2026-04-07T09:00:55.530Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：莫莉·英格利什
发布于 2026年4月7日 美国东部时间上午5:00
民主党人试图在周二于前众议员玛乔丽·泰勒·格林所在的佐治亚州深红选区实现重大翻盘，这一竞选将受到全国共和党人的密切关注——他们正努力维持众议院微弱多数席位。
这场接替格林的席位补选进入了决选：在3月10日一场竞争激烈的全党派选举中，民主党人肖恩·哈里斯与共和党人克莱·富勒均未获得多数票。格林曾是总统唐纳德·特朗普的盟友，后来转而批评后者，并于今年1月辞去国会职务。
哈里斯是退役陆军准将，已获得全国性关注，上个月皮特·布蒂吉格前往佐治亚州为他的支持者发表演讲。佐治亚州联邦参议员拉斐尔·沃诺克也于上周与哈里斯共同出席竞选活动。
哈里斯的筹款额远超富勒，筹得近650万美元，而富勒仅筹得120万美元。
尽管如此，鉴于格林原选区的保守派倾向，哈里斯获胜仍将是一项艰巨任务。2024年，格林以近30个百分点的优势击败了哈里斯。
哈里斯获胜的可能性尽管渺茫，但一旦成真将对众议院共和党多数席位造成重创，更何况一周多后新泽西州举行的填补州长米基·谢里尔席位的特别选举，几乎肯定会为众议院民主党阵营新增一名议员。
共和党众议院议长迈克·约翰逊凭借微弱多数席位，仅能承受一票之差的损失。如果民主党人在周二实现 unlikely 的翻盘，并在新泽西州拿下预期中的胜利，约翰逊可能会面临无法承受任何一票失误的局面。
而共和党目前仅存的微弱多数并非总能发挥作用。加利福尼亚州众议员凯文·凯利已脱离共和党成为无党派人士，他虽与共和党党团共事，但并不总是保证会投共和党票。直言不讳批评特朗普政府的众议员托马斯·马西也并非约翰逊的可靠投票盟友。
当时共有12名共和党人参选，选票分散导致富勒未能超越哈里斯成为首轮投票的领先者。富勒获得了近35%的选票，而哈里斯得票率为37%。富勒获得了特朗普的背书。
这一事实似乎并未吓退哈里斯，他在上月计票结果公布后表示，该选区“不会变成蓝色，但会变成粉色”。
今年3月竞选之夜的观选派对上，富勒对记者表示，“总统特朗普的背书在这场竞选中发挥了作用”，并有信心在决选中胜出。
总统背书对于参选参议院、众议院席位以及州议会常规选举和特别选举的共和党候选人来说极具吸引力。
近期特朗普背书的候选人中出现了几起引人关注的失利案例：上月，1月获得特朗普背书的共和党人乔恩·马普尔斯在佛罗里达州众议院包括海湖庄园在内的选区特别选举中落败；北卡罗来纳州参议院领袖菲尔·伯杰——该州一位有权势的领导人——也以微弱劣势输掉了党内初选。
需要特别指出的是，特别选举，尤其是特别决选，通常投票率较低，选民热情对结果的影响比大型选举更为显著。
这场对决可能不会是两人的最后一次交锋，因为 full term 的党内初选将于5月19日举行。上月，富勒和哈里斯以及他们在3月特别选举中的众多对手均已获得参选资格。
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The Democrat vying to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene faces a tall task, but Republicans are still watching closely
2026-04-07T09:00:55.530Z / CNN
By Molly English
PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2026, 5:00 AM ET
Democrat Shawn Harris, left, and Republican Clay Fuller.
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A Democrat’s bid to pull off a major upset Tuesday in former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ruby-red Georgia district will be closely watched by national Republicans trying to maintain a razor-thin House majority.
The race to replace Greene, the former ally of President Donald Trump turned critic who resigned from Congress in January, advanced to a runoff when neither Democrat Shawn Harris nor Republican Clay Fuller was able to win a majority in a crowded all-party election on March 10.
Harris, a retired Army brigadier general, has garnered national attention, with Pete Buttigieg going to Georgia to speak to his supporters last month. Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock also joined Harris at a campaign event last week.
Harris has significantly outraised Fuller, pulling in nearly $6.5 million to Fuller’s $1.2 million.
Still, it will be a tall task for Harris to win given the conservative bent of Greene’s old district. Greene beat him by nearly 30 percentage points in 2024.
A potential win by Harris, although a long shot, would be devastating to the House GOP majority, especially because a special election in New Jersey to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s seat, in just over a week, will almost certainly add another Democrat to House ranks.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson can lose only one vote with his slim majority. If Democrats pull off the unlikely upset Tuesday and snag the expected victory in New Jersey, Johnson could be looking at a scenario in which he cannot afford to lose a single vote.
And what little majority Republicans do have is not always a functional one. California Rep. Kevin Kiley, who left the GOP to become an independent, caucuses with Republicans but isn’t always guaranteed to vote with them. Rep. Thomas Massie, an outspoken critic of the Trump administration, also isn’t a reliable vote for Johnson.
A wide field of a dozen Republicans split the vote and prevented Fuller, who is endorsed by Trump, from overtaking Harris as the top vote-getter in the first round, with Fuller winning nearly 35% of the vote compared with Harris’ 37%.
That fact didn’t seem to deter Harris, who said just after the results were tallied last month that the district “won’t turn blue, but it’ll turn pink.”
Speaking to reporters at his election night watch party in March, Fuller stressed that “the endorsement from President Trump made a difference in this race,” expressing confidence that he would emerge victorious in the runoff.
An endorsement by the president is highly coveted by Republicans running for Senate, House or in smaller regular and special elections for state legislature seats.
There have been a few high-profile losses among some Trump-endorsed candidates recently: Last month, Republican Jon Maples, endorsed by Trump in January, lost a special election for a seat in a Florida state House district that includes Mar-a-Lago, and North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger, a powerful leader in the state, narrowly lost his primary.
It’s important to note that special elections, especially special runoff elections, often feature low turnout, placing an especially high emphasis on voter enthusiasm that can swing results more effectively than in larger elections.
It might not be the last time these candidates go up against each other, as the general primary for the full term is May 19. Both Fuller and Harris qualified for the ballot last month, along with many of the candidates they ran against in the special election in March.
CNN’s Sarah Ferris contributed to this report.
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