By Jill Nolin | Editor
If you haven’t voted yet, check out our voter guide. We have a side-by-side of the statewide candidates and a look at the three constitutional amendments that all Georgia voters can weigh in on. And visit our website throughout the day for updates.
Georgia's ballot marking devices display the candidates and ballot questions for the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Election workers in Bartow County, Georgia conducted their pre-election tests of the voting equipment on Oct. 6, 2026. Maya Homan/Georgia Recorder
2026 ELECTION
By Maya Homan and Ross Williams
Who will be Georgia’s next governor? Will Republicans overcome the apparent Democratic lead built up during early voting? Which party will run state government starting next year?
And when can Georgians expect to learn the answer to these questions and others?
This year’s ballot is packed with a nationally watched U.S. Senate race and competitive statewide contests as both parties battle for control of four open seats, including the governor’s office.
Here’s what some of Georgia’s political experts are watching, and what they say Tuesday’s election results could reveal about the state of Georgia politics.
President Donald Trump, in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, stands next to enlarged photos showing the pool’s renovations, on Nov. 2, 2026. (Screenshot from C-SPAN)
DC BUREAU
By Ashley Murray
One day before his party is forecast to lose control of the U.S. House, and possibly the Senate, President Donald Trump gathered guests and press at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to tout the “magnificent” renovation of the monument — a monthslong project plagued by algae, reclosure and false accusations of vandalism.
Trump spoke for roughly 45 minutes, bouncing from topic to topic. His remarks included but were not limited to unfounded allegations of “unprecedented” vandalism to the pool’s lining, accusations that former FBI Director James Comey is a “dirty cop,” a mention of “rave reviews” for the new White House helipad, and assertions that “we got Greenland on an unlimited basis” and “we won” the war with Iran that moments later he said is “not a war.”
The president did not mention the midterm elections until 23 minutes into his delivery, when he said Democrats are running the “most dangerous candidates ever put up,” including “jihadists and Muslim Brotherhood members.”
A group of Maine residents protest a proposed electricity price increase ahead of an October 2025 public hearing in Freeport. Rising utility prices are increasingly drawing scrutiny from voters and state officials. (Photo by AnnMarie Hilton/Maine Morning Star)
2026 ELECTION
By Kevin Hardy
As broad affordability concerns define elections across the country, voters in several states on Tuesday will have a say on their future utility bills.
State utility regulators, who are facing heightened levels of attention and scrutiny amid high prices, are on the ballot in nine states: Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
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