Special election for Greene's seat in Georgia set for March 6

Daniela Altimari, CQ-Roll Call on Jan 6, 2026

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WASHINGTON — The special election to succeed former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia will take place on March 6, according to an order signed Tuesday by Gov. Brian Kemp.

Greene, a onetime ally of President Donald Trump who famously broke with him over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files and the direction of his “America First” agenda, resigned on Monday, opening up the 14th District in the state’s northwest corner that she had represented since 2021.

Under Georgia law, candidates of all parties will run on the same special election ballot. If no one gets a majority of the vote, the top two vote-getters will face off in a runoff scheduled for April 7, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement.

Republicans are heavily favored to hold Greene’s seat, which Trump carried by 37 points in 2024, according to calculations by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales.

The crowded Republican field vying to succeed Greene includes state Sen. Colton Moore, local prosecutor Clay Fuller, former Greene staffer Jim Tully, former Paulding County Commissioner Brian Stover and former Federal Emergency Management Agency official Star Black.

Army veteran Shawn Harris, the Democrat who lost to Greene in 2024, is also running.

The qualifying period for the special election begins Monday and ends on Wednesday, Jan. 14, according to Raffensperger. Regular primaries for a full term are scheduled to take place in May.

Since her public break with Trump, Greene, who built a national reputation deploying fiery rhetoric against her opponents, has lamented the incendiary political climate.

“I would like to say, humbly, I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics; it’s very bad for our country,” she told CNN in November.

Trump, meanwhile, has slammed his onetime ally as a “traitor,” saying her “new views” were those of a “very dumb person.” Greene said such remarks led to death threats against her family “directly fueled by President Trump.”

Greene said on social media last month that she would “stay out of the race to replace me, but I won’t stay silent if candidates make the race about me.”

“Run on your own merits, your own record, your own platform, and how YOU will REPRESENT the good people of Georgia’s 14th district,” she wrote.

Greene’s seat is among four current vacancies — two for each party — in the House, where Republicans hold a narrow majority. Tuesday’s death of Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa opened up his seat in Northern California. Democrats, meanwhile, are set to fill the vacancy in Texas’ 18th District via an all-Democratic Jan. 31 special election runoff. And voters in New Jersey’s 11th District will pick a successor to former Rep. Mikie Sherrill in a special election in April.

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