GOP candidate Brian Stover rolls out first ad for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia seat

DALTON, GEORGIA: Republican businessman and former Paulding County Commissioner Brian Stover has dropped the first campaign advertisement in the crowded special election to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia’s 14th congressional district. In the ad, Stover casts himself as a pro-Trump conservative focused on core GOP priorities.

Brian Stover's campaign ad to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

Stover released his first campaign ad on Thursday, January 1, in a race to replace Greene.

“Like President Trump, I’m a businessman, not a politician. And like him, I have the same mission: to take out the trash,” Stover, who owns a waste management company, said in the 30-second ad, which was first shared with The Hill.

“And I’m running for Congress to help President Trump. I’ll bring our values to DC. Defend ICE agents that’s keeping us safe, and fight tooth and nail to bring costs down,” he continued, adding, “Let’s get to work.”

“Christian. Conservative. Pro-Trump Republican and trash destroyer. Brian Stover for Congress,” a narrator ends the ad, saying.

Bid to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

Multiple Republicans and at least one Democrat have launched bids to replace Greene, who was once a loyalist of President Donald Trump. She later turned out to be a critic of the president and is set to resign on Monday, January 5, opening up her House seat in northwest Georgia that includes Dalton and Rome.

Among the candidates in the bid are Jim Tully, who served as chair for Georgia’s 14th GOP District Committee and was a former staffer to Greene; state Sen. Colton Moore; former Federal Emergency Management Administration official Star Black; and Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney Clayton Fuller.

Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation

Greene announced on November 21 that she will resign from the House of Representatives, with her last day set for January 5, 2026. She shared the news in a video on X for voters in Georgia’s 14th District, saying her sudden break with Trump helped push her toward leaving in the middle of her third term.

In her statement, Greene said she has 'too much self-respect and dignity' to put her family and district through a 'hurtful and hateful primary' against a president she once supported. 

She argued, "And in turn, be expected to defend the President against impeachment after he hatefully dumped tens of millions of dollars against me and tried to destroy me."

The Republican congresswoman added, "It’s all so absurd and completely unserious. I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’ hoping it all goes away and gets better."