United States Senate election in Georgia, 2026 (May 19 Republican primary)
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: March 6, 2026 |
| Primary: May 19, 2026 Primary runoff: June 16, 2026 General: November 3, 2026 General runoff: December 1, 2026 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times:
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. |
| Race ratings |
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| Ballotpedia analysis |
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A Republican Party primary takes place on May 19, 2026, in Georgia to determine which Republican candidate will run in the state's general election on November 3, 2026.
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Heading into the election, the incumbent is Jon Ossoff (Democrat), who was first elected in 2021.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Georgia utilizes an open primary system, in which any voter can participate in a political party's primary election regardless of their partisan affiliation. A candidate must win a majority of votes cast in the primary in order to win the election. If no candidate wins an outright majority, a runoff primary is held between the top two vote-getters.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Georgia's United States Senate Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States Senate election in Georgia, 2026 (May 19 Democratic primary)
- United States Senate election in Georgia, 2026
Candidates and election results
Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:
- Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
- Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Georgia
The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Georgia on May 19, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Reagan Box  | |
 | Earl Carter | |
 | Christina Loren Clement | |
 | Mike Collins | |
 | Derek Dooley | |
| Christoph La'Flare Chapman | ||
 | Jonathan McColumn | |
| Chelsae Pile | ||
| Rick Temple | ||
 | Vinson Watkins | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John King (R)
Candidate profiles
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Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Submitted Biography: "I am a Constitutional Conservative who believes America should come first! We need to bring accountability and responsibility back to government and all three letter agencies. Responsible government spending."
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Submitted Biography: "I am a child of God, a mother, daughter, sister, mentor, and community healer. I am also a policy architect focused on building practical solutions that serve people, strengthen families, and stabilize communities. My life’s work sits at the intersection of faith, service, and accountability. I believe leadership begins with responsibility — to God, to family, and to the people we are called to serve. As a mentor and community healer, I have worked directly with individuals and families impacted by long-standing economic and systemic barriers, helping translate hardship into structure, support, and opportunity. I am running for the United States Senate as the architect of a people-centered solution — one grounded in law, moral clarity, and constructive action. My focus is not division, but restoration; not rhetoric, but results. I bring a solutions-based approach rooted in faith, compassion, and the responsibility to leave this nation stronger for the next generation."
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Submitted Biography: "Just a man making my way through the universe."
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Georgia
Polls
- See also: Ballotpedia's approach to covering polls
Polls are conducted with a variety of methodologies and have margins of error or credibility intervals.[3] 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."[4] 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.
| Poll | Dates | Carter | Collins | Dooley | Undecided | Sample size | Margin of error | Sponsor |
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– | 16 | 32 | 12 | 29 | 600 LV | ± 4.0% | Plymouth Union Public Research | |
| Note: LV is likely voters, RV is registered voters, and EV is eligible voters. | ||||||||
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Reagan Box | Republican Party | $33,606 | $26,130 | $8,043 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Earl Carter | Republican Party | $6,243,858 | $5,070,230 | $4,192,558 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Christina Loren Clement | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Mike Collins | Republican Party | $3,280,001 | $1,544,393 | $2,332,803 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Derek Dooley | Republican Party | $3,008,414 | $869,433 | $2,138,981 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Christoph La'Flare Chapman | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Jonathan McColumn | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Chelsae Pile | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Rick Temple | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Vinson Watkins | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Georgia in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Georgia, click here.
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Georgia | U.S. Senate | Ballot-qualified party | N/A | $5,220.00 | 3/6/2026 | Source |
| Georgia | U.S. Senate | Unaffiliated | 72,336 | $5,220.00 | 7/14/2026 | Source |
See also
- United States Senate election in Georgia, 2026 (May 19 Democratic primary)
- United States Senate election in Georgia, 2026
- United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2026
- United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2026
- United States Senate elections, 2026
- U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2026
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LexisNexis, "O.C.G.A. § 21-2-224," accessed September 30, 2025
- ↑ LexisNexis, "O.C.G.A. § 21-2-501," accessed September 30, 2025
- ↑ For more information on the difference between margins of error and credibility intervals, see explanations from the American Association for Public Opinion Research and Ipsos.
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "5 key things to know about the margin of error in election polls," September 8, 2016
