2026 Georgia Primary Election

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2026 Georgia Primary Runoff

Darcy Castro is from Cobb County, Georgia. She is a mother of four and an Elder at Kirkwood Presbyterian Church.

Darcy Castro is a wife, a mother of four, and she attends Kirkwood Presbyterian Church. 

Darcy has a background in public relations, journalism, and nonprofit marketing. She is also a retired Air Force wife.

Darcy has a worked in public relations, journalism, and nonprofit marketing. 

Darcy's campaign for Georgia State Senator, District 37, is her first time running for public office.

Supports barring private equity from the housing market.

Wants to stop the "passing [of] the costs of data centers onto families through higher utility bills​."

- Supports barring private equity from the housing market.
- Wants to stop the "passing [of] the costs of data centers onto families through higher utility bills​."
- Opposes a rising of the cost of living.

Economy

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

Energy & the Environment

Wants to fight rising premiums and healthcare costs.

Seeks to close gaps in healthcare coverage.

- Supports abortion access.
- Wants to fight rising premiums and healthcare costs.
- Seeks to close gaps in healthcare coverage.

Healthcare

Believes civic engagement should be encouraged by elected officials.

Supports preventing mid-decade redistricting and "unfair manipulation of electoral maps."

- Believes civic engagement should be encouraged by elected officials.
- Supports preventing mid-decade redistricting and "unfair manipulation of electoral maps."
- Wants to protect voting rights.

Voting & Elections

Public Safety

Supports protecting the Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) scholarship.

- Supports protecting the Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) scholarship.
- Prioritizes keeping schools safe.

Education

Darcy Castro

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Walter Ley

Zachary Neville is from Marietta, Georgia. He has a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance from Kennesaw State University. He is a partner and a dog dad.

Zachary Neville is from Marietta, Georgia. He has a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance from Kennesaw State University. He has a partner.

Zach is a finance manager and a practicing certified public accountant (CPA).

Zachary has worked as a finance manager for over the past two years. He also has experience as a financial analyst and accountant

Zach previously ran for Georgia State Senator in 2024 but did not win.

Supports raising Georgia’s minimum wage to a living wage and tying it to inflation.

Plans to focus on reducing child care costs.

Supports creating a more favorable economic environment for small and medium-sized businesses in Georgia.

Wants to reform laws that weaken unions and suppress wages.

Seeks to defend the right to organize and make it easier for Georgia workers to form unions.

Seeks to protect workers from wage theft, misclassification as independent contractors, and retaliation for organizing.

Wants to reform Georgia's tax code "so the wealthiest individuals and largest corporations pay rates that reflect what they actually earn, not what their accountants can shelter."

Wants to reduce regressive taxes that affect lower-income Georgians the most and protect long-time homeowners from being taxed out of their homes.

Supports capping the number of single-family homes that any corporate entity or private equity firm can own in Georgia.

Supports requiring parent companies to report total single-family homeownership across all subsidiaries and limited liability companies (LLCs).

Wants to apply progressive taxation to large-scale corporate single family housing (SFH) portfolios.

Supports expanding down-payment assistance and first-time homebuyer programs.

Supports zoning reform that allows for increased housing supply while protecting community character.

Wants to protect small businesses from predatory practices by large corporations, including supplier squeezes and below-cost competition.

- Supports raising Georgia’s minimum wage to a living wage and tying it to inflation.
- Plans to focus on reducing child care costs.
- Supports creating a more favorable economic environment for small and medium-sized businesses in Georgia.
- Wants to reform laws that weaken unions and suppress wages.
- Seeks to defend the right to organize and make it easier for Georgia workers to form unions.
- Seeks to protect workers from wage theft, misclassification as independent contractors, and retaliation for organizing.
- Wants to reform Georgia's tax code "so the wealthiest individuals and largest corporations pay rates that reflect what they actually earn, not what their accountants can shelter."
- Wants to reduce regressive taxes that affect lower-income Georgians the most and protect long-time homeowners from being taxed out of their homes.
- Supports capping the number of single-family homes that any corporate entity or private equity firm can own in Georgia.
- Supports requiring parent companies to report total single-family homeownership across all subsidiaries and limited liability companies (LLCs).
- Wants to apply progressive taxation to large-scale corporate single family housing (SFH) portfolios.
- Supports expanding down-payment assistance and first-time homebuyer programs.
- Supports zoning reform that allows for increased housing supply while protecting community character.
- Wants to protect small businesses from predatory practices by large corporations, including supplier squeezes and below-cost competition.

Supports stricter enforcement and penalties for environmental violations, aiming to protect Georgians from the health risks of PFAS and other "forever chemicals" in the environment.

Supports stricter enforcement and standards to address PFAS and "forever chemical" contamination. 

Wants to strengthen environmental fines so they are proportional to the profits gained from violations.

Supports protecting and expanding community green spaces as development pressures grow in Cobb and Bartow.

Wants to accelerate Georgia’s transition to clean energy and invest in jobs that come with it.

Supports expanding sustainable public transportation and smart infrastructure investments.

Wants to "stand up to energy company lobbyists who’ve spent decades blocking common-sense environmental protections."

Aims to partner with community environmental groups to keep environmental issues relevant.

- Supports stricter enforcement and standards to address PFAS and "forever chemical" contamination. 
- Wants to strengthen environmental fines so they are proportional to the profits gained from violations.
- Supports protecting and expanding community green spaces as development pressures grow in Cobb and Bartow.
- Wants to accelerate Georgia’s transition to clean energy and invest in jobs that come with it.
- Supports expanding sustainable public transportation and smart infrastructure investments.
- Wants to "stand up to energy company lobbyists who’ve spent decades blocking common-sense environmental protections."
- Aims to partner with community environmental groups to keep environmental issues relevant.

Supports abortion access and plans to protect and expand reproductive healthcare, including access to contraception and FDA-approved medications.

Believes healthcare is a "captive market" exploited by insurance companies, and plans to ensure care is straightforward and affordable, with no family feeling "trapped" by costs.

Plans to ensure healthcare is straightforward, transparent, and affordable. 

Plans on defending access to contraception and FDA-approved abortion medications.

Wants to "protect healthcare providers from prosecution for providing lawful care."

Supports requiring insurance coverage for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and fertility treatments.

Seeks to address Georgian maternal mortality rates, particularly the rates affecting Black and brown women, through targeted research investments and improved access to prenatal care.

Wants to lower prescription drug costs by allowing Georgia to negotiate drug prices and "crack down on pharmacy benefit manager abuses."

Supports investing in rural hospitals and expanding access in historically under-served communities.

- Supports expanding Medicaid.
- Supports abortion access and plans to protect and expand reproductive healthcare, including access to contraception and FDA-approved medications.
- Plans to ensure healthcare is straightforward, transparent, and affordable. 
- Plans on defending access to contraception and FDA-approved abortion medications.
- Wants to "protect healthcare providers from prosecution for providing lawful care."
- Supports requiring insurance coverage for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and fertility treatments.
- Seeks to address Georgian maternal mortality rates, particularly the rates affecting Black and brown women, through targeted research investments and improved access to prenatal care.
- Wants to lower prescription drug costs by allowing Georgia to negotiate drug prices and "crack down on pharmacy benefit manager abuses."
- Supports investing in rural hospitals and expanding access in historically under-served communities.

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Focused on ensuring free and fair elections.

Opposes all voter ID laws that impose "new barriers on eligible voters."

Supports independent redistricting commissions as a way to end partisan gerrymandering.

Supports automatic voter registration and same-day registration.

Supports expanding early voting windows and protecting mail-in voting access.

Wants to fund more polling locations and poll workers, "especially in counties that struggle to keep up with demand."

Opposes eliminating the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) and other multi-state systems.

Aims to prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents from operating at or near polling locations.

Said, "Refuse all corporate PAC money, in this race and every future race."

- Focused on ensuring free and fair elections.
- Opposes all voter ID laws that impose "new barriers on eligible voters."
- Supports independent redistricting commissions as a way to end partisan gerrymandering.
- Supports automatic voter registration and same-day registration.
- Supports expanding early voting windows and protecting mail-in voting access.
- Wants to fund more polling locations and poll workers, "especially in counties that struggle to keep up with demand."
- Opposes eliminating the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) and other multi-state systems.
- Aims to prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents from operating at or near polling locations.
- Said, "Refuse all corporate PAC money, in this race and every future race."

Advocates prohibiting state and local law enforcement cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Wants to require universal background checks on all gun sales, including at gun shows and private sales.

Supports "reasonable" red flag laws that allow temporary removal of firearms, after substantiated claims, from people who are a danger to themselves or others.

Wants to restrict Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations around schools, churches, courthouses, hospitals, and polling locations.

Supports offering expanded tax credits for gun safes.

Wants to partner with Georgia’s federal delegation to support comprehensive immigration reform that provides "real pathways to citizenship."

Wants to expand access to firearm safety courses through tax credits.

Opposes legislation that requires teachers to arm themselves.

Wants to establish state oversight of  detention facilities to document and address evidence of inhumane conditions.

Wants to support lawsuits against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities found to be violating basic human standards and seeks to defend immigrants’ access to essential services without fear of immigration enforcement.

- Advocates prohibiting state and local law enforcement cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- Wants to require universal background checks on all gun sales, including at gun shows and private sales.
- Supports "reasonable" red flag laws that allow temporary removal of firearms, after substantiated claims, from people who are a danger to themselves or others.
- Wants to restrict Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations around schools, churches, courthouses, hospitals, and polling locations.
- Supports offering expanded tax credits for gun safes.
- Wants to partner with Georgia’s federal delegation to support comprehensive immigration reform that provides "real pathways to citizenship."
- Wants to expand access to firearm safety courses through tax credits.
- Opposes legislation that requires teachers to arm themselves.
- Wants to establish state oversight of  detention facilities to document and address evidence of inhumane conditions.
- Wants to support lawsuits against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities found to be violating basic human standards and seeks to defend immigrants’ access to essential services without fear of immigration enforcement.

Seeks to modernize Georgia's school funding formula to ensure equity.

Supports raising teacher pay, reducing class sizes, and fully stocking classrooms.

Supports expanding mental health counselors in schools to ensure students get early support.

Opposes school voucher programs that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.

Wants to subsidize teacher preparation programs that help keep new educators in Georgia.

Said, "Respect teachers as professionals. Let them teach and stop overriding their judgment from the Capitol."

- Seeks to modernize Georgia's school funding formula to ensure equity.
- Supports raising teacher pay, reducing class sizes, and fully stocking classrooms.
- Supports expanding mental health counselors in schools to ensure students get early support.
- Opposes school voucher programs that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.
- Wants to subsidize teacher preparation programs that help keep new educators in Georgia.
- Said, "Respect teachers as professionals. Let them teach and stop overriding their judgment from the Capitol."

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Zachary Neville

- Supports raising Georgia’s minimum wage to a living wage and tying it to inflation.
- Plans to focus on reducing child care costs.
- Supports creating a more favorable economic environment for small and medium-sized businesses in Georgia.
- Wants to reform laws that weaken unions and suppress wages.
- Seeks to defend the right to organize and make it easier for Georgia workers to form unions.
- Seeks to protect workers from wage theft, misclassification as independent contractors, and retaliation for organizing.
- Wants to reform Georgia's tax code "so the wealthiest individuals and largest corporations pay rates that reflect what they actually earn, not what their accountants can shelter."
- Wants to reduce regressive taxes that affect lower-income Georgians the most and protect long-time homeowners from being taxed out of their homes.
- Supports capping the number of single-family homes that any corporate entity or private equity firm can own in Georgia.
- Supports requiring parent companies to report total single-family homeownership across all subsidiaries and limited liability companies (LLCs).
- Wants to apply progressive taxation to large-scale corporate single family housing (SFH) portfolios.
- Supports expanding down-payment assistance and first-time homebuyer programs.
- Supports zoning reform that allows for increased housing supply while protecting community character.

- Focused on ensuring free and fair elections.
- Opposes all voter ID laws that impose "new barriers on eligible voters."
- Supports independent redistricting commissions as a way to end partisan gerrymandering.
- Supports automatic voter registration and same-day registration.
- Supports expanding early voting windows and protecting mail-in voting access.
- Wants to fund more polling locations and poll workers, "especially in counties that struggle to keep up with demand."
- Opposes eliminating the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) and other multi-state systems.
- Aims to prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents from operating at or near polling locations.

- Supports raising Georgia’s minimum wage to a living wage and tying it to inflation.
- Believes the tax code unfairly promotes corporate home buying over individual Georgians, creating a financial disadvantage in the housing market.
- Plans to focus on reducing child care costs.
- Supports creating a more favorable economic environment for small and medium-sized businesses in Georgia.
- Wants to reform laws that weaken unions and suppress wages.
- Seeks to defend the right to organize and make it easier for Georgia workers to form unions.
- Seeks to protect workers from wage theft, misclassification as independent contractors, and retaliation for organizing.
- Wants to reform Georgia's tax code "so the wealthiest individuals and largest corporations pay rates that reflect what they actually earn, not what their accountants can shelter."

- Supports stricter enforcement and penalties for environmental violations, aiming to protect Georgians from the health risks of "forever chemicals" in the environment.

- Believes healthcare is a "captive market" exploited by insurance companies, and plans to ensure care is straightforward and affordable, with no family feeling "trapped" by costs.
- Supports abortion access and plans to protect and expand it.
- Plans on defending access to contraception and FDA-approved abortion medications.
- Wants to "protect healthcare providers from prosecution for providing lawful care."
- Supports requiring insurance coverage for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and fertility treatments.
- Seeks to address Georgian maternal mortality rates, particularly the rates affecting Black and brown women, through targeted research investments and improved access to prenatal care.

- Supports raising Georgia’s minimum wage to a living wage and tying it to inflation.
- Believes the tax code unfairly promotes corporate home buying over individual Georgians, creating a financial disadvantage in the housing market.
- Plans to focus on reducing child care costs.
- Supports creating a more favorable economic environment for small and medium-sized businesses in Georgia.
- Wants to reform laws that weaken unions and suppress wages.
- Seeks to defend the right to organize and make it easier for Georgia workers to form unions.
- Seeks to protect workers from wage theft, misclassification as independent contractors, and retaliation for organizing.
- Wants to reform Georgia's tax code

- Believes the tax code unfairly promotes corporate home buying over individual Georgians, creating a financial disadvantage in the housing market.
- Supports creating a more favorable economic environment for small and medium-sized businesses in Georgia.
- Plans to focus on reducing child care costs.

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

- Focused on ensuring free and fair elections.

- Believes healthcare is a "captive market" exploited by insurance companies, and plans to ensure care is straightforward and affordable, with no family feeling "trapped" by costs.

Isaac Brickman

Believes the tax code unfairly promotes corporate home buying over individual Georgians, creating a financial disadvantage in the housing market.

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Georgia State Senator, District 37, Democratic Primary

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