Republicans win but Democrats also claim victory with ballot box surge in Trump territory

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. GOP candidate Clay Fuller, who won Tuesday’s special congressional election in northwest Georgia, tells Fox News Digital President Trump was ‘the key factor in us winning.' RINGGOLD, GA — Republican congressional candidate Clay Fuller credited President Donald Trump in his victory speech after keeping a solidly red district in GOP hands and boosting Republicans’ razor-thin House majority. "He was the difference maker," Fuller, who was backed by Trump, emphasized in a Fox News Digital interview following his victory Tuesday night. "He was the key factor in us winning." Fuller defeated Democrat Shawn Harris in a special election to fill the empty U.S. House seat in Georgia's 14th Congressional District, in the northwest corner of the crucial southeastern battleground state. The seat was left vacant when MAGA firebrand Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Gr