Georgia

Georgia Governor 2026

Lean RPrimary

Open Seat

Open seat after Kemp's term limit. Democrats Bottoms and Thurmond lead their primary while Republicans Jones and Raffensperger compete on the right.

Democratic Primary

Keisha Lance Bottoms

Former Mayor of Atlanta

32.8%

Geoff Duncan

Former Lieutenant Governor of Georgia (R turned D)

12.3%

Jason Esteves

Atlanta Board of Education chair

11.3%

Michael Thurmond

DeKalb County CEO

9.9%

Dekalb Jackson

Democratic candidate

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Republican Primary

Burt Jones

Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

19.8%

Brad Raffensperger

Georgia Secretary of State

9.8%

Chris Carr

Georgia Attorney General

4.5%

Rick Jackson

Republican candidate

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Clark Dean

Republican candidate

0.0%

			Pop	Bottoms	Jones	Duncan	Esteves	Thurmond	Raffensperger
2026-03-31	20/20 Insight	575	LV	32%	—	12%	14%	11%	—
2026-03-09	JMC Analytics	560	LV	—	22%	—	—	—	11%
2026-03-05	Emerson College	464	LV	35%	—	13%	4%	7%	—
2026-02-19	Quantus Insights	1,337	LV	—	17%	—	—	—	8%
2026-02-09	co/efficient	1,123	LV	—	16%	—	—	—	9%
2026-02-09	Cygnal	600	LV	—	22%	—	—	—	10%
2025-11-05	University of Georgia	1,000	LV	40%	—	5%	3%	11%	—