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See live updates of Georgia election results from the 2024 election, including Senate and House races, state elections and ballot initiatives.
US House District 2: Incumbent Democrat Sanford Bishop faces Republican Chris West Governor’s race: Brian Kemp vs. Stacey Abrams Senate race: Raphael Warnock vs. Herschel Walker
Stacey Abrams, founder of Fair Fight Action, former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives (2011–2017), and nominee for governor in 2018 and 2022 [11] Jason Carter, former state senator (2010–2015), grandson of former governor and president Jimmy Carter, and nominee for governor in 2014 [12]
Incumbent governor Brian Kemp faced criticism from former president Donald Trump for his refusal to overturn the results of the 2020 United States presidential election. Kemp was booed at the Georgia Republican Convention in June 2021, [ 7 ] and in December former senator David Perdue announced a primary challenge to Kemp and was promptly ...
Burns, who represents Georgia’s 159th District spanning Screven, Bulloch and Effingham counties, was first elected to the position in 2022, following the death of former House Speaker David ...
As of 2024, he is the most recent Democrat to serve as governor of Georgia. A Democratic member of the Georgia Senate from 1974 to 1990, Barnes ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1990, losing to Lieutenant Governor Zell Miller in the Democratic primary. Barnes then served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1992 to 1998.
There have officially been 83 governors of the State of Georgia, including 11 who served more than one distinct term (John Houstoun, George Walton, Edward Telfair, George Mathews, Jared Irwin, David Brydie Mitchell, George Rockingham Gilmer, M. Hoke Smith, Joseph Mackey Brown, John M. Slaton and Eugene Talmadge, with Herman Talmadge serving two de facto distinct terms).
ATLANTA - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr Thursday became the first candidate to enter the race for governor in 2026. The Republican said GOP victories in Georgia and across the nation two ...