Thursday, March 5, 2026–8:30 a.m.
-Staff reports-
Qualifying continues for state and local officers up for grabs in the May primary and November general elections.
Democrats in local races can qualify at the Shawn Harris campaign headquarters, 207 Turner McCall Blvd.; Republicans are qualifying at the office of Maximum One Realty, 2 Professional Court.
State and federal candidates qualify at the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office in Atlanta.
Below are those who have signed up to run, so far.
Floyd County Commission – Post 1
Rhonda Wallace (R) (I)
Shane Cowan (R)
Floyd County Commission – Post 4
David Thornton (R) (I)
Fred Adams Collins (D)
Floyd County Commission – Post 5
Ronnie Kilgo (R)
Cleve Jackson (R)
Shonna Bailey (D)
Floyd County Board of Education – District 1
Steve Turrentine (R) (I)
Sonja Johnson Law (D)
Floyd County Board of Education – District 4
Carmen Dempsey Jones (R)
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)
