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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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George Chidi

Shawn Harris was ready to defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene. Now he awaits Republicans’ next move

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Shawn Harris, the retired brigadier general who won about 135,000 votes in a losing effort in 2024 – a record in Georgia’s 14th district. Photograph: Courtesy Shawn Harris for Georgia

Retired brigadier general Shawn Harris had been all geared up for a campaign to defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene next November, and then the far-right representative quit the field. Now he’s wondering what Republicans will throw at him.

In November, Greene announced she would resign from Congress rather than face a challenger backed by the president after she began disagreeing with Donald Trump’s policies on Iran, healthcare and the release of the Epstein files, opening the field for a successor.

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