A controversial Republican Candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene won Georgia’s 14th District in an uncontested race on Tuesday.
Her Democratic challenger, Kevin Van Ausdal, withdrew from the race in September for personal reasons, leaving Greene a clear path to winning one of the five vacant House seats.
The newly elected GOP representative has been criticized over a number of statements including her support for the QAnon conspiracy, once claiming QAnon is a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take this global cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles out.”
In September, the House passed a resolution condemning “all other groups and ideologies that contribute to the spread of unfounded conspiracy theories” including QAnon.
The group grew into a large underground movement with a number of splinter groups and sometimes claims that members of the world’s social, economic, and political elites have engaged in child sex trafficking, abuse, and cannibalism.
Greene won her district’s primary race in August, receiving 57 percent of the vote and a chance to replace the retiring Rep. Tom Graves.
There were 5 vacancies in the House including Reps. Duncan Hunter Jr. (R-Calif.), Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), Tom Graves (R-GA.), and John Lewis (D-Ga.). The current House breakdown is 430 members, with 232 Democrats, 197 Republicans, and 1 libertarian, Justin Amash (L-Mi.).