Runoff election · May 19, 2026
Georgia Governor runoff election
Field of 0 candidates running on a single ballot (jungle / nonpartisan format). Top finishers advance to the general election on November 3, 2026.
Where this race stands
VerifiedShowing the runoff election view. General-election ratings, forecasts, and tipping-point odds aren't meaningful for a single-party primary — switch to the general election view for those.
Forecast · runoff election
primary-struct-v1 · high confidence · 5 polls + fundamentals1Jackson
2Jones
Polling average
Weighted, plus each pollster's measured bias subtracted before averaging.
All polls · 5 results
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| Date | Pollster · trust signals | n · pop | Lean | Bias · track | vs raters | D · R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14 | InsiderAdvantage | 800 · LV | R-LEAN | — | — | 48 |
| Jun 13 | InsiderAdvantage | 800 · LV | R-LEAN | — | — | 49 |
| May 27 | JMC Analytics | 600 · LV | NEUTRAL | — | — | 45 |
| May 21 | InsiderAdvantage | 800 · LV | R-LEAN | — | — | 42 |
| May 19 | Quantus Insights | 782 · LV | NEUTRAL | — | — | 44 |
Money in this primary
FEC · per-candidate committees · last filing —Chris Carr
Raised
$4.34M
Cash on hand
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Top industries
No industry data.
Burt Jones
Raised
$4.28M
Cash on hand
—
Top industries
No industry data.
In the news
40 shown · last 30d · Google NewsNews volume · 30d
121 articles · building history
News volume · last 30d
Articles121
Trendbuilding history
Article counts indexed by Google News; the sparkline traces weekly volume across the window.
Net favorability
+0.12
Coverage lean (D−R) · shift −0.11 wk
Net favorability
Score+0.12
Week-over-weekshift −0.11 wk
Tone of coverage, D minus R, scored from −1 (all R-favorable) to +1 (all D-favorable). 0 is balanced.
Coverage tilt
D 14%
Neutral 84%
R 2%
16% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
Coverage tilt · by outlet lean
D-leaning outlets14%
Neutral84%
R-leaning outlets2%
16% of outlets classified by editorial lean
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Poll shows Georgia Democrats ahead in senate, gubernatorial races
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Rick Jackson wins Republican nomination for Georgia governor, delivers victory speech
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Keisha Lance Bottoms Edges Past Republican Nominee Rick Jackson in Historic Georgia Governor’s Race
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Jackson easily turns back Trump-endorsed Jones in Georgia gubernatorial runoff
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Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate Rick Jackson Slammed After Being Challenged for a Debate: 'GOP are all snowflakes'
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Q+A with Chris Carr, Republican candidate for Georgia governor
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Who Is Ahead in the Georgia Governor's Race? Latest 2026 Election Polls
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By the numbers: How $108 million helped Rick Jackson win Georgia's GOP primary for governor
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Fox News: Keisha Lance Bottoms edges Rick Jackson in Georgia governor poll
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Fox News releases new Georgia governor poll. Who is winning the race?
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Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 5deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested2 platformsupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE
Endorsements117 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage40 / 30dGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks