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Free – for – all election to replace Greene in Congress draws 22 candidates

Voters in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s old Northwest Georgia congressional district have less than two months to winnow a winner out of a list of 22 candidates who qualified to succeed her. The March 10 special election for U.S. House District 14 will feature 17 Republicans, three Democrats, a Libertarian and an Independent — all on the same ballot. The free-for-all was triggered by Greene’s surprise announcement in November that she would be stepping down a year early, on Jan. 5. Her decision was due in part to a threat against her son’s life and her own home after her public disagreements with President Donald Trump, which included the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. The largest contingent of those who want to succeed her — four of them — hail from Paulding County. Cobb, Dade, Floyd and Whitfield counties produced three candidates apiece. The other six candidates are from Catoosa, Coweta, Fulton, Polk and Walker counties. The mix includes an auctioneer and truck driver who was until Tuesday a member of the Georgia Senate: Republican Colton Moore, of Trenton, stepped down to run for this congressional seat. Also in the running are a U.S. Marine, two attorneys (one a prosecutor),

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