David Clark (Georgia)

David Clark (Republican Party) is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 100. He assumed office on January 9, 2023. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Clark (Republican Party) is running for election for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on May 19, 2026.^[source]

Clark also ran for re-election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 100. He will not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on May 19, 2026.

Biography

David Clark lives in Buford, Georgia. Clark served in the U.S. Army. His career experience includes owning a nutraceutical distribution company.^[1]

2026 battleground election

See also: Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2026 (May 19 Republican primary)

Ballotpedia identified the May 19 Republican primary for lieutenant governor of Georgia as a battleground election. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.

Seven candidates are running in the Republican primary for lieutenant governor of Georgia on May 19, 2026. Greg Dolezal (R), Steve Gooch (R), John Kennedy (R), and Blake Tillery (R) lead in polling and media attention. Incumbent Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R) is running for governor of Georgia rather than for another term as lieutenant governor.

The Telegraph's Gabriel Kopp wrote that "[m]uch like the vice president's role in Congress, Georgia's lieutenant governor presides over the Georgia state Senate and can cast tie-breaking votes in that chamber. While they cannot sponsor legislation, the lieutenant governor appoints state senators to chair committees in the General Assembly, who guide legislative priorities during their respective terms."^[2] As of March 9, 2026, Republicans have a 32-23 majority in the chamber with one vacancy.

Heading into the primary election, the four leading candidates are campaigning on their relationships with President Donald Trump (R) and their experiences in the Georgia Senate.

Dolezal was first elected to represent District 27 in the Georgia Senate in 2018. His campaign website states that he "stood with President Trump when it mattered most."^[3] The Georgia Recorder's Maya Homan wrote that Dolezal was "among the four Republican state senators in 2020 who called, unsuccessfully, for a special session to consider officially overturning the results of the presidential election in Georgia."^[4]

Gooch was first elected to represent District 51 in the Georgia Senate in 2010. He also served as the chamber's majority leader from 2023 to 2025. According to The Associated Press, Gooch "called himself a 'die-hard MAGA supporter' having successfully sponsored a law [in 2025] creating an 'America First' license plate that will soon be offered to Georgia motorists.^[5]

Kennedy represented District 18 in the Georgia Senate from 2015 to 2025. He also served as president pro tempore of the chamber from 2023 to 2025. Homan wrote that "While other candidates for the seat emphasized their loyalty to President Donald Trump and MAGA policies, Kennedy took a different approach, focusing on his conservative values and work in the state legislature."^[6]

Tillery was first elected to represent District 19 in the Georgia Senate in 2016. He became chair of the chamber's Senate Appropriations Committee, which develops the state's budget, in 2020. Tillery said he is focusing his campaign on messages on issues "that seem to appeal to everyone": "We're talking about eliminating the state income tax. We're talking about making sure that Georgia immigration laws are followed, and that sanctuary cities don't exist. We're talking about making sure that state taxpayer dollars are not used to pay for transgender surgery."^[7]

David Clark (R), Brenda Nelson-Porter (R), and Jerry Timbs (R) are also running in the Republican primary.

Brenda Nelson-Porter (R) and Jerry Timbs (R) completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. To read those survey responses, click here.

In Georgia, a primary candidate must earn a majority of the vote to win. If no candidate wins a majority, a runoff election is held on June 16, 2026, between the top two vote-getters.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Clark was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Clark was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Clark was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Clark was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Georgia committee assignments, 2017
• Defense and Veterans Affairs
• Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
• Small Business Development
• State Properties

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Clark served on the following committees:

Georgia committee assignments, 2015
• Defense and Veterans Affairs
• Small Business Development
• State Properties

Elections

2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 19, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

Josh McLaurin and Richard N. Wright are running in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate
		Josh McLaurin
		Richard N. Wright

	There are no incumbents in this race.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Seth Clark (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate
		David Clark
		Greg Dolezal
		Steve Gooch
		John Kennedy
		Brenda Nelson-Porter
		Blake Tillery
		Jerry Timbs

	There are no incumbents in this race.
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Polls

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Polls are conducted with a variety of methodologies and have margins of error or credibility intervals.^[8] The Pew Research Center wrote, "A margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level means that if we fielded the same survey 100 times, we would expect the result to be within 3 percentage points of the true population value 95 of those times."^[9] For tips on reading polls from FiveThirtyEight, click here. For tips from Pew, click here.

Below we provide results for polls from a wide variety of sources, including media outlets, social media, campaigns, and aggregation websites, when available. We only report polls for which we can find a margin of error or credibility interval. Know of something we're missing? Click here to let us know.

Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial Republican primary, 2026 polls
Poll	Dates	Clark	Dolezal	Gooch	Kennedy	Nelson-Porter	Tillery	Undecided	Sample size	Margin of error
Quantus Insights	Oct. 13, 2025–Oct. 14, 2025	4	6	6	7	--	5	72	900 RV	± 3.2%
yes. every kid.	July 22, 2025–July 23, 2025	2	3	4	20	2	5	65	608 LV	± 2.0%
Note: LV is likely voters, RV is registered voters, and EV is eligible voters.

Campaign spending

This section contains campaign finance figures from candidates submitted to the Georgia Campaign Finance Commission. Click here to access the reports.

Satellite spending

See also: Satellite spending

Satellite spending, commonly referred to as outside spending, describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.^[10]^[11]^[12]

This section lists satellite spending in this race reported by news outlets in alphabetical order. If you are aware of spending that should be included, please email us.

Endorsements

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