Georgia 2026 Primary

May 19 2026

Completed Closed Primary

Filing Deadline: Mar 6, 2026

Runoff held: Jun 16, 2026 — Statewide primary runoffs (both parties); R governor: Rick Jackson def. Burt Jones. Row added 20260710 — was missing from the calendar.

★ U.S. Senate Likely D

Incumbent: D Jon Ossoff

Democrat

Jon Ossoff Incumbent Nominee $77,279,766 raised

Independent

Al Bartell

Republican

Buddy Carter $7,300,243 raised

Christina Clement $0 raised

Derek Dooley $4,725,351 raised

Jonathan McColumn $36,144 raised

Mike Collins Nominee $7,409,350 raised

Dollar figures are each campaign’s total funds raised, from FEC filings.

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Candidate	Votes	%
Jon Ossoff ✓	1,042,331	100.0%

Republican Primary

Candidate	Votes	%
Mike Collins	369,642	40.5%
Derek Dooley	275,534	30.2%
Buddy Carter	229,223	25.1%
Jonathan McColumn	28,447	3.1%
John F. Coyne III	9,850	1.1%

Republican Primary Runoff

Candidate	Votes	%
Mike Collins ✓	390,005	55.5%
Derek Dooley	312,227	44.5%

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★ Governor Likely D

Incumbent: R Brian Kemp Term Limited

Democrat

Keisha Lance Bottoms Nominee

Republican

Rick Jackson Nominee

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Candidate	Votes	%
Keisha Lance Bottoms ✓	608,264	56.2%
Jason Esteves	201,852	18.7%
Mike Thurmond	139,787	12.9%
Geoff Duncan	75,721	7.0%
Derrick Jackson	25,050	2.3%
Amanda Duffy	18,808	1.7%
Olujimi Brown	12,329	1.1%

Republican Primary

Candidate	Votes	%
Burt Jones	358,184	38.4%
Rick Jackson	303,621	32.5%
Brad Raffensperger	140,085	15.0%
Chris Carr	110,720	11.9%
Clark Dean	7,051	0.8%
Gregg Kirkpatrick	5,537	0.6%
Ken Yasger	4,770	0.5%
Thomas Williams	3,849	0.4%

Republican Primary Runoff

Candidate	Votes	%
Rick Jackson ✓	373,415	52.6%
Burt Jones	335,858	47.4%

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★ U.S. House 14 districts

GA-01 District 1 Safe R R Buddy Carter Open

Amanda Hollowell (D) ✓ Joyce Griggs (D) Michael McCord (D) Patrick Wilver (D) Randy Zurcher (D) Sharon Williamson (D) Brian Montgomery (R) Eugene Yu (R) Jim Kingston (R) ✓ Kandiss Taylor (R) Krista Penn (R) Matt Day (R) Monte, Monteleone (R) Patrick Farrell (R)

Democratic Joyce Griggs 19,694 34.5% Amanda Hollowell 14,095 24.7% Sharon Williamson 8,501 14.9% Defonsio Daniels 5,359 9.4% Patrick Wilver 4,003 7.0% Michael McCord 3,140 5.5% Randy Zurcher 1,517 2.7% Joseph Palimeno 850 1.5%

Democratic Runoff Amanda Hollowell 12,616 53.0% ✓ Joyce Griggs 11,206 47.0%

Republican Jim Kingston 37,025 52.4% ✓ Patrick Farrell 12,193 17.2% Kandiss Taylor 8,875 12.6% Brian Montgomery 7,088 10.0% Eugene Yu 3,083 4.4% Krista Penn 2,428 3.4%

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GA-02 District 2 Safe D D Sanford Bishop

Sanford Bishop (D) ^* ✓ Matt Day (R) ✓

Democratic Sanford Bishop 72,498 100.0% ✓

Republican Matt Day 42,639 100.0% ✓

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GA-03 District 3 Safe R R Brian Jack

George Johnson (D) Maura Keller (D) ✓ Brian Jack (R) ^* ✓

Democratic Maura Keller 33,964 60.8% ✓ George Johnson 21,881 39.2%

Republican Brian Jack 87,643 100.0% ✓

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GA-04 District 4 Safe D D Hank Johnson

Hank Johnson (D) ^* ✓ James Duffie (R) ✓

Democratic Hank Johnson 81,997 79.3% ✓ Ansel Postell 12,052 11.7% Ben Truman 9,366 9.1%

Republican James Duffie 17,390 100.0% ✓

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GA-05 District 5 Safe D D Nikema Williams

Nikema Williams (D) ^* ✓ Andres Castro (D) Arnetress Beatty (D) John Salvesen (R) ✓

Democratic Nikema Williams 118,546 88.0% ✓ Arnetress Beatty 16,186 12.0%

Republican John Salvesen 9,552 100.0% ✓

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GA-06 District 6 Safe R R Rich McCormick Open

Lucy McBath (D) ^* ✓ Justin Pinker (R) Kevin Martin (R) ✓

Democratic Lucy McBath 126,663 100.0% ✓

Republican Kevin Martin 16,878 70.1% ✓ Justin Pinker 7,197 29.9%

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GA-07 District 7 Likely D D Lucy McBath Open

Anthony Kozycki (D) ✓ Casey Norton (D) Jayson Toweh (D) Larry Long (D) Rich McCormick (R) ^* ✓ Stephen Barfield (R)

Democratic Anthony Kozycki 19,742 39.9% Casey Norton 11,043 22.3% Jayson Toweh 9,367 19.0% Larry Long 9,269 18.8%

Democratic Runoff Anthony Kozycki 11,664 67.7% ✓ Casey Norton 5,557 32.3%

Republican Rich McCormick 83,746 100.0% ✓

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GA-08 District 8 Safe R R Austin Scott

Kelly Esti (D) ✓ Austin Scott (R) ^* ✓ Vinson Watkins (R)

Democratic Kelly Esti 23,828 53.5% ✓ Justin Lucas 20,719 46.5%

Republican Austin Scott 72,036 100.0% ✓

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GA-09 District 9 Safe R R Andrew Clyde

Caitlyn Gegen (D) ✓ Nick Alex (D) Andrew Clyde (R) ^* ✓ Gregg Poole (R) Sam Couvillon (R)

Democratic Caitlyn Gegen 25,570 60.0% ✓ Nick Alex 17,056 40.0%

Republican Andrew Clyde 70,083 76.0% ✓ Sam Couvillon 11,129 12.1% Gregg Poole 11,037 12.0%

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GA-10 District 10 Safe R R Mike Collins Open

Lexy Doherty (D) Pamela DeLancy (D) ✓ Houston Gaines (R) ✓ Ryan Millsap (R)

Democratic Pamela DeLancy 35,058 54.4% ✓ Lexy Doherty 25,341 39.3% John Dority 4,022 6.2%

Republican Houston Gaines 59,895 66.9% ✓ Ryan Millsap 16,149 18.0% Jeffrey Baker 13,483 15.1%

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GA-11 District 11 Safe R R Barry Loudermilk Open

Barry Wolfert (D) Chris Harden (D) ✓ Christopher Mora (R) John Cowan (R) ✓ Lisa Carlquist (R) Rob Adkerson (R) Tricia Pridemore (R) Uloma Kama (R) William Brown (R) William Kelly (R)

Democratic Chris Harden 39,204 74.8% ✓ Barry Wolfert 13,230 25.2%

Republican John Cowan 34,150 42.6% Rob Adkerson 17,408 21.7% Tricia Pridemore 15,200 19.0% John Hobbs 5,086 6.3% Christopher Mora 4,121 5.1% Lisa Carlquist 3,161 3.9% Uloma Kama 1,039 1.3%

Republican Runoff John Cowan 44,780 65.0% ✓ Rob Adkerson 24,135 35.0%

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GA-12 District 12 Safe R R Rick Allen

Brianna Woodson (D) Ceretta Smith (D) ✓ Chris Stephens (D) Tracell Peace-Nichols (D) Rick Allen (R) ^* ✓ Tori Branum (R)

Democratic Ceretta Smith 20,112 32.8% Traci George 16,334 26.7% Brianna Woodson 11,456 18.7% Tracell Peace-Nichols 6,843 11.2% Chris Stephens 6,539 10.7%

Democratic Runoff Ceretta Smith 16,815 55.8% ✓ Traci George 13,324 44.2%

Republican Rick Allen 59,576 83.4% ✓ Tori Branum 11,884 16.6%

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GA-13 District 13 Safe D D David Scott Open

Carlos Moore (D) Emanuel Jones (D) Everton Blair (D) Heavenly Kimes (D) Jasmine Clark (D) ✓ Jeff Fauntleroy (D) Joe Lester (D) Jonathan Bonner (D) Pierre Whatley (D) Ronald McKenzie (D) Fayth Park (R) Jonathan Chavez (R) ✓

Democratic Jasmine Clark 61,504 56.1% ✓ Heavenly Kimes 23,537 21.5% Everton Blair 12,733 11.6% Emanuel Jones 8,204 7.5% Joe Lester 2,046 1.9% Jeff Fauntleroy 1,557 1.4%

Republican Jonathan Chavez 25,547 100.0% ✓

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GA-14 District 14 Safe R R Marjorie Taylor Greene Open

Clarence Blalock (D) Shawn Harris (D) ✓ Rob Ruszkowski ( Rush ) (O) Clay Fuller (R) ^* ✓ Marjorie Greene (R) ^* Brian Stover (R) Christian Hurd (R) Colton Moore (R) Eric Cunningham (R) James Brown (R) Jared Craig (R) Jefferson Criswell (R) Jenna Turnipseed (R) Jim Tully (R) Megahn Strickland (R) Nicky Lama (R) Reagan Box (R) Star Black (R) Timothy Brown (R) Tom Gray (R)

Democratic Shawn Harris 43,067 100.0% ✓

Republican Clay Fuller 66,888 81.3% ✓ Colton Moore 5,508 6.7% Brian Stover 3,191 3.9% Tom Gray 2,044 2.5% Timothy Brown 1,489 1.8% Star Black 1,406 1.7% Nicky Lama 1,220 1.5% Reagan Box 560 0.7%

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📊 Primary Polls

Race	Pollster	Date	Sample	Results
Governor	InsiderAdvantage ±1.9	2026-06-15	800 LV	Jones 47% · Jackson 48%
Senate	InsiderAdvantage ±1.9	2026-06-15	800 LV	Dooley 48% · Collins 50%
Senate	InsiderAdvantage ±1.9	2026-06-14	800 LV	Derek Dooley 46% · Mike Collins 48%
Governor	InsiderAdvantage ±1.9	2026-06-14	800 LV	Rick Jackson 49% · Burt Jones 46%

Primary polls are shown here only — they never enter the general-election averages. Pollster names link to track records.

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