By Jill Nolin | Editor
This time tomorrow we have a clearer picture of who Georgia’s future leaders will be, although most of the news will likely center on which candidates make it to a runoff. That’s not true for every race, though. Tuesday is the big day for a pair of contested seats on the state’s highest court.
We’ll be posting the latest throughout the day and night on our site.
Tuesday is Georgia's primary Election Day. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current GA
2026 ELECTION
By Georgia Recorder staff
Georgia voters will choose party nominees for high-profile races like the primary to decide which Republican will face Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and down-ballot seats like the Georgia Public Service Commission. Many of these races are likely to go to a runoff since Georgia law requires a candidate to clinch 50% of the vote to win outright, and that's a difficult feat with so many crowded contests. But a pair of closely watched Georgia Supreme Court races will be among the nonpartisan judicial races decided by Tuesday's results.
Former Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin, a trial lawyer and former president of Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, announce their candidacy for Georgia Supreme Court in a joint press conference on Feb. 24, 2026, at Liberty Plaza in Atlanta. Alander Rocha/Georgia Recorder
COURTS
By Maya Homan
A state agency responsible for overseeing complaints of judicial misconduct says that two Democratic-backed candidates seeking to oust Republican-appointed state Supreme Court justices violated judicial ethics rules during their campaigns.
A special committee within the state Judicial Qualifications Commission released two public statements Sunday, just days before the election, declaring that it “reasonably believes” former Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan and personal injury attorney Miracle Rankin defied Georgia’s Code of Judicial Conduct by publicly endorsing each other.
Sen. Greg Dolezal, a Republican lieutenant governor, is part of a lawsuit filed Monday seeking to give election observers and State Election Board representatives access to the emergency operations center. Alander Rocha/Georgia Recorder
ELECTIONS
By Maya Homan
Georgia’s State Election Board, the state Republican Party and multiple Republican candidates are demanding access to the secretary of state’s election night hub during Tuesday’s state primary election.
Though the secretary of state’s election night reporting activities are conducted at the emergency operations center, no ballot counting takes place on site and the hub is not a polling place, early voting location or tabulation center. According to Attorney General Chris Carr’s office, that makes it exempt from state laws requiring poll watchers to have access to the areas where votes are being counted.
The recent outbreaks of avian flu across multiple states, including Georgia, is a reminder of how connected public health and agriculture are, writes today's guest commentator. Photo by Janelle Stecklein/ Oklahoma Voice
COMMENTARY
By Jessica Schwind
In the budget that Gov. Brian Kemp signed last week, less than one in every 10 state dollars spent on Georgia’s three primary health agencies is allocated to the Department of Public Health. The future of Georgia’s No. 1 industry relies on a state and local public health system that can track outbreaks and keep communities healthy. Chronic underinvestment in public health puts the state’s health security and economic well-being at risk.
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