Jasmine Clark (D) defeated Everton Blair Jr. (D), Emanuel Jones (D), Heavenly Kimes (D), and two other candidates in the Democratic primary for Georgia's 13th Congressional District on May 19, 2026. Clark, Blair, Jones, and Kimes led in fundraising, endorsements, and local media attention.
Incumbent David Scott (D) died on April 22, 2026. Scott had filed to run for re-election. The Georgia Recorder's Alander Rocha said Scott's death "has scrambled the race and left the seat wide open for one of these candidates, who would initially have settled for a second-place finish and a spot in a runoff." As of the primary, major election forecasters rated the general election Solid/Safe Democratic.
Clark was, as of the 2026 election, a professor of nursing at Emory University. Clark was first elected to the Georgia House in 2018. Clark ran on her legislative experience. Clark's campaign website said she was "Georgia’s leading science voice, standing up to Republican attacks on facts, public health, and reproductive freedom, and fighting to make Georgia a safer, healthier, and fairer place for every family." Clark said she would "stand up to Trump and MAGA when they try to cut Medicare, destroy Georgia jobs, and gut medical research into cancer and Alzheimer's."
