Georgia 2026 live primary election results
Republicans battle over who will go against Ossoff in Senate race in November.
Georgia voters head to the polls on Tuesday to vote in several competitive primary elections, including the Republican and Democratic primaries for Georgia governor and the Republican primary for Senate.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. ET to 7 p.m. ET.
State significance
All eyes are on Georgia’s high-stakes Senate race, where incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff will work to defend his seat as a rising star within the Democratic Party and one of the most vulnerable Democratic senators on the map this year.
The Republican primary -- in which President Donald Trump has yet to make an endorsement -- will decide who will go head-to-head with Ossoff in November. The top contenders include Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter and former football coach Derek Dooley.
The Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais limiting the Voting Rights Act and paving the way for new Republican-led redistricting opportunities has raised the stakes in the race to replace term-limited Republican Brian Kemp as Georgia governor. Republicans in Georgia have already indicated their desire to draw new maps based on the Callais decision, and a Democrat in the governor’s office could mean veto power against any maps passed by a GOP-controlled state legislature.
Those running for the Democratic nomination include former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, former DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond, former Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and former Georgia state Sen. Jason Esteves.
The Republican primary for Georgia governor has been defined by more than $100 million in spending on fierce attack ads dominating Georgia’s airwaves between the two front-runners in the race: billionaire businessman Rick Jackson and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who is endorsed by Trump. According to AdImpact, the Georgia primary for governor is the third-most expensive gubernatorial primary on record.
Also running for the Republican nomination include current Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who gained national attention for contesting Trump's claims of election fraud in 2020.