Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) and Rick Jackson (R) are running for Governor of Georgia in the November 3, 2026, general election.
Incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is term-limited. The last Democrat elected governor was Roy Barnes in 1998. Independent election forecasters rated the general election Toss-up/Tilt Republican.
Bottoms was the mayor of Atlanta from 2018 to 2022. She was also a senior advisor to former President Joe Biden (D) and a member of the Atlanta City Council. According to her campaign website, Bottoms ran for governor "to deliver for working families and bring steady leadership to Georgia in the midst of uncertainty and chaos coming from Washington."