Clay Fuller

Clayton Fuller (born 1982 or 1983) is an American politician and attorney who is the United States representative-elect for Georgia's 14th congressional district. Prior to his election to the U.S. House, he served as the district attorney for Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit. He was first elected in a special election in April 2026.

Fuller grew up in Helen, Georgia, and comes from a family that has lived in North Georgia since the 1800s. He attended D. W. Daniel High School in South Carolina before attending a postgraduate year at Cheshire Academy in Cheshire, Connecticut, and later attending Emory University in Atlanta, where he played basketball. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Emory and later a Master of Public Administration from Cornell University in New York and a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University in Texas. Fuller also graduated from the Air Force Officer Training School, Marine Expeditionary Warfare School, and received a Master of Military Art and Science from Air Command and Staff College at Air University.

Fuller has served as an officer in the United States Air Force and the Georgia Air National Guard. From 2010 to 2014, he served as an officer in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps. Afterwards, he worked for the Air National Guard where he eventually reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In April 2024, he was deployed for six months in the Kuwait as a legal advisor to military operations in support of the United States Central Command. Fuller returned from his deployment in December 2024. He is a recipient of the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Award for Outstanding Achievement.

Fuller served as Assistant District Attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit after working in the Judge Advocate General's Corps. He was selected as a White House Fellow from 2018 to 2019 and worked in the Office of the Vice President and with the Department of Defense. In March 2023, he was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp to serve as District Attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit. He resigned from this position effective January 12, 2026, to run for office to the United States House of Representatives.

In 2026, Fuller ran for the open seat for Georgia's 14th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives made vacant after the resignation of Marjorie Taylor Greene. He received the endorsement of President Donald Trump. He defeated Democratic challenger Shawn Harris on April 7 in the special election.

Fuller met his wife Kate Manthos at Cornell University, and they have a son and a daughter.

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