{"id":2588489,"date":"2026-04-08T11:25:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-trump-endorsed-prosecutor-who-just-won-the-primary-to-replace-mtg\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:27:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:27:30","slug":"meet-the-trump-endorsed-prosecutor-who-just-won-the-primary-to-replace-mtg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-trump-endorsed-prosecutor-who-just-won-the-primary-to-replace-mtg\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Trump-Endorsed Prosecutor Who Just Won the Primary to Replace MTG"},"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%2Fmeet-the-trump-endorsed-prosecutor-who-just-won-the-primary-to-replace-mtg%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=2588489&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>Clay Fuller, a Republican backed by Donald Trump, won Georgia\u2019s 14th Congressional District runoff, defeating Democrat Shawn Harris 55.9% to 44.1% with 99% of votes counted. The race followed a March special election that failed to produce a majority among more than 20 candidates.Politico reported Fuller\u2019s victory,noting Trump\u2019s support was a crucial factor.<\/p>\n<p>Fuller described Trump\u2019s backing as decisive adn said voters in Georgia\u2019s 14th District chose a MAGA, America-first fighter for Congress. He highlighted his background as the district attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, a Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Staff Judge Advocate in the Air national Guard, and a White House Fellow (2018-2019). His campaign platform stressed defending constitutional freedoms (especially the 1st and 2nd Amendments), border security as national security, and the fight against crime and narcotics, including fentanyl, with ongoing support for the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Reaction included statements from Fuller and endorsements from other Republicans, including a tweet from mike Johnson congratulating the new congressman. The article also references coverage from Fox News and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >features campaign quotes<\/a> about continuing to advance a pro-Trump agenda in Washington.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A prosecutor who ran with President Donald Trump&rsquo;s endorsement has won a Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-democrats-election-heist-too-big-to-fail\/\" title=\"Is the Democrats\u2019 Election Heist \u2018Too Big to Fail\u2019?\">runoff election<\/a> in Georgia for the House of Representatives seat formerly held by Marjorie Taylor Greene.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Clay Fuller defeated Democrat Shawn Harris in the 14th Congressional District, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/04\/07\/clay-fuller-wins-special-election-marjorie-taylor-greene-00863221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With 99 percent of the votes counted, Fuller had 55.9 percent of the votes, while Harris had 44.1 percent of the votes cast. The runoff election was necessary because a March special election that featured more than 20 candidates ended with no one getting more than 50 percent of the vote, as noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/03\/10\/clayton-fuller-shawn-harris-georgia-special-election-runoff-00822374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THANK YOU, Mr. President.<\/p>\n<p>This is the honor of a lifetime. I will not let you or Georgia&rsquo;s 14th District down.<\/p>\n<p>Our work to put America first is just getting started! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YjBsu2v0Rm\">pic.twitter.com\/YjBsu2v0Rm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Clay Fuller (@Clay4MainStreet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Clay4MainStreet\/status\/2019199335112614295?\">February 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>After the win, Fuller said Trump&rsquo;s support was crucial, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-backed-republican-pads-gops-fragile-house-majority-winning-showdown-mtgs-former-seat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was the difference maker,&rdquo; Fuller said. &ldquo;He was the key factor in us winning&hellip; Our results prove that President Trump means a ton to Georgia 14.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the voters in Georgia 14 understand that, and they&rsquo;re looking forward to sending a MAGA America first fighter up on Capitol Hill to support that agenda,&rdquo; he said prior to the voting.<\/p>\n<p>Fuller added that pro-Trump voters &ldquo;would crawl through glass to make sure they have a representative up there that fights for them and fights for President Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fuller&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/clayfullerforgeorgia.com\/#meet-clayton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaign website<\/a> said that he was the district attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit &mdash; covering four counties in northwestern Georgia &mdash; and that he had secured multiple convictions.<\/p>\n<p>Fuller is also a Lieutenant Colonel and a Deputy Staff Judge Advocate in the Air National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>Fuller was a White House Fellow from 2018 to 2019 in Trump&rsquo;s first term. Between May and November 2024, Fuller was deployed as the legal advisor to the Combined Air Operations Center at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congratulations to Congressman-Elect <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Clay4MainStreet?\">@Clay4MainStreet<\/a> on winning the special election in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GA14?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GA14<\/a>! I look forward to working together to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outgoing-nebraska-governor-ricketts-looking-to-fill-ben-sasses-senate-seat\/\" title=\"Outgoing Nebraska Governor Ricketts Looking To Fill Ben Sasse\u2019s Senate Seat\">continue delivering results<\/a> and saving America! &#127482;&#127480; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TlE6iEIz6c\">pic.twitter.com\/TlE6iEIz6c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Johnson (@MikeJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeJohnson\/status\/2041675334869811312?\">April 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fuller&rsquo;s website said he &ldquo;will use his legal skills to fight back against the radical left as they try to limit our Constitutional freedoms, most importantly those enshrined in our 1st and 2nd Amendments.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our God given rights shall NOT be infringed, period. As a devout Christian, Clay knows the U.S. Constitution and American way of life were inspired by the teachings of Christ, and as an Air Force veteran, Clay understands the sacred duty of safeguarding our God given freedoms,&rdquo; the site said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Clay supports all efforts to empower the Trump Administration as they seek to remove the millions of illegal immigrants who do not have permission to be in this country. Border Security is National Security,&rdquo; the site added.<\/p>\n<p>The site noted that Fuller will continue his efforts to fight crime as he moves to Washington.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Clay has worked with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to hold lawbreakers accountable and take down criminal networks,&rdquo; the site continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Clay will keep up the fight in Congress and work with President Trump to defeat the Narco Traffickers who have destroyed countless families across NW Georgia, and end the scourge of fentanyl in NW Georgia.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Republican Clay Fuller defeated Democrat Shawn Harris. With 99 percent of the votes counted, Fuller had 55.9 percent to Harris\u2019s 44.1 percent. The runoff was needed because the March special election, which featured more than 20 candidates, produced no majority winner.<\/p>\n<p>Fuller thanked Trump and said he would not let the president or Georgia\u2019s 14th District down, stressing that their \u201cAmerica first\u201d work is just beginning. Fuller has described himself as the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit district attorney, serving four northwestern Georgia counties, and he holds ranks as a Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Staff Judge Advocate in the Air National Guard. He was a White House Fellow in 2018-2019 and, in 2024, worked as the legal advisor for operations in the Middle East. His campaign platform pledged to defend constitutional rights-especially the First and Second Amendments-oppose the radical left, prioritize border security as national security, and continue working with Trump to combat crime and fentanyl in northwest Georgia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2588490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-04-08T092735.144.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[77399,6215,77400,26439],"class_list":["post-2588489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-primary-winner","tag-prosecutor","tag-replace-mtg","tag-trump-endorsed"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-04-08T092735.144.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2588489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588493,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588489\/revisions\/2588493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2588490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2588489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2588489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2588489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}