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富勒的宣誓就职使众议院共和党会议人数达到219人，民主党正紧盯新泽西州特别选举
作者：保罗·施坦豪泽 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年4月14日 美国东部时间早上5:00
共和党国会候选人克莱·富勒称特朗普总统“是决胜关键”
赢得佐治亚州西北部国会选区周二特别选举的共和党候选人克莱·富勒告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，特朗普总统是“我们获胜的关键因素”。
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众议院议长迈克·约翰逊终于松了一口气，因为共和党在众议院仍保持着微弱多数席位。
佐治亚州当选共和党众议员克莱·富勒预计将于周二由约翰逊主持宣誓就职仪式。一周前，富勒在特别选举中击败民主党人肖恩·哈里斯，填补佐治亚州第14国会选区空出的美国众议院席位。该选区位于关键的东南部摇摆州佐治亚州。
该席位原本因“美国优先”强硬派共和党众议员玛乔丽·泰勒·格林于1月初辞职而空缺。格林在与特朗普彻底决裂后，在任期还剩一年之际辞去了国会职务。
民主党蓄势待发，但共和党仍掌控参议院多数席位争夺战主动权
此次特别选举举行之际，共和党正勉强维持着众议院4个席位的脆弱多数优势。共和党当时面临巨大压力，必须确保民主党无法在特朗普2024年总统大选以压倒性37个百分点优势获胜的选区爆冷取胜。最终富勒以12个百分点的优势击败哈里斯。
共和党获胜，但民主党也宣称取得胜利，因特朗普票仓投票人数激增
约翰逊在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中谈及富勒时表示：“我们期待着欢迎他加入众议院共和党会议，为我们虽小但意义重大的多数席位再添一名强大成员。”
这位议长还称赞富勒曾担任地方地区检察官、空军国民警卫队中校，自2009年起就在空军服役，是“一位有原则的领导人，专注于为佐治亚州带来切实成果”。
富勒在上周赢得决选后接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时，称自己是约翰逊的“增援力量”，并表示他的胜利“极其关键”。
在谈及华盛顿特区时，他表示期待“尽快前往那里……在那里开展战斗”。
特朗普背书的共和党全国委员会主席妻子启动国会竞选，共和党紧抓众议院多数席位
富勒宣誓就职后，众议院共和党会议人数将达到219人，其中包括已转为独立人士的加利福尼亚州众议员凯文·凯利，他仍与共和党党团会议保持一致。
但民主党可能很快就会增加一名成员，使席位达到215个。
民主党国会候选人阿纳利莉亚·梅希亚在新泽西州倾向左翼的第11国会选区周四举行的特别选举中占据优势。该席位因时任民主党众议员米基·谢里尔去年年底当选州长后辞职而空缺。
国会还有一个空缺席位，即加利福尼亚州第1国会选区，该席位因共和党众议员道格·拉马尔法于1月初意外去世而空缺。
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填补拉马尔法席位的初选将于6月2日举行，当天也是加利福尼亚州的初选日。特别大选将于8月4日举行。
该选区位于加利福尼亚州东北部，是坚定的共和党票仓。
保罗·施坦豪泽是驻摇摆州新罕布什尔州的政治记者，全程报道各地竞选活动。
Johnson gets reinforcements as GOP swears in new member — but the edge could shrink within days
2026-04-14T05:00:55-04:00 / Fox News
Fuller’s swearing-in brings the House Republican conference to 219 as Democrats eye a New Jersey special election
By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published April 14, 2026 5:00am EDT
Republican congressional candidate Clay Fuller says President Trump ‘was the difference maker’ in his special election victory
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.’
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Relief is on the way for House Speaker Mike Johnson, as the GOP clings to a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives.
Republican Rep.-elect Clay Fuller of Georgia is expected to be sworn in by Johnson on Tuesday, one week after Fuller defeated Democrat Shawn Harris in a special election to fill the vacant U.S. House seat in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, in the crucial southeastern battleground state.
The seat, in northwest Georgia, was left vacant when MAGA firebrand Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stepped down at the beginning of January. Greene quit Congress with a year left in her term, after a bitter falling out with Trump.
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The special election came as Republicans clung to a fragile four-seat majority in the House. The GOP was under the gun to make sure the Democrats didn’t pull off an upset in a district that President Donald Trump carried by a whopping 37 points in his 2024 presidential victory. Fuller ended up topping Harris by 12 points.
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Pointing to Fuller, Johnson in a statement to Fox News Digital said, “We look forward to welcoming him to our House Republican Conference and adding another strong member to our small but consequential majority.”
And the speaker described Fuller, who was a local district attorney and a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard who’s served in the Air Force since 2009, as “a principled leader who is laser-focused on delivering results for Georgia.”
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., gestures as he meets with reporters ahead of a key procedural vote to end the partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Fuller, in an interview last week with Fox News Digital minutes after winning the runoff election, described himself as a “reinforcement” for Johnson and said his victory was “extremely crucial.”
And referring to Washington, D.C., he said he was looking “forward to getting up there as soon as possible… to being up there and fighting.”
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When Fuller is sworn in, the House Republican conference will stand at 219, which includes Republican-turned-independent Rep. Kevin Kiley of California, who caucuses with the GOP.
Republican congressional candidate Clay Fuller speaks after his victory in the special election runoff in Georgia’s 14th District, on April 7, 2026, in Ringgold, Georgia.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
But the Democrats may soon boost their ranks by one to 215.
Democratic congressional candidate Analilia Mejia is favored in Thursday’s special election in New Jersey’s left-leaning 11th Congressional District, in the race to fill the seat left vacant when then Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill stepped down late last year after winning election as governor.
There’s one more vacant seat in Congress, in California’s 1st Congressional District, following the unexpected death in early January of Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa.
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A primary in the race to fill LaMalfa’s seat will be held on June 2, which is primary day in California. And the special general election will be held on Aug. 4.
The district, in northeastern California, is solidly Republican.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.
