Georgiaās 14th:
There are plenty of reasons Democrat Shawn Harris shouldnāt win tonightās runoff.
Heās running in the Trumpiest district in Georgia, a conservative pocket where voters repeatedly sent Marjorie Taylor Greene to Congress back when she was one of the presidentās most loyal allies.
But Democrats are making the case that if any Democrat can pull it off, itās someone like Harris.
Heās a rural cattle farmer and former military commander who is fluent in MAGA themes. He's well known in the district after challenging Greene in '24.
He has worked to connect with conservative-leaning voters by criticizing tariffs, opposing the Iran war and pushing back on some of Trumpās policies without making the race solely about him. And heās quick to say there are areas where he agrees with the president ā and others where he breaks with his own party.
Harrisā GOP opponent, Clay Fuller, brings strengths of his own: Trumpās endorsement, a rĆ©sumĆ© as both a military veteran and former prosecutor, and the cold, hard math of a district where Republican candidates combined to win roughly 60% of the vote in the all-party first round in March.
Harris must run up the margins in the bluest corner of the district ā a slice of Cobb County precincts ā while hoping that supporters of Republican Colton Moore, who notably declined to endorse Fuller after finishing third, stay home.
Just as importantly, Harris has to peel off a meaningful share of Trump voters who are disillusioned with the president in a district Trump carried with roughly two-thirds of the vote in 2024.
āItās not just walking a tightrope. He has to hope for more than that,ā said University of Georgia political scientist Charles Bullock. āHeās got to walk the tightest tightrope and then hope for a disaster to win this.ā
Stay tuned.
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