Jen Jordan
Jen Jordan is running for election for judge of the Georgia Supreme Court. She is on the ballot in the general election on May 19, 2026.[source]
Jordan (Democratic Party) was a member of the Georgia State Senate, representing District 6. She assumed office on December 15, 2017. She left office on January 9, 2023.
Biography
Jen Jordan was born in Eastman, Georgia. She earned a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2001 and a bachelor's degree in political science and government from Georgia Southern University in 1997. Jordan's career experience includes working as a partner at Shamp Jordan Woodward and principal at The Jordan Firm, LLC. She has served on the Board of Governors for the State Bar of Georgia and been recognized as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in the State from the Georgia Super Lawyer's Magazine in 2016. She was elected to the state senate in 2017. [1]
Elections
2026
See also: Georgia Supreme Court elections, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on May 19, 2026.
General election for Georgia Supreme Court
Incumbent Sarah Hawkins Warren (Nonpartisan) and Jen Jordan (Nonpartisan) are running in the general election for Georgia Supreme Court on May 19, 2026.
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 | Jen Jordan (Nonpartisan) | |
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2022
See also: Georgia Attorney General election, 2022
General election
General election for Attorney General of Georgia
Incumbent Chris Carr defeated Jen Jordan and Martin Cowen in the general election for Attorney General of Georgia on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chris Carr (R) | 51.9 | 2,032,500 |
| Jen Jordan (D) | 46.6 | 1,826,437 | |
 | Martin Cowen (L) | 1.5 | 60,107 | |
| Total votes: 3,919,044 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Attorney General of Georgia
Jen Jordan defeated Christian Wise Smith in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Georgia on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jen Jordan | 77.6 | 533,266 |
 | Christian Wise Smith | 22.4 | 153,928 | |
| Total votes: 687,194 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Charlie Bailey (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Attorney General of Georgia
Incumbent Chris Carr defeated John Gordon in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Georgia on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Carr | 73.7 | 834,383 |
 | John Gordon | 26.3 | 297,037 | |
| Total votes: 1,131,420 | |||
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2020
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 6
Incumbent Jen Jordan defeated Harrison Lance in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 6 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jen Jordan (D) | 61.5 | 62,148 |
 | Harrison Lance (R) | 38.5 | 38,891 | |
| Total votes: 101,039 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 6
Incumbent Jen Jordan advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 6 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jen Jordan | 100.0 | 25,625 |
| Total votes: 25,625 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 6
Harrison Lance advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 6 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Harrison Lance | 100.0 | 9,859 |
| Total votes: 9,859 | |||
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2018
- See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 6
Incumbent Jen Jordan defeated Leah Aldridge in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 6 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jen Jordan (D) | 58.4 | 46,667 |
| Leah Aldridge (R) | 41.6 | 33,213 | ||
| Total votes: 79,880 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 6
Incumbent Jen Jordan advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 6 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jen Jordan | 100.0 | 10,030 |
| Total votes: 10,030 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 6
Leah Aldridge defeated John Gordon in the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 6 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Leah Aldridge | 56.8 | 5,974 | |
| John Gordon | 43.2 | 4,552 | |
| Total votes: 10,526 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jamie Parrish (R)
2017
A special election for the position of Georgia State Senate District 6 was called for November 7, 2017. Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, a special runoff election between the top-two candidates was held on December 5, 2017. It featured two Democrats: Jaha Howard and Jen Jordan. Because there was no Republican in the runoff, this seat flipped from Republican to Democratic control. Although two Democratic candidates advanced in the November 7 election, the five Republican candidates in the election received a higher share of the overall vote than the three Democrats, winning 50.7 percent. Jen Jordan (D) won the runoff election with 64 percent of the vote and flipped the seat for Democrats.[2]
The candidate filing deadline was September 15.[3] The Democratic candidates who successfully qualified were Howard, Jordan, and Taos Wynn. Howard challenged Hill in the 2016 election. He lost by 3.8 points. The Republican candidates who successfully qualified were Charlie Fiveash, Kathy Eichenblatt, Leah Aldridge, Leo Smith, and Matt Bentley.
The seat became vacant following Hunter Hill's (R) resignation in September 2017 to focus on his run for governor.
| Georgia State Senate, District 6, Runoff Election, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jen Jordan |
63.9% | 10,688 | |
| Democratic | Jaha Howard | 36.1% | 6,028 | |
| Total Votes | 16,716 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
| Georgia State Senate, District 6, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jen Jordan (advanced to runoff) |
24.4% | 5,868 | |
| Democratic | Jaha Howard (advanced to runoff) |
22.5% | 5,408 | |
| Republican | Leah Aldridge | 18.4% | 4,431 | |
| Republican | Charlie Fiveash | 16.8% | 4,026 | |
| Republican | Matt Bentley | 11.2% | 2,695 | |
| Republican | Kathy Eichenblatt | 3% | 728 | |
| Democratic | Taos Wynn | 2.3% | 562 | |
| Republican | Leo Smith | 1.2% | 299 | |
| Total Votes | 24,017 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign themes
2026
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2022
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Campaign website
Jordan's campaign website stated the following:
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In Georgia, the Attorney General is our top legal officer. That means that her job is to act as a lawyer for all Georgians. When exercising the full powers of the office, the Attorney General can touch on almost every part of our day-to-day lives, from defending voting rights, to protecting consumers, to ensuring access to healthcare, to fighting for environmental justice and working to reform the criminal justice system. Our current Attorney General hasn’t been looking out for Georgians. Chris Carr has used the office as a political stepping-stone — taking marching orders from moneyed special interests and his party leaders in Washington. His focus on building personal political power has meant that ordinary Georgians have been left behind. Moreover, he’s never meaningfully practiced law. He’s a partisan political operative, not a lawyer or advocate for people. The law can be a powerful tool for justice. Georgia should have an Attorney General with the background to understand how the law can be used to achieve equal justice and create a level playing field for all Georgians. I have the experience to make that happen. I’ll be an Attorney General who fights every day for the Georgians who don’t have power, money, or status — for folks who just need a fair shot to get ahead and I’ll be an Attorney General who puts Georgia families first. And, I have the background and experience to make this office a defender of the rights of all Georgians, again.
Our right to vote is under attack. Georgia Republicans responded to 2020’s election results with voter suppression efforts intended to deny equal access to the right to vote to try to keep Democrats from winning future elections. They weren’t shy about spelling that out. That’s why it is more important than ever that our elected officials come into office ready to fight for Georgians’ right to vote. GOP efforts to suppress our right to vote are nothing new. I’ve been fighting to protect voting rights since I became an attorney 20 years ago and that won’t change once I am your Attorney General. I will fight voter suppression and make sure every lawful vote is counted.
Many people don’t realize that the Attorney General can fight to make sure that every Georgian has clean air to breathe and clean water to drink and that illegal emitters of harmful pollutants are stopped. Every person in this state deserves clean water and clear air, regardless of where they live, who they know, or how much money they have. As your Attorney General, I will fight for environmental justice and make sure that environmental laws, regulations, and policies are enforced and implemented fairly regardless of race, color, national origin, or income.
Every person should be equal before the law. Sadly, all too often that isn’t the reality. We have all seen the horrific brutality against Black Americans. Moreover, the poor and people of color have been disproportionately impacted by over-criminalization of drug offenses that has led to mass incarceration. Our system of justice needs fundamental reform at every level. As our state’s top legal official, the Attorney General can lead on reforms by providing much needed oversight and leadership. As your Attorney General, I will partner and work with law enforcement to strengthen police accountability mechanisms and to build community-led public safety strategies. But let there be no mistake, I will also hold members of law enforcement accountable if they abuse their power.
Georgians struggle to access healthcare because of both a lack of affordability and a lack of providers. Even while healthcare prices surged, rural hospitals closed, and nearly 1.5 million Georgians went uninsured. While our rural healthcare system dies on the vine, Attorney General Chris Carr has been using the power of his office to attempt to strike down the Affordable Care Act. If the ACA is struck down, millions of Georgians with preexisting conditions will lose protections that give them access to affordable health insurance. I have represented individuals denied coverage for treatments because of pre-existing conditions, and I know the barriers – legal and financial – that Georgians face when they try to fight insurance companies to get the lifesaving treatments that they need. As your Attorney General, I will work every day to strengthen access to affordable healthcare and enforce our laws to make sure that insurance companies don’t put profits over people and can’t take advantage of ordinary Georgians.
For 20 years, I have been fighting to protect consumers from predatory and exploitative practices. Whether it was stopping a big bank from wrongfully foreclosing on a single mother during the Christmas holiday or shutting down payday lenders illegally charging military families 1000% interest, I have been on the front lines and in the courtroom taking on companies that prey on the poor and the elderly. As your Attorney General, fighting for consumer and economic justice will be a priority.[4] |
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| —Jen Jordan's campaign website (2022)[5] | ||
2020
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Noteworthy events
Jordan, along with her Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen.Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.[6]
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Committee assignments
2021-2022
Jordan was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Appropriations Committee
- Banking and Financial Institutions Committee
- Senate Higher Education Committee
- Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee
- Special Judiciary Committee (decommissioned), Chair
2019-2020
Jordan was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Appropriations Committee
- Banking and Financial Institutions Committee
- Government Oversight Committee
- Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee
- Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee
- Senate Science and Technology Committee
Sponsored legislation
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2022
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2020
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In 2020, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 13 to June 26. The session was suspended from March 13 through June 11.
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2019
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In 2019, the Georgia General Assembly was in session from January 14 through April 2.
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2018
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In 2018, the Georgia General Assembly was in session from January 8 through March 29.
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Vote Smart, "Jen Jordan's Biography," accessed October 15, 2019
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Unofficial Results," accessed December 5, 2017
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Calls for Special Elections," accessed September 8, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jen for Georgia, “Issues,” accessed November 6, 2022
- ↑ WGAU 98.7FM & AM1340, “Senator tests positive for coronavirus, Athens lawmakers self-quarantine,” March 19, 2020
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Georgia State Senate District 6 2017-2023 |
Succeeded by Jason Esteves (D) |
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