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Timothy Pratt in Dalton, Georgia

Democratic lead in Georgia special election signals change in party’s fortunes

Shawn Harris and Clay Fuller in side-by-side portrait photographs
Shawn Harris and Clay Fuller are contesting for the seat vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene. Photograph: Alyssa Pointer/AP,

Earlier this week, a steady trickle of voters casting ballots in Dalton at Georgia’s City Hall offered a glimpse into what may be changing fortunes for Democrats in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former congressional district.

The district hasn’t elected a Democrat since it was created after the 2010 Census. But the party’s candidate Shawn Harris drew the most votes district-wide – about 37% – on Tuesday and now faces Clay Fuller, a Trump-endorsed former prosecutor as his opponent in an April runoff election. The winner will finish Greene’s term until November, when a whole new election will take place.

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