozen candidates on the ballot, the majority were Republicans -- gave an advantage to the Democrats, even in a deep-red district.
But they also indicate that Trump's endorsement was able to help elevate his favored candidate.
In a race that manyconsidered to be a test of the Trump endorsement in Georgia, Fuller was projected to prevail over right-wing firebrand Colton Moore, who currently held around 12% of the vote, according to the AP.
Moore is a former Georgia state senator who was arrested last year at the Georgia state Capitol after attempting to disrupt Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State address, and had positioned himself as an anti-establishment candidate in the race.
The projection that Fuller -- who presents as a more traditional conservative -- will advance to the runoff also points to the kind of tone voters in the 14th District appear to be looking for in a post-Greene, who was once one of the most aggressive attack dogs of the MAGA movement.
Trump stepped inlast monthto lend his endorsementto Fuller, alocal district attorneyandAirNational Guard officer who was a White House fellow in the first Trump administration. Speaking in the northwest Georgia district todeliver remarks on his economic agenda last month, Trump brought Fuller up on stage with him.
"I thinkhe's gonnabe just a total winner, andit'swhat we want," Trump told supporters in Rome, Georgia.
Heading into the primary, Martha Zoller, a Georgia-based conservative political commentator said the race will be a "real test for the Trump endorsement."
Greene'ssurprise resignationfrom the House of earlier this year sent political shockwaves throughout the country -- but nowhere more so than her own Georgia district.
Greene's abruptexit from politics followedapublic break with Trumpovera number ofissues-- most notablytherelease of the files about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The one-time Trump ally's departure launchedawide-openspecial election inGeorgia's deep-red 14th Congressional District.
Cole Muzio, president ofthe Georgia-based conservative organizationFrontlinePolicy Council, said that while Greene's"anticsprobably woreon some people,"the formerlawmakerremained popular in herdistrict.
"I think they had an affection for [Greene]and her combativeness,and particularly her loyalty to the president," said Muzio of Greene's constituents.
The runoff election next month isonly to filltheremainderofGreene's term, meaning whoever wins will have to run again in a separate race for the full two-year term that starts in January 2027--aseparate election that begins with party primaries on May 19.
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