All eyes on Georgia as Trump-backed candidate battles in high-stakes congressional showdown
Special election in Georgia's 14th District could impact Republicans' razor-thin House majority as 17 candidates compete
By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published March 10, 2026 5:00am EDT
It's Primary Day in Republican-dominated Mississippi, where House and Senate nomination contests are being held in the Deep South state.
But a special congressional election 200 miles to the east in battleground Georgia to fill a vacant GOP-held congressional seat will likely grab much more national attention Tuesday.
The race is to fill the seat in Georgia's solidly red 14th Congressional District — in the northwest part of the state — left vacant when MAGA firebrand Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stepped down at the beginning of January. Greene quit Congress with a year left in her term, after a very public falling out with President Donald Trump.
And the special election is being held as Republicans cling to a razor-thin 218–214 majority in the House. The GOP cannot afford any surprises and allow the Democrats to pull an upset in the special election, in a district Trump carried by a whopping 37 points in his 2024 presidential victory.
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