Thursday, March 5, 2026–10:45 a.m.
-David Crowder, WRGA News-
Qualifying for the May 19 Primary ends at noon on Friday, and more candidates have signed up to run for office locally.
For Floyd County Commission, Post 5, Shonna Bailey has qualified as a Democrat.
Ronnie Kilgo and Cleve Jackson have qualified as Republicans.
For Floyd County Commission, Post 4, Fred Adams Collins qualified as a Democrat.
Incumbent Republican David Thornton has also qualified.
For Post 1, incumbent Rhonda Wallace and Shane Cowan, both Republicans, have qualified.
For the Floyd County School Board in District 1, Sonja Johnson Law, a Democrat, has qualified along with incumbent Republican Steve Turrentine.
In District 4, Carmen Dempsey Jones, a Republican, remains the only qualified candidate.
Other races and qualified candidates:
Juvenile Court Judge (Non-Partisan)
Steven V Bennett (I)
Georgia State Senate – District 52
Chuck Hufstetler – (R) (I)
Georgia State Senate – District 53
Blake Elsberry (R)
Denise Pierce Burns (R)
Lanny Thomas (R)
John Zibluk (D)
Georgia State House – District 5
Matt Barton (R) (I)
Rasmus Jensen (D)
Georgia State House – District 12
Eddie Lumsden (R) (I)
Holly Chaney (D)
Georgia State House – District 13
Katie Dempsey (R) (I)
Kristie Miner (R)
U.S. House of Representatives – District 14
Brian Stover (R)
Jim Tully (R)
Nicky Lama (R)
Tom Gray (R)
Colton Moore (R)
Eric Brad Cunningham (R)
Shawn Harris (D)
Governor
Chris Carr (R)
Brad Raffensperger (R)
Derrick Jackson (D)
Geoff Duncan (D)
Jason Esteves (D)
Keisha Lance Bottoms (D)
Lt. Governor
Greg Dolezal (R)
Brenda Lynn Nelson-Porter (R)
John Flanders Kennedy (R)
Michael Blake Tillery (R)
Josh McLaurin (D)
Richard Wright (D)
Secretary of State
Kelvin King (R)
Gabe Sterling (R)
Timothy Kyle Fleming (R)
Vernon Jones (R)
Edward Metz (R)
Adrian Consonery Jr. (D)
Cam Thi Ashling (D)
Penny Brown Reynolds (D)
Attorney General
Robert Brian Strickland (R)
William Stone Cowsert (R)
Bob Trammell (D)
Tanya Miller (D)
Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner
John King (R) (I)
Deandre Bernard Mathis (D)
Labor Commissioner
Barbara Yolanda Rivera Holmes (R) (I)
Christian Smith (D)
Jason Matthew Moon (D)
Brett Hulme (D)
Clarence Blalock (D)
State School Superintendent
Fred Jackson Longgrear (R)
Nelva Melissa Lee (R)
Randall Eugene Trammell (R)
Anton Anthony (D)
Lydia Catalina Powell (D)
U.S. Senate
Jon Ossoff (D) (I)
Derek Dooley (R)
Buddy Carter (R)
Mike Collins (R)
Earl “Buddy” Carter (R)
