Richard Chew is joined by Shawn Harris, 2026 Democratic candidate for Congress. The Georgia native discussed his early campaign announcement (made two days before the WCPT interview) and his strategy to unseat Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the three-term Republican incumbent in Georgia's 14th Congressional District. Last November Greene defeated Harris by 29 percentage points, but he notes in the video announcing his campaign that he "won more votes than any other Democrat since 2012 right here in Northwest Georgia."  

"Five percent of the people that actually voted for Donald Trump crossed over and voted for me," Harris told WCPT.  "On top of that, when people went in to vote for me as a Democrat, we actually outperformed Vice President Harris by 12 points. So we have a foundation built from the last election to move forward." 

In the campaign video, Harris emphasizes his commitment to various community groups, like farmers, veterans, senior citizens and educators. (Harris is a retired Marine sergeant and Army Brigadier general and cattle farmer.)  

Harris told Chew that Greene's legislative accomplishments in Congress are limited to renaming a building after a Democrat ("I've got to give her credit on that," he said) and sponsoring a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, which passed the House last month.

"What I say to the great people here in Northwest Georgia is OK, she finally got something done," Harris said. "But ask yourself this, how in the hell does 'Gulf of America' makes things different for you?"

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