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Richard Wright (Georgia)
Richard N. Wright (Democratic Party) is running for election for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.
Wright completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Wright earned a B.S. in business administration from Herzing College, an M.B.A. from Stayer University, and an M.L.S. from Arizona State University. He attended Georgetown University Law School.[1]His career experience includes working as a certified public accountant. Wright has been affiliated with the American Bar Association and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.[2]
Elections
2026
See also: Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia
The following candidates are running in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Josh McLaurin (D) | |
 | Richard N. Wright (D)  | |
 | David Clark (R) | |
 | Steve Gooch (R) | |
 | John Kennedy (R) | |
 | Brenda Nelson-Porter (R) | |
 | Blake Tillery (R) | |
 | Jerry Timbs (R) | |
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Endorsements
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2024
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 38
Rashaun Kemp won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 38 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rashaun Kemp (D) | 100.0 | 81,270 |
| Total votes: 81,270 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Georgia State Senate District 38
Rashaun Kemp defeated Ralph Long III in the Democratic primary runoff for Georgia State Senate District 38 on June 18, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rashaun Kemp | 59.7 | 2,408 |
 | Ralph Long III | 40.3 | 1,626 | |
| Total votes: 4,034 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 38
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 38 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rashaun Kemp | 24.3 | 4,378 |
| ✔ | | Ralph Long III | 22.9 | 4,128 |
 | Nate Green | 20.3 | 3,654 | |
 | Nkoyo Effiong Lewis | 17.8 | 3,201 | |
 | Darryl Terry II | 8.4 | 1,516 | |
| Richard N. Wright | 6.3 | 1,133 | |
| Total votes: 18,010 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Wright in this election.
2021
See also: Mayoral election in Atlanta, Georgia (2021)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of Atlanta
Andre Dickens defeated Felicia Moore in the general runoff election for Mayor of Atlanta on November 30, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andre Dickens (Nonpartisan) | 63.4 | 50,709 |
 | Felicia Moore (Nonpartisan) | 36.6 | 29,223 | |
| Total votes: 79,932 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of Atlanta
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Atlanta on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Felicia Moore (Nonpartisan) | 40.7 | 39,520 |
| ✔ | | Andre Dickens (Nonpartisan) | 23.0 | 22,343 |
 | Kasim Reed (Nonpartisan) | 22.4 | 21,743 | |
| Sharon Gay (Nonpartisan) | 6.8 | 6,652 | ||
 | Antonio Brown (Nonpartisan) | 4.7 | 4,600 | |
 | Kenneth Darnell Hill (Nonpartisan) | 0.6 | 546 | |
 | Rebecca King (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 374 | |
| Mark Hammad (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 346 | ||
| Kirsten Dunn (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 272 | ||
| Walter Reeves (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 163 | ||
| Glenn Wrightson (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 151 | ||
| Richard N. Wright (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 139 | |
 | Nolan English (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 100 | |
| Roosevelt Searles III (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 73 | ||
| Henry Anderson (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Brandon Adkins (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 162 | ||
| Total votes: 97,184 | |||
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Richard N. Wright completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wright's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Stabilize Georgia Health care by creating Georgia Modified Healthcare Program. Crafting a policy that provides quality insurance for Georgia citizens across age brackets is critical for citizens, employers and all stakeholders in Georgia. 400,000 plus are currently in the doughnut hold with another 200,000 to 700,000 becoming uninsurance over the next 10 years is a morale issue. We as leaders must act and must act now to make mitigate this issue. With over 11 billion dollars in undesignated funds not acting and providing healthcare to Georgia residents would be a dereliction of duty on leadership part.
- Stabilize housing throughout the state of Georgia. I look forward to pushing legislation that focuses on stainable growth housing for our young citizens and quality long term solutions for Georgia seniors. I believe growth is a very important part of life. As a person who dropped out of high school, I myself understand that growth through education is critical to a person's life trajectory. We can create stainable growth housing that offers and, in some cases, demands our young citizens grow. GED classes on site, certification classes on site as part of subsidized rental assistance. Our seniors deserve quality housing. Investing in bridge financing to developers to provide our seniors, quality housing is the least we can do.
- Make life more affordable for all Georgia citizens. I understand how expensive life has become for Georgia residents. Our light bills have risen due to 6 rate hikes in 3 years. Our grocery bills are still too high. Maintenace on our cars are a lot due to Georgia infrastructure needs. Daycare prices require a side job to pay for and that's after working a 3rd job to afford housing. Georgia needs a CPA who understand how to push legislation that is focuses on, how can we effectively invest taxpayer dollars. $1 dollar paid in; $1.25 worth of services and opportunities created and returned back to Georgia citizens. Small business tax incentives to create high paying jobs. Investment in infrastructure that save $600 in tires not a $250 rebate.
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2024
Richard N. Wright did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Richard N. Wright did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Wright's campaign website stated the following:
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Equality in Policing
SmartATLANTA
K-12 Education
Homeless/Mental Health
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| —Richard Wright's campaign website (2021)[4] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with Richard Wright," October 31, 2021
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 20, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Richard Wright's campaign website, “Policy,” accessed Sept. 30, 2021
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