Candidates for 2026 Election
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US Senate
Earl “Buddy” Carter
Christina Loren Clement
Mike Collins
Derek Dooley
Jonathan McColumn
John Coyne III
US House of Representatives GA District 1
Patrick Farrell
James Kingston
Brian Montgomery
Krista Penn
Kandiss Taylor
Eugene Yu
Governor
Chris Carr
Clark Dean
Burt Jones
Gregg Kirkpatrick
Brad Raffensperger
Ken Yasger
Rick Jackson
Thomas Williams
Lieutenant Governor
David Clark
Greg Dolezal
Steve Gooch
John Kennedy
Brenda Nelson-Porter
Takosha Swan
Blake Tillery
Attorney General
Bill Cowsert
Brian Strickland
Secretary of State
Tim Fleming
Kelvin King
Gabriel Sterling
Vernon Jones
Ted Metz
State School Superintendent
Fred “Bubba” Longgrear
Randell Trammell
Richard Woods
Mesha Mainor
Dr. Nelva Lee
Commissioner of Agriculture
Tyler Harper
Commissioner of Insurance & Safety Fire
John King
Commissioner of Labor
Barbara Rivera Holmes
Public Service Commissioner District 3
Fitz Johnson
Brandon Martin
Public Service Commissioner District 5
Special Election for 1 year.
Chatham County Commissioner – District 3
TBA
Chatham County Commissioner – District 4
Brian Hussey
Joseph T. Welch
Chatham County School Board President
(Nonpartisan)
Roger Moss
Board of Education – District 4
(Nonpartisan)
TBA
Board of Education – District 5
(Nonpartisan)
TBA
Board of Education – District 6
(Nonpartisan)
TBA
Board of Education – District 8
(Nonpartisan)
TBA
Board of Elections
Two GOP seats will be up for election.
The seats are currently held by James Hall and Marianne Heimes.
GA State Supreme Courts
(Nonpartisan)
Three seats will be up for nonpartisan election.
The seats are currently held by Sarah Warren, Charlie Bethel, and Ben Land.
GA State Appellate Courts
Five seats will be up for nonpartisan election.
The seats are currently held by Sara Doyle, E. Trenton Brown III, Elizabeth Gobeil, J. Wade Padgett, and David Markle.