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Governor

Georgia Governor — 2026

Georgia elects a governor on November 3, 2026. The Secretary of State’s official results for the June 16, 2026 Republican primary runoff list Rick Jackson with 373,543 votes (52.64 percent). The other candidate’s name was not in the results text retrieved for that contest. The certified write-in list names David C. Byrne, Jacqueline Angela DaCosta, Deb Broughton Davis, Milton J. Lofton, David Leon Moreland, Leland Jake Olinger II, and Andrew Pacetti. A Democratic candidate for governor is not named on this page.

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Cook Political Report: Tossup (August 20, 2026)
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Last updated: October 27, 2026. Unofficial information. Not affiliated with any government or election authority. Confirm with your official election office (Georgia Secretary of State — Elections).

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What is at stake in the Georgia governor contest

Georgia Governor is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. A governor is the state’s chief executive. Term length and term limits are in that state’s constitution, not in a national statute. In plain terms, what is at stake is the state’s chief executive: the budget the office proposes and the bills it is asked to sign or veto under the state constitution. It is not a national scoreboard. Control of a chamber, where the office sits in one, depends on every other seat as well. This page is one contest.

The principal names on the guide are Rick Jackson (Republican). Rick Jackson is cited to Georgia Secretary of State, official results, June 16, 2026 general primary runoff. Each of those sentences identifies a listing. It does not quote a speech. A campaign site is the candidate’s own words. This preview does not paste one unless a sentence above names that page, and these sentences name the election-office or Clerk list instead.

Cook Political Report published Tossup as of August 20, 2026. Those labels belong to the outlets. This site does not average them and does not treat them as a prediction of the canvass. One survey stored here is Fabrizio Ward / Impact Research, Jul 13–16, 2026: one candidate 48, Jackson 46 (D +2). The sample line is “1,060 LV.” The figures are that release, linked on the poll table. They are not an average, not a model, and not a forecast.

Voters comparing 2026 with the last gubernatorial canvass should open Georgia’s certified results. This preview does not insert a prior percentage it has not copied from that canvass. A close prior race explains why county reporting order will be watched. It does not decide this one.

Georgia counts this ballot under its own calendar. Registration, early voting, and mail-ballot deadlines that this site has checked sit on the voting-deadlines page and on the state hub, each tied to an official page. Totals on election night are unofficial. Mail ballots, provisional ballots, and any later round the state requires can move them. Turnout is a ratio that changes with the denominator — voting-age population, registered voters, or ballots counted — and the Census Bureau’s survey is not the same instrument as the canvass. Nothing here is a call.

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Polls close at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Ga. Code Ann. § 21-2-403

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What this office is

A governor is the state’s chief executive. Typical duties include proposing a budget, signing or vetoing bills, appointing some officials, and commanding the state National Guard under state and federal law. Term length and term limits are set by each state’s constitution. Lieutenant-governor pairing, if any, follows that state’s ballot design.

Why it matters in 2026

Cook listed the Georgia governorship as a toss-up on its August 2026 chart. November certification is a state function.

Names below are taken from the election-office list cited on each card. Party labels follow that list. This page is not a certification.

Candidates

Names below are taken from the election-office list cited on each card. Party labels follow that list. This page is not a certification.

Published polls

Published surveys tagged to GA GovernorIndividual published surveys. Not a Map the Midterms average and not a prediction.
PollsterDatesSampleDemRepSpread
Fabrizio Ward / Impact Research
Ballotpedia, Georgia gubernatorial election, 2026 (AARP-sponsored poll) · accessed September 17, 2026
Jul 13–16, 20261,060 LV · ±3.04846JacksonOfficial listD +2

Questions readers ask

When is Election Day?
The 2026 U.S. midterm general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Early voting and mail-ballot calendars differ by state.
Is this the official candidate list for this governor’s race?
No. Map the Midterms is not an election office. Qualified names are published by the Georgia Secretary of State and on the official sample ballot for an address.
Are the poll numbers a forecast?
No. Tables show individual published surveys with the pollster, dates, sample, and a link. They are not a prediction and not an average unless a cited aggregator says so.

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