U.S. House · Georgia's 14th District
Shawn Harris
CandidateD
- Race
- U.S. House · Georgia's 14th District
- Result
- Clayton Fuller, projected winner
- Opponents
- Clayton Fuller (R); Rob Ruszkowski (IND)
- Research
- Basic
Party linenone
No recorded floor votes — not a current legislator in our records.
Said vs. did3 statements · 0 votes
Expand Medicare to include nursing homes for long-term care.
Expand public health coverage
Compare statements with votes ›On the ballotU.S. House · 14
2026-11-03
| Clayton Fuller R | incumbent |
| Shawn Harris D | challenger |
| Rob Ruszkowski IND | challenger |
Won the May 19 Democratic primary; also the Democratic nominee in the March–April 2026 special election for this seat
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
Expand Medicare to include nursing homes for long-term care.
Campaign website lists expanding Medicare to include nursing homes for long-term care, alongside defending Medicaid and Medicare.[5]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
This legislation establishes a nationwide right to provide and receive abortion care. This is a health care issue, and the decision belongs between a woman and her doctor — not politicians.
Campaign website says he supports the Women's Health Protection Act, which he describes as establishing a nationwide right to provide and receive abortion care.[6]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Set the rules fairly, so all Americans pay the same rate for the same guarantee, by scrapping the payroll tax cap.
Campaign website proposes scrapping the Social Security payroll tax cap so high earners continue paying into the system through the year.[7]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Biography
Shawn Harris, a Democratic retired Army brigadier general who began his service in the Marine Corps, lost the November 3, 2026 election for Georgia's 14th Congressional District to Clay Fuller. A Georgia native, he runs a cattle farm in Polk County. He was the 2024 Democratic nominee against Marjorie Taylor Greene and also lost the April 2026 special election runoff to Fuller.[1][2][3][4]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Harris was born in Blakely, Georgia, and, according to his campaign website, grew up on his family's farm.[3][2] He earned a bachelor's degree in agribusiness from Tuskegee University and a graduate degree in strategic studies from the Army War College.[2][3] After high school he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and rose to sergeant, then served in the U.S. Army and retired as a brigadier general after 40 years of military service, according to his campaign website.[2][3] He describes deploying as an infantry commander in Afghanistan after 9/11 and leading a team into Liberia during the 2014 Ebola outbreak.[2]
After retiring, Harris returned to Georgia to run a first-generation grass-fed cattle farm in Rockmart, in Polk County, according to his campaign website.[2] He was the Democratic nominee against incumbent Marjorie Taylor Greene in the 2024 general election, losing 64.4% to 35.6%.[8] He finished first in the March 10, 2026 special general election and lost the April 7 runoff to Clay Fuller, 55.9% to 44.1%; he then won the May 19, 2026 Democratic primary for the regular election.[4] According to his campaign website, he and his wife, a family physician, have five sons and four grandchildren.[2] He received 41.2% of the vote to Clay Fuller's 58.8%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]
In their own words
Priorities
- Says he would publicly list every bill on his website in everyday language with how he intends to vote and why, and hold monthly town halls with no screened questions.[9]
- Says his priority in Washington is making sure working people in Georgia can build a good life, and proposes policies on housing costs, gas prices, and grocery prices.[7]
- Says real healthcare reform means protecting and expanding local medical infrastructure and bringing more healthcare providers to Northwest Georgia.[5]
Statements, quoted without a stance
- Stricter gun laws
“I have no interest in taking anyone’s gun. What I want is for gun owners to be responsible — trained on the firearms they own, and storing them safely.”[10]
On his campaign website
Campaign money$8.1M raised · 100% from individuals · FEC through 2026-06-30
Totals this cycle
Bars share one scale (raised = full). Cash on hand can include money carried over from earlier cycles.
Who gave
- Individuals $8.1M
- PACs & committees $14K
Largest committee contributions
- Votevets PAC$10K
- Democracy Defense Fund PAC$2,500
- Ca Luv PAC (California Leadership United for Victory PAC) PAC$2,500
- Blue Vision PAC$2,500
- Pete Aguilar for Congress Candidate committee$2,000
- NEA Fund for Children and Public Education PAC$2,000
- Must Win. Can Win. PAC$1,000
- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club PAC$1,000
Direct contributions only; outside spending is not included. Individual donors are itemized in the FEC’s receipts. All itemized receipts ↗ FEC filing ↗
Profile: /people/shawn-harris
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.U.S. House · Georgia's 14th District results 2026 · NBC News News report
- 2.Meet Shawn · Shawn Harris for Georgia Candidate's own words
- 3.Shawn Harris (Georgia) · Ballotpedia Reference
- 4.Clayton Fuller · Ballotpedia Reference
- 5.Shawn Harris: Healthcare · Shawn for Georgia Candidate's own words
- 6.Shawn Harris: Women's Health · Shawn for Georgia Candidate's own words
- 7.Shawn Harris: Affordability · Shawn for Georgia Candidate's own words
- 8.Georgia's 14th Congressional District election, 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
- 9.Shawn Harris: Accountability and Corruption · Shawn for Georgia Candidate's own words
- 10.Shawn Harris: Second Amendment · Shawn for Georgia Candidate's own words