Trump Faces Midterm Disaster After MTG Seat Special Election
April 8, 2026
The Daily Beast
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/ReutersThe Republican picked up the seat vacated by former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday, but the dramatic shift in the margins has Democrats celebrating anyway. Trump-backed candidate Clay Fuller, a former district attorney, won the special election after he and Democratic candidate Shawn Harris advanced to the runoff.
It boosts Republicans’ razor-thin majority on Capitol Hill slightly as they look to pass more legislation ahead of the midterms, but the results show more races than previously thought could be competitive for Democrats this fall. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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