Candidates for 2026 Election
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US Senate
Reagan Box
Earl “Buddy” Carter
Christina Loren Clement
Mike Collins
Derek Dooley
US House of Representatives GA District 1
Matt Day
Patrick Farrell
James Kingston
Brian Montgomery
Krista Penn
Kandiss Taylor
Eugene Yu
Governor
Chris Carr
Clark Dean
Burt Jones
Gregg Kirkpatrick
Leland Olinger II
Brad Raffensperger
Ken Yasger
Lieutenant Governor
David Clark
Greg Dolezal
Steve Gooch
John Kennedy
Brenda Nelson-Porter
Takosha Swan
Blake Tillery
Jerry Timbs
Attorney General
Bill Cowsert
Brian Strickland
Secretary of State
Tim Fleming
Kelvin King
Gabriel Sterling
State School Superintendent
Fred “Bubba” Longgrear
Randell Trammell
Richard Woods
Commissioner of Agriculture
Tyler Harper
Commissioner of Insurance & Safety Fire
John King
Commissioner of Labor
Barbara Rivera Holmes
Public Service Commissioner District 3
Winner of 2025 Special Election will be the incumbent.
Public Service Commissioner District 5
Special Election for 1 year.
District 161
Bill Hitchens
District 162
TBA
District 163
TBA
District 164
Ron Stephens
District 165
TBA
District 166
Jesse Petrea
Chatham County Commissioner – District 3
TBA
Chatham County Commissioner – District 4
Brian Hussey
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.