{"id":2270950,"date":"2024-06-18T19:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T23:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-democrats-choose-marjorie-taylor-greene-challenger-in-solidly-red-house-district\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T19:32:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T23:32:10","slug":"georgia-democrats-choose-marjorie-taylor-greene-challenger-in-solidly-red-house-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-democrats-choose-marjorie-taylor-greene-challenger-in-solidly-red-house-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Democrats select challenger for Marjorie Taylor Greene in staunchly Republican district"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorgia-democrats-choose-marjorie-taylor-greene-challenger-in-solidly-red-house-district%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2270950&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2063 provided \u2064text appears to be incomplete and lacks substantive content to summarize. It involves Democratic \u2063voters in Georgia selecting a candidate for an unspecified election,\u200d but no further details are available. If\u2062 you can provide more details or the rest of\u200b the text, I would\u2064 be able to give a comprehensive summary. It seems\u200c like there was an error, and I didn&#8217;t receive\u2064 any details or text regarding Democratic voters in Georgia selecting a candidate. To help you\u2064 appropriately, please provide the specifics of the situation or the text in question.\u200c This will allow me to\u2063 offer an accurate summary or any \u2063other information \u2062you might need.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Democratic voters in Georgia have chosen their candidate to face off against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), a tall task as Greene\u2019s seat is in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-approved-arizona-redistricting-map-threatens-democrat-tom-ohallerans-reelection-chances\/\" title=\"Bipartisan-Approved Arizona Redistricting Map Threatens Democrat Tom O'Halleran's Reelection Chances\">solidly red district<\/a> that hasn\u2019t elected a Democrat since being created in 2013. <\/p>\n<p>Shawn Harris defeated Clarence Blalock in the runoff election on Tuesday after garnering 71.5% of the vote with 34% of ballots tallied. The <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 7:21 p.m., less than a half hour after polls closed. <\/p>\n<p>The victory comes after Blalock initially defeated Harris in the state\u2019s primary election last month by just 124 votes. However, the race was pushed into a runoff election after neither <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vargas-llosa-backs-arch-foe-fujimoris-daughter-in-peruvian-cliffhanger\/\" title=\"Vargas Llosa Backs Arch-Foe Fujimori's Daughter in Peruvian Cliffhanger\">candidate received<\/a> more than 50% of the vote, leading to Harris\u2019s victory in a narrower field. <\/p>\n<p>Despite Greene\u2019s advantage in the district, Harris has sought to call into question her legislative legacy on Capitol Hill as a way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-are-woefully-out-marketed-by-liberals-its-time-to-level-up\/\" title=\"Conservatives Are Woefully Out-Marketed By Liberals. It\u2019s Time to Level Up.\">persuade voters<\/a> to vote her out of office. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis race right now is in a situation where the district\u2019s Democrats, Republicans, and independents are actually now truly looking at Marjorie Taylor Greene and saying, \u2018she has been up there for three and a half years. What has she actually done for the district?\u2019\u201d Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonblade.com\/2024\/04\/03\/meet-shawn-harris-the-democrat-who-seeks-to-oust-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told the<\/a> <em>Washington Blade. <\/em>\u201cShe hates every Democrat that walks the face of the earth, and on top of that, she doesn\u2019t have anything that she can stand on that says what she\u2019s actually done here inside the district \u2014 so we have a clear path to actually beat her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the Democratic challenger will face an uphill battle against Greene in Georgia\u2019s 14th Congressional District, as it is rated as a solidly Republican seat. The district has been rated R+22 in the nonpartisan <em>Cook Political Report<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic voters in Georgia selected Shawn Harris to challenge Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in a district that has been staunchly Republican since its 2013 inception. 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