2nd place in the GA-14 special election first round Special Election

Clayton Fuller

Republican

MARKET ODDS 92%

Clayton McLean Fuller is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. He served as district attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit in northwest Georgia and previously worked as an assistant district attorney. Fuller is a lieutenant colonel and deputy staff judge advocate in the Air National Guard and was a White House Fellow during the Trump administration, serving in the Office of the Vice President and at the Department of Defense.

Star Black

Republican

MARKET ODDS <1%

Star Black is a Republican candidate for U.S. House in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. She is a retired Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) professional with decades of experience in disaster response and recovery logistics and coordination with government and nonprofit partners. She has also described herself as an entrepreneur and former CEO who founded multiple businesses in Georgia’s 14th District.

Brian Stover

Republican

MARKET ODDS <1%

Brian C. Stover is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District (special election scheduled for 2026-03-10). He is a small business owner and has served on the Paulding County Board of Commissioners. His campaign describes him as a longtime Paulding County resident and an America First conservative supporting President Trump’s agenda.

Megahn “Meg” Strickland is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. She has described her work experience as a travel consultant/contractor and has run her campaign from Marietta in Cobb County. She has filed with the Federal Election Commission for the special election to fill the GA-14 vacancy.

Shawn Harris

Democrat

MARKET ODDS <1%

Shawn Harris is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. He previously ran in GA-14 in 2024. He has served in senior national-security roles including as a Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché at the U.S. Department of State and as Chief of Staff at NATO, and held leadership positions in the Army National Guard. His education includes Tuskegee University, Grand Valley State University, and the U.S. Army War College.

Rob Ruszkowski

Independent

MARKET ODDS <1%

Rob “Rush” Ruszkowski is an independent candidate for U.S. House in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. He is a small-business owner and former sales professional who founded and grew Hi-Tech Paging Inc. in the Atlanta area in the 1990s. He earned a finance degree from Hofstra University and has been involved in political organizing, including work as a virtual outreach coordinator for Dennis Kucinich’s 2008 presidential campaign.

Nicky Lama

Republican

MARKET ODDS <1%

Nicholas "Nicky" Lama is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District in the March 10, 2026 special election. He previously served on the Dalton (Georgia) City Council representing Ward 2, first elected in 2023 and later re-elected in 2025. He resigned from the City Council in January 2026 after launching his congressional campaign. He has been described as a small business owner and is a graduate of Dalton High School.

Tom Gray

Republican

MARKET ODDS <1%

Tom Gray is a Republican candidate in the 2026 special election for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. He is the senior pastor of Mars Hill Community Church in Powder Springs, Georgia, and has also worked in higher education, including as a professor at Kennesaw State University. Gray previously ran in the Republican primary for Georgia House District 36 in 2018.

Jim Tully

Republican

MARKET ODDS <1%

Jim Tully is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. He has held leadership roles within the Georgia Republican Party, including serving as chairman of the 14th District Republican Party, and has also worked as a senior district representative in the U.S. House office serving GA-14. Tully has been self-employed in facility support consulting and commercial furniture design/installation, and he previously worked in jobs including union truck driving and restaurant operations management.

Colton Moore

Republican

MARKET ODDS <1%

Colton Chase Moore is a Republican politician from Trenton, Georgia who served in the Georgia House of Representatives (District 1, 2019–2021) and the Georgia State Senate (District 53, 2023–2026). He is an auctioneer and truck driver and has also run an auction business. Moore earned a B.A. from the University of Georgia and became known statewide for high-profile clashes with Georgia legislative leadership while in office.