AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Georgia's special congressional runoff (4-7-26)

[Omaha Steve]

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https://apnews.com/article/georgia-special-congressional-runoff-election-ga14-clay-fuller-shawn-harris-2f157161753e9360f255dc4ae5922b14

By ROBERT YOON
Updated 6:01 AM CDT, April 6, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three months after Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress following a public rift with President Donald Trump, voters in the northwest Georgia congressional district she once represented will pick a replacement to serve out the remainder of her term.

Tuesday’s special congressional runoff marks the second time in less than a month that voters in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District cast ballots for their representative in Washington. None of the 17 contenders in a March 10 special election received a majority of the vote, triggering Tuesday’s contest between the top two vote-getters.

The outcome will almost immediately affect the fragile balance of power in the closely divided U.S. House, where Republicans cling to a 217-214 majority. An additional seat is held by a former Republican who became an independent in March, while twoseats remain vacant.

Democrat Shawn Harris received the most votes in the Georgia special election, where all candidates ran on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation. Harris edged Republican Clay Fuller by about 2 percentage points, aided in part by the fact that the district’s sizable Republican vote was split among a dozen Republican candidates.

FULL story at link above.

[TheFarseer]

1. Hoping Democrats will be fully motivated

And Republicans won’t be motivated enough to go to the polls for a second time in a short amount of time or their preferred candidate isn’t in the runoff so they won’t bother.

[W_HAMILTON]

2. Which Republican left their party to become an Independent?

I don't remember hearing much about that...