WASHINGTON, United States, March 11, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - A special election to replace influential right-wing US lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday will go to a runoff after candidates failed to win a majority of votes.

Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller -- who was backed by President Donald Trump -- will face off on April 7 for the US House of Representatives seat in Georgia's 14th Congressional District.

Greene took office in 2021 and was an ardent Trump supporter, becoming a figurehead of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement that swept him into the White House.

But she lost favor with Trump over her vocal stance to release the so-called Epstein files, millions of pages of records related to the convicted sex offender who was once a close friend of the president.

She resigned from her role in November, slamming Washington as a place where she "never fit in" and breaking with Trump over issues including his administration's handling of Epstein's case.

Epstein, a wealthy financier, moved in elite circles for years, cultivating close ties with business tycoons, politicians, academics and celebrities to whom he was accused of trafficking girls and young women for sex.

He was convicted in 2008 of soliciting sex from girls as young as 14, but died in a New York jail cell in 2019 before he could be tried on sex trafficking charges.

Trump responded to Greene's resignation with his characteristic outrage, posting on his Truth Social platform by referring to her as "Marjorie 'Traitor' Brown" and saying she "went BAD."

After announcing her resignation, Greene told CBS News' "60 Minutes" that Republicans had become "terrified" to step out of line, for fear of becoming the target of a nasty Truth Social post by Trump.

On Tuesday night, Trump posted a positive Truth Social for Republican Fuller, saying he earned a "high percentage of the vote with 12 Republicans running."