Republican Rep. Clay Fuller of Georgia was sworn into the U.S. House on Tuesday, taking a seat that previously had been held by Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Associated Press reported.
Fuller won a special election to fill the vacancy created when Greene left Congress, according to the AP account of his swearing-in. He was sworn in after voters selected him for the congressional seat formerly held by Greene, which is located in Georgia.
The AP said Fuller represents a deep red district in northwest Georgia and has sought to align himself with President Donald Trump as closely as possible. As he addressed the House, the AP reported that Fuller framed his role in the chamber in terms of the political fight ahead.
“You have sent a warrior to Congress and I can’t wait to fight for you each and every day,” Fuller said to his constituents as he addressed the House, according to the Associated Press. In the same remarks, the AP reported Fuller also said, “To my Democratic colleagues, I look forward to working with each and every one of you.”
Fuller’s term will cover the remaining months of Greene’s term, the AP said, preserving Republicans’ narrow majority in the House. Greene had resigned her seat following a contentious public fallout with Trump, the AP reported, and that dispute has continued to play out publicly after her exit from Congress.
As Fuller begins his term, the Georgia seat’s transition underscores how quickly House membership can change when a vacancy follows a high-profile rift inside the Republican Party, with control of the chamber remaining tightly held.