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RINGGOLD, Ga. (AP) — Republican Clay Fuller on Tuesday won Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former U.S. House seat in Georgia, turning back a Democratic challenge with the help of President Donald Trump’s endorsement despite uneasiness over the war in Iran.
Democrat Shawn Harris had led the first round of voting in March in a 17-candidate field, but couldn’t overcome the northwest Georgia district’s strongly Republican tilt.
However, Trump’s escalating rhetoric had some Republicans worried, even in this deep red district. The president had set a deadline for Tuesday at 8 p.m. — one hour after polls closed in Georgia — for Iran to reach a deal with the United States, saying that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” However, he later announced that he was pulling back on another attack for two weeks to allow negotiations to continue.
Acworth resident Jason McGinty said he was worried Trump was “about to go too far,” but that he voted for Fuller to “make sure the America First party is still in place.”
Retiree Judy McDonald agreed with the president’s decision to go to war but was “very anxiety-ridden” over the conflict.
“Eventually we will have peace and the Iranians will kind of come...
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