Rep. Clay Fuller (R-GA) was sworn in to the lower chamber Tuesday to finish out the rest of former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s term.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) swore in the Georgia freshman shortly after the House returned to Washington from a two-week recess. Fuller, a former district attorney, won the special election to replace former Greene in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District on April 7.
“To the hard-working people of Georgia 14 who elected me, you were sent a warrior to Congress, and I can’t wait to fight for you each and every day,” Fuller said on the House floor. “To my Democrat colleagues, I look forward to working with each and every one of you, and so thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m ready to get to work here.”
Endorsed by President Donald Trump, Fuller put up a comfortable 12-percentage-point win over Democrat Shawn Harris. Yet the margin was nearly a 20-point swing from 2024, when Trump won the seat by roughly 37 percentage points.
Fuller is already running for a full term in the next Congress and will compete again in a May 19 GOP primary.
Fuller, a former district attorney, ran an unsuccessful primary bid against the former congresswoman in 2020. He was one of 14 White House fellows appointed by President Donald Trump for 2018-2019 and was a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard.
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Fuller’s swearing in came the same day that Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) submitted their resignations following sexual misconduct allegations.
Once both resignations are official, Johnson’s margin will be 218-213, including Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA), who changed his party affiliation but still caucuses with Republicans. While Fuller’s seat does not change House margins, it will still give the speaker extra breathing room.
