Governor Brian Kemp issued an order Tuesday calling for a special election on Tuesday, March 10 to fill the vacant 14th Congressional District seat after U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Rome resigned, effective Monday, Jan. 5.

The 14th District includes Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, Whitfield, and parts of Cobb County, meaning voters across much of Northwest Georgia will head to the polls to choose a new representative.

Qualifying for the special election will be open Jan. 12 through Jan. 14, with a qualifying fee of $5,220. The deadline to register to vote in the March 10 election is Feb. 9.

Because this is a special election, there will be no party primaries. All qualified candidates will appear on the same ballot. If no one receives a majority of the vote, a special runoff election will be held April 7.

As of Tuesday, a large field had already filed with the Federal Election Commission, allowing candidates to begin raising and spending campaign funds ahead of qualifying. Candidates for Congress are not required to live in the district they seek to represent

Candidates (as filed/announced as of Jan. 6)

Democrats

• Shawn Harris (Rockmart)

• Clarence Blalock (Hiram)

Independent

• Rob “Rush” Ruszkowski (Rising Fawn)

Republicans

• Reagan Box (Armuchee)

• Beau Brown (Rome)

• Jim Tully (Rome)

• Jacqueline Cherise Wilmer (Augusta)

• Thomas Jonathan Jackson Gray (Powder Springs)

• Meghan Strickland (Marietta)

• Star Black (Kennesaw)

• Jefferson Edward Criswell (Smyrna)

• Uloma Ekpete (Atlanta)

• Colton Moore (Trenton)

• Michael Allen Corbin (Peachtree Corners)

• Elvis Julian Casely Jr. (Kennesaw)

• Benjamin M. Cope (Acworth)

• Linvel Risner (Kennesaw)

• Jenna Jaye Turnipseed (Chickamauga)

• James M. Brown (Ringgold)

• Nicky Lama (Dalton)

• Christian Michael Hurd (Rocky Face)

• Brian C. Stover (Alexandria, Virginia)