Clay Fuller

Fuller was born in Brazoria, Texas and grew up in Helen, Georgia, coming from a family that has lived in North Georgia since the 1800s.^[3][4] He attended D. W. Daniel High School in South Carolina before attending a postgraduate year at Cheshire Academy in Cheshire, Connecticut, matriculating in 2000.^[5][6] He then attended Florida Atlantic University,^[7] before transferring to Emory University in 2002.^[8] He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Emory, a Master of Public Administration from Cornell University, and a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University.^[9] 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.^[9]

Fuller has served as an officer in the United States Air Force and the Georgia Air National Guard.^[10] From 2010 to 2014, he served as an officer in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps.^[11] Afterwards, he worked for the Air National Guard where he eventually reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.^[11] 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.^[10] Fuller returned from his deployment in December 2024.^[12] He is a recipient of the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Award for Outstanding Achievement.^[10]

Fuller served as Assistant District Attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit after working in the Judge Advocate General's Corps.^[13] 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.^[9] In March 2023, he was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp to serve as District Attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit.^[13] He resigned from this position effective January 12, 2026, to run for office to the United States House of Representatives.^[14]

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.^[14] He received the endorsement of President Donald Trump.^[15] He defeated Democratic challenger Shawn Harris on April 7 in the special election.^[16]

Fuller met his wife Kate Manthos at Cornell University, and they have a son and a daughter.^[4]