Short answer: highly doubtful. But there is something stirring among the voting public that spells doom for the Republican Party’s short-term and long-term chances at maintaining the power created by its precarious MAGA coalition.
In Tuesday’s packed 17-candidate special election to represent Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, a position held by former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene until she resigned in January, Democratic candidate Shawn Harris garnered the most votes at 37.3%. Republican Clay Fuller, endorsed by President Donald Trump, came in second with 34.9%.
Since no candidate received an outright majority of votes, the special election will go to a April 7 runoff between the top two: Harris and Fuller.
(IN THE NEWS: Fuller and Harris move to April 7 runoff to replace Greene)
Despite a plurality of ballots cast for him, Harris, of course, faces an uphill battle in the runoff. The jungle primary consisted of 12 Republicans, three Democrats, one Libertarian and one independent.