2026 Georgia General Election

2026 Georgia Primary Election

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Eric Gaines is a real estate investor. He served in the U.S. Army for 13 years. 

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Eric's campaign for mayor is his first run for public office. 

Economy

Supports responsive city services and "an administration that answers to the people."

Supports protecting "community character" and wants to ensure responsible development.

- Supports responsive city services and "an administration that answers to the people."
- Supports protecting "community character" and wants to ensure responsible development.

Public Services

As of March 11, 2026, Eric Gaines’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Housing & Urban Development

Supports community-based safety initiatives and seeks to build trust between residents and law enforcement.

- Supports community-based safety initiatives and seeks to build trust between residents and law enforcement.

Public Safety

Transportation & Infrastructure

Energy & the Environment

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Walter Ley

Garnett Johnson is from Augusta, Georgia. He has a bachelor 27s degree in business administration from Augusta University. He and his wife, Toni Seals-Johnson, have two daughters and are members of Good Shepherd Baptist Church.

 Mayor Garnett L. Johnson 

Garnett Johnson has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Augusta University. He and his wife have two daughters and are members of Good Shepherd Baptist Church.

Garnett is a business owner and sales professional.

Garnett is the president and owner of Augusta Office Solutions, a company he founded in 2010.

Garnett previously ran for Augusta mayor in 2023 but did not win.

Garnett currently serves as the mayor of Augusta. 

Aims to cultivate relationships that attract jobs and opportunities to "underserved, underprivileged and neglected areas."

Supports the investments in the Augusta Canal Trailhead, the James Brown Arena, Manus Bio’s new artemisinin biomanufacturing facility,  the Village at Riverwatch Trailhead and the Pedestrian Bridge project.

- Aims to cultivate relationships that attract jobs and opportunities to "underserved, underprivileged and neglected areas."
- Supports the investments in the Augusta Canal Trailhead, the James Brown Arena, Manus Bio’s new artemisinin biomanufacturing facility,  the Village at Riverwatch Trailhead and the Pedestrian Bridge project.

Believes in an accessible, honest open-door policy.

- Believes in an accessible, honest open-door policy.

As of March 11, 2026, Garnett L. Johnson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Garnett L. Johnson

Garnett Johnson is from Augusta, Georgia. He has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Augusta University. He and his wife, Toni Seals-Johnson, have two daughters and are members of Good Shepherd Baptist Church.

Garnett is the president and owner of Augusta Office Solutions. 

- Aims to cultivate relationships that attract jobs and opportunity to underserved, underprivileged and neglected areas.

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Lori Myles earned her bachelor's degree in English from Paine College and Doctor of Education from Georgia Southern University. She lives with her husband, and their two adult children in Augusta, Georgia. 

Lori Myles (Mayor of Augusta, Georgia, candidate 2022)

Lori previously ran for mayor of Augusta, Georgia, in 2022, but did not win. 

Lori currently works as the executive director of The John Maxwell Company and the executive director of Myles Leadership LLC. She previously worked as an educator at Richmond County Schools. 

Promotes educational programs that "provide citizens with the education and skills necessary to secure jobs."

Believes that Augusta is capable of operating under a "reasonable, balanced budget," through examining past successes and "revitalizing fundamental economic prinicples."

Wants to "reawaken" downtown by attracting small business owners to the area, locating other government offices downtown, and creating living spaces for new tenants to rent by realigning our tax code to serve these goals.

- Promotes educational programs that "provide citizens with the education and skills necessary to secure jobs."
- Believes that Augusta is capable of operating under a "reasonable, balanced budget," through examining past successes and "revitalizing fundamental economic prinicples."
- Wants to "reawaken" downtown by attracting small business owners to the area, locating other government offices downtown, and creating living spaces for new tenants to rent by realigning our tax code to serve these goals.

As of March 11, 2026, Lori Myles’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Believes a more efficient bus system will save Augusta money and decrease the unemployment rate, as "more people will gain access to jobs because they will now have a new way to go to work."

- Believes a more efficient bus system will save Augusta money and decrease the unemployment rate, as "more people will gain access to jobs because they will now have a new way to go to work."

Lori Myles

Lori Myles earned her bachelor's degree in English from Paine College and Doctor of Education from Georgia Southern University. She lives with her husband, Kerwin, and their two adult children in Augusta, Georgia. 

Lori Myles is from Augusta, Georgia. She earned her bachelor's degree in English from Paine College and Doctor of Education from Georgia Southern University. She lives with her husband, Kerwin, and their two adult children. 

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Steven is from Augusta, Georgia. He attended the Richmond County Public School System. He has a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in business administration from Florida A and M University's School of Business and Industry. He lives with his wife, Pamela, and their six children in Lilburn, Georgia. He attends Beulah Grove Baptist Church.

Steven B. Kendrick is from Augusta, Georgia. He has a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree from Florida A & M University. He is married and has six children. He attends Beulah Grove Baptist Church.

Steven is the Tax Commissioner for Augusta-Richmond County. He works at the Richmond County Tax Commissioner’s office, where he has been modernizing tax services since 2009. He previously taught business courses at Augusta University, Paine College and the University of Phoenix, worked as a sales representative in the pharmaceutical industry, and served as an officer at the family business Augusta Blueprint.

Steven is a realtor and a real estate instructor. He previously worked as a business professor at Augusta University, Paine College and the University of Phoenix, a sales representative in the pharmaceutical industry, and as an officer at Augusta Blueprint.

Steven previously served as Tax Commissioner for Augusta-Richmond County. 

Supports growing small businesses and family incomes to create a city where success is shared by all.

Seeks to grow small businesses and family incomes to create a city where success is shared by all.

- Seeks to grow small businesses and family incomes to create a city where success is shared by all.

Seeks to assist people through education, opportunity, empowerment, and community connection.

Aims to "unite neighborhoods, unite leaders, and unite generations."

- Seeks to assist people through education, opportunity, empowerment, and community connection.
- Aims to "unite neighborhoods, unite leaders, and unite generations."

As of March 11, 2026, Steven B. Kendrick’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports building infrastructure and housing while also focusing on education, opportunity, empowerment, and community connection.

Supports building infrastructure and housing.

- Supports building infrastructure and housing.

Steven B. Kendrick

- The mayor leads the executive branch of local government, presiding over city council meetings, making sure city departments run smoothly, and providing services to citizens. 
- The mayor runs the city day to day and prepares the budget each year, meaning that they propose how much funding goes to each city department, including the police department, city parks, transportation, and the fire department. 
- The mayor also hires the Police Chief, Fire Chief, and city department heads, such as City Planning, Parks & Recreation, and Transportation. 
- Most Georgia mayors are elected in odd years to four year terms. Elections are nonpartisan. 

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