CANDIDATES WHO QUALIFIED FOR 2026 GENERAL ELECTION CYCLE
QUALIFYING WAS HELD MARCH 2- 6, 2026 PRIMARY will be held MAY 19, 2026
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES District 3
Democratic Party: George Melville Johnson, Maura Keller
Republican Party: Brian Jack (Incumbent)
U.S. SENATE
Democratic Party Jon Ossof (Incumbent)
Republican Party Buddy Carter, John F. Coyne III, Derek Dooley, Jonathan McColumn, Mike Collins
Libertarian Party Allen Buckley (still collecting petition signatures)
GOVERNOR
Democratic Party:Keisha Lance Bottoms, Olu Brown, Amanda Duffy, Geoff Duncan, Jason Esteves, Derrick Jackson, Mike Thurmond, Republican Party: Chris Carr, Clark Dean, Rick Jackson, Burt Jones, Gregg Kirpatrick, Brad Raffensperger, Tom Williams, Ken Yasger Libertarian Party: Chase Oliver (still collecting petition signatures)
Lieutenant Governor
Democratic Party Josh McLaurin Nabilah Parkes Richard N. Wright Republican Party David Clark
Greg Dolezal Steve Gooch
John F. Kennedy Brenda Nelson-Porter Takosha Swan Blake Tillery
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Democratic Party: Herbert Adams Jr., Tanya Miller, Bob Trammell Republican Party: Bill Cowsert, Brian Strickland
SECRETARY OF STATE
Democratic Party: Cam Ashling, Dana Barrett, Adrian Consonery Jr., Penny Brown Reynolds
Republican Party:Tim Fleming, Vernon Jones, Kelvin King, Ted Metz, Gabriel Sterling
STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
Democratic Party: Anton Anthony, Lydia Powell, Otha Thornton Republican Party: Nelva Lee, Bubba Longgrear, Mesha Mainor, Randell E. Trammell, Richard Woods
STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER
Democratic Party: Katherine E. Juhan-Arnold, Sedrick Rowe Republican Party: Tyler Harper (Incumbent)
INSURANCE AND FIRE SAFETY COMMISSIONER
Democratic Party: Clarence Blalock, Thomas Gabriel Dean, Ambuj, “AJ” Jain, DeAndre Mathis, Keisha Sean Waites
Republican Party: John King (Incumbent)
Libertarian Party: Colin McKinney (still collecting petition signatures)
LABOR COMMISSIONER
Democratic Party: Brett Hulme, Jason Moon, Nikki Porcher Christian, Wise Smith, Michelle “Michi” Sanchez
Republican Party: Bárbara Rivera Holmes (Incumbent)
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3
Democratic Party: Peter Hubbard (Incumbent)
Republican Party: Fitz Johnson, Brandon Martin
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONERDISTRICT 5
Democratic Party: Craig Cupid, Shelia Edwards, Angelia Pressley Republican Party: Bobby Mehan, Carolyn Roddy, Josh Tolbert Libertarian Party: Thomas Michael Blooming(still collecting petition signatures)
STATE SENATE DISTRICT 6
Democratic Party: JerMarkus Jacobs
Republican Party: Matt Brass (Incumbent)
Libertarian Party: Christina Potts(still collecting petition signatures)
STATE SENATE DISTRICT 30
Democratic Party:
Wanda Cooper Republican Party: Tim Bearden (Incumbent)
STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 18
Democratic Party: Pat Rhudy
Republican Party: Frank Phillips; Tyler Paul Smith (Incumbent)
STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 70
Democratic Party: Diane Boulai, Pierre Whatley
Republican Party: Melissa Stuckey
STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 71
Democratic Party Anna Higgins
Brandolynn Yarbrough
Republican Party
Jutt Howard (Incumbent)
STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 72
Democratic Party: (no one qualified)
Republican Party: David Huddleston (Incumbent)
DISTRICT ATTORNEY WEST GEORGIA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Democratic Party: (no one qualified)
Republican Party: Sarah Stimac Japour (Incumbent)
JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT WEST GEORGIA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Dustin W. Hightower (Incumbent)
CARROLL COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 2
Democratic Party: Kwasi Hudson
Republican Party: Clint M. Chance (Incumbent)
CARROLL COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 4
Democratic Party: (no one qualified)
Republican Party: Will Godbee, Jason Jones, Tina Shockley, Jeffrey A. Vance
CARROLL COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 6
Democratic Party: no one qualified)
Republican Party: Danny S. Bailey (Incumbent)
STATE COURT JUDGE
Kevin W. Drummond (Incumbent)
CARROLL COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 2 (Non-Partisan)
James Michael Camp
Sandra A. Morris (Incumbent)
CARROLL COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 5 (Non-Partisan)
Tom Sizemore (Incumbent)
CARROLL COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 7 (Non-Partisan)
Bryant Turner (Incumbent)
BOWDON CITY COUNCIL WARD 2
(to fill the Unexpired Term of Bobby Elliot who resigned)**
Timothy Lee Johnson **Election to be cancelled if no write-in candidate qualifies by 3/13/2026