Georgia GOP Senate Primary Heads to Runoff
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Georgia governor primary election results 2026
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Tuesday’s results revealed the state’s full tilt toward MAGA, with Brad Raffensperger's defeat.
Neither Lt. Gov. Burt Jones nor billionaire healthcare executive Rick Jackson secured the majority of votes needed to win Tuesday's Republican primary for governor, sending them into a runoff election scheduled for June,
Billionaire healthcare executive Rick Jackson and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones are projected to advance to a runoff in the Republican primary for Georgia governor, according to Decision Desk HQ. Jackson and Jones notched spots in the June 16 runoff as the two top vote-getters in the GOP race to succeed Gov.
Conservative Georgia Supreme Court Justice Sarah Warren won re-election on Tuesday, NBC News projects, fending off a Democratic-backed challenger in the battleground state.
Democrats are also considering who should lead the effort to win the governor’s office for the first time since 1998.
The 2020 election continues to haunt Georgia's political landscape, especially in the Republican primary for secretary of state.
GOP candidate Rick Jackson campaigns against DEI in Georgia governor's race, but his nonprofit promoted race-conscious hiring in a wide-ranging 2021 DEI initiative.