Metallica have responded to the overwhelming demand for tickets to their upcoming Life Burns Faster residency at the Sphere, after thousands of fans spent hours in online queues during last week’s ticket sales.
The thrash metal icons launched ticket sales for the highly anticipated run in Las Vegas, and the response was immediate. Even after expanding the residency to 24 performances, many fans were still unable to secure seats.
In a statement released March 10, the band expressed gratitude for the record-breaking interest while acknowledging the frustration many experienced during the buying process.
“Wow! What a week. We are so appreciative and grateful to all of you for the incredible response to our upcoming Life Burns Faster residency at Sphere in Las Vegas. We are completely and utterly blown away and cannot believe that we will have 24 amazing nights on stage there, all thanks to you and a record-breaking week.”
Despite the enormous demand, Metallica confirmed that no additional shows will be added at this time, though they left the door open for future possibilities: “At this point in time, we will not be adding additional shows, but we are hoping to offer more in the future.”
The band also acknowledged that the ticket-buying experience was far from perfect, promising improvements for future events: “We hear you loud and clear that the ticket-buying process was often frustrating and not always smooth. We’re working with our partners to improve this experience and offer some remedies for the next time around.”
Before the Sphere residency begins, Metallica will return to the road with the next leg of their M72 World Tour, which resumes across Europe this spring and summer starting in May.
The band teased what lies ahead in 2026: “We are looking forward to a very exciting 2026, starting off with seeing many of you in Europe this spring and summer as the M72 tour hits the road again in May. Before we know it, we’ll be exploring new frontiers along with fans from around the world in Las Vegas, and we can’t wait!”
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It’s a bit quaint to look back on the past in the NBA and remember the late-season playoff hunts. Teams were really seeking the No. 1 seed and home-court advantage through the playoffs. When Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls had their double three-peat in the 1990s, you know what their record was from March 5 through the end of the regular season? 112-30. They won 79% of their games, and Jordan didn’t sit them out.
With load management and the play-in tournament, there are different ways of managing a team’s late stretch to set up for playoff success. The Indiana Pacers came from the 4-seed to nearly take out the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Finals last season. The Dallas Mavericks came from a 5-seed to make the Finals the year before. So now there are different targets. A top-six seed is important to avoid the play-in, but note that Miami made the Finals in 2023 after going through the play-in.
What follows are some of the races for different seeds that teams hope to set themselves up for in the playoffs in April.
The Thunder and Spurs each have at least a 98% chance to stay in the top two seeds in the West. The play-in spots are nearly locked in across the Suns, Warriors, Clippers and Trail Blazers, with some uncertainty in their order. But there is a race among four teams to get to the two remaining first-round home-court advantage spots.
Projected record: 51-31 (55% chance at top-four seed) Remaining strength of schedule rank: 10th hardest Number of tanking teams they’ll face: 4 (Washington, Utah, Sacramento, Chicago, Dallas, Memphis, and Indiana are considered to be tankful teams)
With ESPN Analytics, we tend to approach things quantitatively, capturing the essence of a story through numbers. Houston, for example, wins games by an average of plus-4.7 points, with a league-leading plus-4.1 of that coming solely from its offensive rebounding. The Rockets are also good in transition offense, getting plus-3.4 net points per game, ranking No. 7 in the NBA. They also turn it over a lot, 15.7 times per game, the most of any team currently in playoff position. On the other end of the floor, they’re top seven on defense.
Sometimes those numbers paint a nice picture. In this case, if you look carefully, a lot of those numbers for Houston are actually a lot like the Detroit Pistons, the best team in the league. The Pistons are fourth in offensive rebounding and fifth in transition offense, have the third most turnovers among playoff teams, and play top-five defense.
So does Houston have a chance to pull it together like Detroit? When watching the tape, what comes to mind are words such as “ugly,” “ill-fitting” and “disconnected.”
For the Rockets’ sake, hopefully the stretch run follows the numbers, not the words.
Critical games: Two games against the Lakers (March 16 and 18), two games against the Wolves (March 25, April 10) and a game against Denver on Wednesday.
Projected record: 50-32 (52% chance at top-four seed) Remaining strength of schedule rank: Fourth hardest Number of tanking teams they’ll face: 3
The Timberwolves have had the fewest losses added by injury this season, a year removed from being fourth best at it. Their general health is a superpower that partially makes up for them being just generally good, not great. They’re top 10 in almost every extended four-factor metric, but they’re in the top five in only one: transition offense.
Anthony Edwards is great, though. He is top 15 in overall net points metrics — whether it’s total net points, net points per 100 possessions or WAR. That’s All-NBA level, but is it blow-you-away great? Ant has the one-word nickname, but is he up there with SGA, Jokic, Luka, Kawhi and Spida? Does he need to be? Tyrese Haliburton carried a solid Indiana roster to within a few minutes of a title last season as the No. 4 seed. The Pacers earned that spot by having a 15-4 record from March 11 to the end of the season. Minnesota has the fourth-most-difficult schedule down the stretch, so it will be hard to do that, but Indiana coincidentally had the fifth-hardest schedule down the stretch last season as well.
Critical games: Lakers (Tuesday), Clippers (Wednesday) and Warriors (Friday). That could be a fun or agonizing trip. Then a pause before two against Houston (March 25 and April 10).
Projected record: 50-32 (59% chance at top-four seed) Remaining strength of schedule rank: 12th hardest Number of tanking teams they’ll face: 5
The biggest hurdle the Nuggets face down the stretch is the sudden malaise of Nikola Jokic (or mal-wrist, per ESPN’s Brian Windhorst). For years, he has been a standout in terms of performance, as legitimately the best player on the planet. The Nuggets were dominant with him on the court and bad with him off it. His ability to make a pass no one else could imagine turned them into an automatic top offense.
The Nuggets had the best offense before his injury this season, and he was the second-best offensive player in the league (behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander). Since his return, their offense has fallen to sixth and his net points per 48 minutes level has dropped to seventh. Did they use Jokic-style kryptonite as part of his rehab?
Sure, the Nuggets are missing Aaron Gordon and he’s important, but only Jokic makes opponents fear them. And he hasn’t been right.
Critical games: One game against the Lakers (March 14), a game against Houston (March 11), two games against the Spurs (April 4 and 12) and a game against the Warriors (March 29).
Projected record: 48-34 (31% chance at top-four seed) Remaining strength of schedule rank: Sixth hardest Number of tanking teams they’ll face: 5
The phrase “treating people like numbers” implies an impersonal touch to working with people. In the great game of basketball, especially in the analytics era that I helped push myself, I think of this as often manifesting itself somewhat in lineup analysis: Which lineups are good and which are bad? The Lakers have messed around with a lot of lineups. Who can we play with Luka Doncic and LeBron James to actually be good? Should we play Austin Reaves as a starter or as a reserve? Should we play Jarred Vanderbilt at all?
Those are questions that numbers can provide some guidance on, but coaching is about figuring out how to best put those same players together and then teaching them. It’s not just about fiddling with the pieces, but also making those pieces work together better.
And that is what is staring down coach JJ Redick currently, the past six months and the next couple of months: how to coach the guys he has so they do their roles better. It isn’t happening now. Doncic, James and Reaves are all good, but they don’t complement each other: James and Reaves have better offensive net points rates without Doncic; Doncic and Reaves are better without James; and Doncic and James are better without Reaves. Figuring out how they can best work together could take the Lakers into the top four and beyond with the talent they have.
Critical games: The next 10 days or so are critical, with two games against Houston and one apiece against Denver and Minnesota. Winning all of them is hard, but these guys all want the spotlight, and these games will bring it.
Eastern Conference 2-seed
In the East, the Celtics, Knicks and Cavs are bunched up in a heat to get the No. 2 seed, with their chances to capture it changing a good amount with each game. But then there is also a four-way fight between the Raptors, Sixers, Magic and Heat to get the No. 5 and No. 6 seeds to avoid the play-in.
Projected record: 53-29 (53% chance at top-two seed) Remaining strength of schedule rank: Hardest Number of tanking teams they’ll face: 2
The Celtics have the hardest schedule remaining per the BPI, but Jayson Tatum is back! His return — despite questions of how well he’ll fit in — is viewed favorably by the BPI, which is why it gives them good odds at the No. 2 seed in the East. It is really assuming that he comes back close to where he has been (a top-15 player). If he is at that level, the medical staff did their job and he got sufficient reps with all the rotation players who weren’t there when he got hurt — Hugo Gonzalez, Nikola Vucevic, Luka Garza.
The Celtics have done a great job ignoring the Tatum question in the room so far and taking care of business. They aren’t actually better than last season (when they won 61 games), but it feels like it because they never put up a stinker (until the Charlotte game last Wednesday). They’re the anti-Lakers, who seem to either win or get blown out this season. Tatum’s return is only going to add to their competitiveness and their talent level. Any awkwardness in fitting Tatum with teammates is better to work out before the playoffs, regardless of what seed they get.
Critical games: The game against the Knicks on April 9 looks critical now, but there is a whole month ahead of that matchup to determine whether it stays critical. The Celtics still get the Thunder twice and the Spurs once, which are more critical as tests of their high-end competitiveness than toward keeping the second seed.
Projected record: 53-29 (38% chance at top-two seed) Remaining strength of schedule rank: 24th hardest Number of tanking teams they’ll face: 6
You know what probably hurts the Knicks the most? The fact that their fan base thinks they’re title favorites after every win and that they should trade every guy on their roster (except Jalen Brunson) after every loss.
Yes, the Knicks are inconsistent. OG Anunoby, Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges are all among the top 50 most inconsistent players across the past three seasons. (The fan base would subjectively add Karl-Anthony Towns, too.) What this means is, over the past nearly three seasons, Anunoby has had 44 games with plus-3 net points or more, 44 games with worse than minus-3 net points, and 84 games in between. He’s good for a game, average for two, and then bad for a game. With two other guys following the same pattern, that’s a big reason the fan base is frustrated.
Critical games: The Knicks play Boston on April 9, and it could be critical for both teams to get the No. 2. Outside of that, taking care of some of their tough matchups — Houston, Charlotte and the Clippers — is what would benefit them the most.
Projected record: 52-30 (11% chance at top-two seed) Remaining strength of schedule rank: 29th hardest Number of tanking teams they’ll face: 7
Despite what has seemed like a disappointing season for the Cavs, they have the second-best offense when schedule-adjusted and the BPI ranks them fifth overall in terms of playoff strength (which is when the best players will fight through injury).
But the BPI liked them in the playoffs last year, and they disappointed with a second-round exit to the Indiana Pacers. That has been the theme for this team: playoff disappointments despite how strong the regular season was. Donovan Mitchell has spun the regular-season struggles this year as an opportunity to learn to fight through adversity in preparation for the upcoming playoffs. With that mentality, I’m not sure the Cavs care about getting the No. 2 seed. They’ll be happy anywhere in the top four in the East, and they have a 98% chance of that.
Critical games: The Cavs have no head-to-head matchups left with either Boston or New York, so it’s really about taking care of business against a pretty easy schedule.
Projected record: 45-37 (54% chance at top-six seed) Remaining strength of schedule rank: 17th hardest Number of tanking teams they’ll face: 4
The Raptors are 6-17 against the BPI top 10 teams in the NBA, and they have gone 10-13 against the teams remaining on their schedule. Their ability to keep the play-in at bay is currently questionable at best. The BPI might give them a solid 54% chance of making the top six in the East, but it has whiffed more on Toronto predictions this season than any other playoff contender other than Philadelphia.
The BPI doesn’t trust the Raptors. Why? One part is normal: Their best player just isn’t elite. Scottie Barnes is a good player, but he’s not an All-NBA caliber player yet. The other part is that they’ve been playing without a legitimate center for much of the season — Barnes, Collin Murray-Boyles and Sandro Mamukelashvili have filled in as a committee. Barnes and Murray-Boyles are tough, and Mamukelashvili is tall, so it gives them a chance. But having Jakob Poeltl return from injury recently is what can really help because he’s good in putbacks. The Raptors can get offensive boards, but size like Poeltl’s helps a lot in converting them into points.
Critical games: The Raptors get Miami twice in the last week of the season, and those games will likely be important. Orlando at the end of March also will be critical.
Projected record: 44-38 (24% chance at top-six seed) Remaining strength of schedule rank: 21st hardest Number of tanking teams they’ll face: 6
Tyrese Maxey leads the NBA in net points coming in transition — a combination of volume and efficiency. But when the Sixers faced the second-best transition defense in the league, the Spurs on March 3, Maxey was stymied in both transition and the half court. And that’s important for the Sixers down the stretch.
Maxey has averaged plus-5.3 offensive net points per game when the Sixers win, minus-0.4 when they lose, the biggest split on the Sixers and a top-10 split across the league. Without a healthy Joel Embiid or Paul George, he has to carry a lot, so it’s not too difficult for playoff-level teams to limit him. Embiid’s performance has been good this season at plus-3.2 net points per 48 minutes, but you never know when he’s going to play. We know that George won’t be back until later in March with his suspension, so Maxey will be carrying the load for a while once he returns from his right finger sprain.
Critical games: The Sixers have only one game remaining against this tier of teams (at Miami, March 30) and it’s their most critical game. Then doing some hard work to beat Charlotte, Minnesota, Houston and Detroit will help them. Otherwise, it’s not a tough schedule.
Projected record: 44-38 (50% chance at top-six seed) Remaining strength of schedule rank: 14th hardest Number of tanking teams they’ll face: 5
Orlando gets seven games against tanking teams. So far this season, the Magic’s nominal team leader, Paolo Banchero, actually hasn’t been very good against those teams, averaging just plus-1.9 net points per 48 minutes, which is 110th. But that was when the tankers still wanted to win! Since the deadline, which is when tanksgiving began, Banchero has produced plus-5.3 net points per 48 minutes. If he keeps that up, it should help as he has Orlando’s highest usage rate.
But, that list of most inconsistent players I mentioned regarding the Knicks before — Banchero leads that, as No. 1 in most inconsistent performances in the past three years. If you want to know whether the Magic will win or lose, look to him.
Critical games: The Magic get Toronto and Miami before the end of March, and those games will go the furthest in impacting their top-six hopes. Keeping Charlotte and Atlanta (twice) at bay are their other big ones.
Projected record: 45-37 (55% chance at top-six seed) Remaining strength of schedule rank: 22nd hardest Number of tanking teams they’ll face: 4
Miami is the team that went 11-30 in 2016-17, then went 30-11 the rest of the way. I always remember that when it comes to Erik Spoelstra-led teams. They can really turn the ship around in a hurry. The Heat did it when they went to the Finals against Denver in 2023, as well, after having to go through the play-in as the No. 8 seed.
They’re probably saying, “We don’t need no top-six seed.”
Well, the coaching staff isn’t saying that. Coaches generally are some of the most worried people in the game. They want every game to be easy and, frankly, the Heat have a mixed bag of easy and hard. They get the Wizards three times, but …
Critical games: As the weather turns hot in Miami, so does the schedule. The Heat play Toronto twice, as well as Charlotte, Philadelphia and Orlando the rest of the way, all games that will shape the final top six.
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Look closely at photos shared ahead of Episode 1 of the Madison. The collection seems to simply introduce key characters, but the groupings are important.
One key cast member isn’t seen alongside the immediate Clyburn family. Is it because that’s who’s on the receiving end of tragedy?
Taylor Sheridan’s new show the Madison premieres on Paramount+ on March 14.
Michelle Pfieffer and Kurt Russell start as Stacy and Preston Clyburn.
Their moves to Montana from Manhattan after tragedy strikes.
Find pictures below, as well as key plot details picked up from cast interviews. The Dutton Rules podcast team is breaking down the pilot episode 1 on Tuesday at 2PM CT.
Who Dies In the Madison?
No spoilers included here, as we’ve not yet seen the first episode of the Madison.
Based on the trailer and 11 pictures shared with media, it would seem like Russell’s Preston Clyburn is the victim of tragedy, but that theory is complicated.
For starters, pictures show Russell’s character appearing in all six episodes and perhaps even Season 2 (more on that in a moment).
However, he’s nearly always alone or alongside his brother, Paul Clyburn (played by Matthew Fox).
Why isn’t Preston ever seen alongside his wife or daughters?
There are other possibilities. One of their daughters could die or the tragic event may not involve death at all.
Preston’s general good cheer throughout the official trailer, when put alongside Stacy’s melancholy, suggest he’s not responding to tragedy, however. That’s our theory and we’re sticking to it.
Secrets of the Madison
There are a few things that make this new show unique.
First, Season 1 is just six episodes, and Season 2 may be too.
That’s because filming needed to be adjusted to fit Russell’s schedule. He was working on an Apple TV show called Monarch: Legacy of Monsters at the time they hoped to film the entire thing.
The Madison is filmed in Montana and Texas, not New York City.
In fact, some of the NYC B-Roll is actually downtown Dallas. Some of the indoor scenes were also shot in Texas, on a soundstage partially owned by Paramount.
Finally, Sheridan wrote all six episodes of Season 1 by himself.
That’s good news for longtime fans, as typically those episodes are better than the ones he farms out or works alongside a co-writer on.
One final note: Season 2 of the Madison is filmed, but not confirmed by Paramount+.
‘The Madison’ Episode 1 Pictures Tease Tragedy
Pictures from Episode 1 of The Madison on Paramount+ focus on primary characters, especially Michelle Pfiffer’s Stacy Clyburn. Notice who is not in any of the group photos however.
Is that a clue about who the family’s tragedy centers on?
‘The Madison’ Season 1 Pictures Reveal Friends + Foes
The Madisonis coming. Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell star in Taylor Sheridan’s newest drama. Like Yellowstone, it’s set in Montana and the pictures shared ahead of the March 14 premiere are stunning.
The roller coaster situation surrounding Jai Opetaia and the IBF cruiserweight championship took another dramatic twist on Tuesday as the sanctioning body, which had previously declared Opetaia would be stripped of his title for fighting for the Zuffa Boxing cruiserweight title this past Sunday, declared that they have not yet stripped Opetaia.
Ahead of Sunday’s fight, in which Opetaia easily defeated Brandon Glanton by decision in the main event of Zuffa Boxing 04, the IBF announced that they were no longer sanctioning the fight for its title, claiming they were initially told that the fight was not a unification bout as the Zuffa Boxing title was simply a “trophy or token of recognition.” After the pre-fight press conference, the IBF stated their reasoning for withdrawing sanctioning was that the press conference “made it clear that the Zuffa world cruiserweight title would still be contested on March 8.”
Many reports stated the IBF had felt its belt had been disrespected or devalued by its presentation at the press conference, which was at least part of the reason to withdraw sanctioning.
UFC CEO and Zuffa Boxing promoter Dana White commented on the situation after Sunday’s fight and was upset with how the situation had impacted Opetaia, who has very clearly stated his goal to unify all of boxing’s world titles at cruiserweight.
“[Opetaia] paid his sanctioning fees,” White said. “[The IBF] flew a guy [supervisor Levi Martinez] out here [from New Mexico]. To say [IBF President Daryl Peoples] is disrespected … the [IBF] belt was in front of [Opetaia] the entire time [at Friday’s news conference] and [Opetaia] held it. It’s pretty clear what they’re doing and what’s going on.”
White would continue by going at IBF’s practices leading up to the event, claiming the situation was pre-planned by the sanctioning body.
“What could we have done differently?” White said. “[The IBF] 110 percent planned to do that. The belt could not have been more prominent. I never disrespected them. These are the most bottom-feeder, low-level people I’ve ever been in business with … grabbing your $200 per diem check, and jumping back to fly home. That’s the level of rinky-dink bullshit we’re dealing with. Isn’t that crazy?
“We did everything we were supposed to do. … It’s very odd, very unprofessional. We’ll see how this whole thing plays out.”
Tuesday’s press release by the IBF served to cloud the situation further. The IBF stated they had immediately returned any sanctioning fees that had been paid. The release also claimed that the placement of the IBF title belt at the press conference was not a factor in their decision.
“Peoples did not express concern over the IBF belt’s placement during the press conference in the email,” the statement read. “In fact, the words ‘belt’ and ‘placement’ were not included in the email at all, contrary to what certain members of the boxing media have suggested in reports stating that they were granted access to the email sent by Peoples.”
Furthermore, the IBF claimed they “categorically reject any suggestion or claim that it intentionally withdrew sanction to cause harm.”
Perhaps most confusing, especially for Opetaia, who stated after his win that he did not believe he had actually been stripped of his title, the statement ended with the claim that the IBF has not decided what to do in regards to the status of the title.
“The status of the IBF cruiserweight title remains in deliberation,” the statement read. “Jai Opetaia made comments during the post-fight press conference that have led the organization’s leadership to question whether he was made completely and fully aware by his advisors of the decisions he needed to make when committing to the bout against Brandon Glanton. The organization intends to look further into this matter.”
At least for now, Jai Opetaia remains IBF cruiserweight world champion. Whether that changes is anyone’s guess at this point.
Washington — Iran may be getting ready to deploy naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to further disrupt the key shipping lane, U.S. officials told CBS News.
The American officials said Iran is using smaller crafts that can carry two to three mines each to lay them into the strait. While Iran’s mine stock isn’t publicly known, estimates over the years have ranged from roughly 2,000 to 6,000 naval mines largely produced by Iran, China or Russia. The officials spoke to CBS News on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly to the press.
President Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday afternoon, “If Iran has put out any mines in the Hormuz Strait, and we have no reports of them doing so, we want them removed, IMMEDIATELY!”
He also threatened, “If for any reason mines were placed, and they are not removed forthwith, the Military consequences to Iran will be at a level never seen before,” and added, “If, on the other hand, they remove what may have been placed, it will be a giant step in the right direction!”
Thirteen minutes later, Mr. Trump posted, “I am pleased to report that within the last few hours, we have hit, and completely destroyed, 10 inactive mine laying boats and/or ships, with more to follow!”
CNN reported Tuesday that Iran has begun laying mines in the strait.
On Monday, Mr. Trump had warned Iran of the consequences of stopping the flow of commercial ship traffic in the Strait, posting on Truth Social, “If Iran does anything that stops the flow of oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America twenty times harder than they have been hit thus far.”
In a press conference at the Pentagon on Tuesday morning, Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations against Iran, continues to hunt and strike “mine-laying vessels” and “mine storage facilities.”
At the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints. Oil tankers carrying crude from countries including Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates must pass through the narrow waterway to reach global markets, making the strait essential to the steady flow of energy, with 20% of the global oil supply passing through the strait.
Even small disruptions in the strait can have a ripple effect on oil prices and the global economy.
During the “Tanker War,” which was part of the larger Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, Iran routinely placed naval mines along the major shipping routes used by oil tankers. Last year, Reuters reported that the Iranian military loaded naval mines onto vessels in the Persian Gulf, which ramped up tensions between Washington and Tehran, following Israel’s air operation against Iran during the 12-Day War.
As war continues, major maritime insurers have pulled back. NorthStandard, the London P&I Club and the American Club have warned they will suspend coverage for ships operating in Iranian waters and parts of the Gulf, citing the rising risk that vessels could be caught in the conflict, according to CBS News reporting last week.
Months after Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress after a falling-out with President Donald Trump, voters in her Georgia district are voting for her successor in a special election Tuesday.With top candidates including Republicans Clay Fuller and Colton Moore and Democrat Shawn Harris, this round of voting could be only the first step in an elections marathon in northwest Georgia’s 14th Congressional District.Fuller, a district attorney endorsed by Trump, is hoping to avoid an April 7 runoff, which would be necessary if no candidate wins a majority of votes in the district that stretches across 10 counties from suburban Atlanta to the Tennessee state line.”We need to win this thing on March 10 and send an America First warrior to fight for President Trump,” Fuller told a crowd in Rome, Georgia, on Feb. 19 before a speech by Trump.But with 12 Republicans, three Democrats, a Libertarian and an independent running in the all-party special election, that may be difficult, even after five Republicans withdrew.The winner will serve out the remaining months of Greene’s term. But if they want to remain in Congress beyond next January, they will have to run again. Republicans and Democrats seeking a full two-year term are set for a May 19 party primary, and possibly a June 16 party runoff, before advancing to the general election in November.Last week, 10 Republicans and Harris qualified to run in November’s election for a full two-year term. That includes Fuller, as well as Moore, a former state senator and favorite of far-right activists who drew attention for a vociferous attack on Trump’s prosecution in Georgia for alleged election interference.Harris, a cattle farmer and retired general, promises moderation and a focus on the district’s problems. However, a Democrat is unlikely to prevail in the 14th District, which is rated as the most Republican-leaning district in Georgia by the Cook Political Report.Voters there embraced Greene’s hard-right campaign in 2020, when she parachuted into the district after aborting a campaign in a more closely contested district closer to Atlanta.Greene was one of the most well-known members of Congress until she left in January. She remained loyal to Trump after he lost to Democrat Joe Biden, promoting Trump’s falsehoods about a stolen election. When Trump ran again in 2024, she toured the country with him and spoke at his rallies while wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat.But Greene began clashing with Trump last year after he and other Republicans pushed back against her running for U.S. Senate or governor. Greene criticized Trump’s foreign policy and his reluctance to release documents involving the Jeffrey Epstein case. The president eventually had enough, saying he would support a primary challenge against her. Greene announced a week later that she would resign.Returning another Republican to Congress would bolster the party’s narrow majority in the House. Republicans currently control 218 House seats to Democrats’ 214.
ATLANTA —
Months after Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress after a falling-out with President Donald Trump, voters in her Georgia district are voting for her successor in a special election Tuesday.
With top candidates including Republicans Clay Fuller and Colton Moore and Democrat Shawn Harris, this round of voting could be only the first step in an elections marathon in northwest Georgia’s 14th Congressional District.
Fuller, a district attorney endorsed by Trump, is hoping to avoid an April 7 runoff, which would be necessary if no candidate wins a majority of votes in the district that stretches across 10 counties from suburban Atlanta to the Tennessee state line.
“We need to win this thing on March 10 and send an America First warrior to fight for President Trump,” Fuller told a crowd in Rome, Georgia, on Feb. 19 before a speech by Trump.
But with 12 Republicans, three Democrats, a Libertarian and an independent running in the all-party special election, that may be difficult, even after five Republicans withdrew.
The winner will serve out the remaining months of Greene’s term. But if they want to remain in Congress beyond next January, they will have to run again. Republicans and Democrats seeking a full two-year term are set for a May 19 party primary, and possibly a June 16 party runoff, before advancing to the general election in November.
Last week, 10 Republicans and Harris qualified to run in November’s election for a full two-year term. That includes Fuller, as well as Moore, a former state senator and favorite of far-right activists who drew attention for a vociferous attack on Trump’s prosecution in Georgia for alleged election interference.
Harris, a cattle farmer and retired general, promises moderation and a focus on the district’s problems. However, a Democrat is unlikely to prevail in the 14th District, which is rated as the most Republican-leaning district in Georgia by the Cook Political Report.
Voters there embraced Greene’s hard-right campaign in 2020, when she parachuted into the district after aborting a campaign in a more closely contested district closer to Atlanta.
Greene was one of the most well-known members of Congress until she left in January. She remained loyal to Trump after he lost to Democrat Joe Biden, promoting Trump’s falsehoods about a stolen election. When Trump ran again in 2024, she toured the country with him and spoke at his rallies while wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat.
But Greene began clashing with Trump last year after he and other Republicans pushed back against her running for U.S. Senate or governor. Greene criticized Trump’s foreign policy and his reluctance to release documents involving the Jeffrey Epstein case. The president eventually had enough, saying he would support a primary challenge against her. Greene announced a week later that she would resign.
Returning another Republican to Congress would bolster the party’s narrow majority in the House. Republicans currently control 218 House seats to Democrats’ 214.
