In what may be the most crowded congressional race in Georgia history, a staggering 22 candidates filed paperwork by yesterday’s 1pm deadline to qualify for the special election to fill the seat of former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned earlier this month.  The list of candidates in the GOP-leaning northwest Georgia district includes 17 Republicans, three Democrats, one Libertarian, and one independent.  With so many candidates, the March 10 election is almost guaranteed to go to a runoff, and the winner, assuming they choose to try to keep the seat, will then have to run in a primary in May and general election in November – talk about a busy year!  The huge number of candidates has the 14th District’s fate DRIFTING…

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