DECLARED CANDIDATES 2026

2026 QUALIFIED STATEWIDE republican CANDIDATES

US SENATE (2026)

Congressman Buddy Carter

Congressman Mike Collins

John Coyne

Derek Dooley

General Jonathan McColumn

GOVERNOR (2026)

Attorney General Chris Carr

Clark Dean
Rick Jackson

Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones

Gregg Kirkpatrick

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger

Thomas Williams

Ken Yasger

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (2026)

State Representative David Clark

State Senator Greg Dolezal

State Senator Steve Gooch

State Senator John F. Kennedy

Brenda Nelson-Porter

Takosha Swan

State Senator Blake Tillery

ATTORNEY GENERAL (2026)

State Senator Bill Cowsert

State Senator Brian Strickland

SECRETARY OF STATE (2026)

State Representative Tim Fleming

Former State Representative Vernon Jones

Kelvin King

Ted Metz

Gabriel Sterling

AG COMMISSIONER (2026)

Commissioner Tyler Harper (I)

INSURANCE AND FIRE SAFETY COMMISSIONER (2026)

Commissioner John King (I)

LABOR COMMISSIONER (2026)

Commissioner Barbara Rivera Holmes  (I)

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS (2026)

Nelva Lee

Bubba Longgrear

Former State Representative Mesha Mainor

Randell Trammell

Superintendent Richard Woods (I)

Public Service Commissioner - District 3 (2026)

Former Commissioner Fitz Johnson

Brandon Martin

Public Service Commissioner - District 5 (2026)

Bobby Mehan

Carolyn Roddy

Joshua Tolbert