- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Georgia State House of Representatives.
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws. All bills dealing with the state budget originate in the Georgia House of Representatives.
- The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Georgia General Assembly.
- There are 180 members of the Georgia House of Representatives, each representing a single district.
- State Representatives are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $17,342. They only serve in the role part-time.

Your representative and state lawmaker in the Georgia House of Representatives

2026 Georgia Primary Election

Georgia

Public Safety

Healthcare Costs

Jobs & Opportunity

Economy

Energy & the Environment

Healthcare

Voting & Elections

Education

State Representative

- County Commissioners create and pass laws at the county-level. These laws show up in very tangible ways, such as determining how much you pay in property and sales taxes, public transportation, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners are responsible for preparing and passing the county budget. The budget determines how much funding goes to various public services, such as public transportation, law enforcement, repairing roads, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners oversee the administrative duties of your county’s government to ensure the safety, comfort, and well-being of county residents.
- County Commissioners are elected to 4-year terms in staggered years. Typically, you only vote for the County Commissioner that represents your county commission district.

Creates new laws and passes the budget for your county

Gilmer

Taxes

Public Transportation

Public Services

Housing & Urban Development

Transportation & Infrastructure

County Commissioner

- County Commission Chairs oversee the Board of County Commissioners, which create and pass laws at the county-level. These laws show up in very tangible ways, such as determining how much you pay property and sales tax rates, public transportation, and maintaining infrastructure.
- The County Commission Chair is specifically responsible for preparing the county budget, which must be passed by the rest of the County Commissioners. The budget determines how much funding goes to various public services, such as public transportation, law enforcement, repairing roads, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commission Chairs have additional executive duties including coordinating with the office of the Mayor for your county, appointing Commissioners to committees, and representing your county at official functions.
- County Commission Chairs are elected to 4-year terms in county-wide elections.

Acts as the head of your county's governing board.

Policing

Quality of Roads

County Commission Chair

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.

Part of the board that governs your county's public school system

Teacher Pay

College & Career Readiness

Access to Education

School Curriculum

School Facilities & Resources

Student Wellbeing

Teachers

County Board of Education Member

Albany

Rincon

Port Wentworth

Patterson

Blackshear

Offerman

Waycross

Helena

College Park

Lovejoy

Forest Park

Lake City

Riverdale

Morrow

Jonesboro

Cumming

Oxford

Covington

Social Circle

Sandy Springs

Roswell

Johns Creek

Alpharetta

Peachtree Corners

Boston

Ochlocknee

Meigs

Cairo

Thomasville

Barwick

Tucker

Snellville

Lilburn

Grovetown

Harlem

Augusta

Montezuma

Pine Mountain

Greenville

Warm Springs

Manchester

Athens

Duluth

Suwanee

Norcross

Berkeley Lake

Lawrenceville

Allenhurst

Flemington

Gumbranch

Hinesville

Midway

Riceboro

Walthourville

Stockbridge

Orchard Hill

Griffin

Canon

Carnesville

Franklin Springs

Lavonia

Martin

Royston

Sandersville

Deepstep

Swainsboro

Bowersville

Hartwell

Rutledge

Porterdale

Lakeland

Columbus

Carl

Auburn

Dallas

Hiram

Taylorsville

Braswell

Aragon

Cedartown

Rockmart

Madison

Buckhead

Bostwick

Bowman

Newborn

Hull

Danielsville

Comer

Colbert

Watkinsville

Carlton

North High Shoals

Bishop

Tignall

Rayle

Mansfield

Woodville

White Plains

Full profiles for 15 counties, including Cobb, Fulton, and Chatham

Full profiles for every county in the state

Candidate lists and metadata for down to state legislative districts and 3 counties including Fulton County

Candidate lists and metadata for every county in the state

2026 Georgia candidates

Georgia State Representative, District 97, Republican Primary

1 candidate

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Georgia State Representative, District 146, Republican Primary

1 candidate

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Gilmer County Commissioner, Republican Primary

3 candidates

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Gilmer County Commission Chair, Republican Primary

2 candidates

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Gilmer County Board of Education Member

1 candidate

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Gilmer County Board of Education Member

1 candidate

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Glascock County Commissioner, District 2, Republican Primary

1 candidate

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Glascock County Board of Education Member, District 4

1 candidate

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Glascock County Commissioner, District 4, Republican Primary

1 candidate

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Glascock County Board of Education Member, District 3

1 candidate

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