Georgia 2026 · The Ballot You Won’t Get
For most Georgians, the legislature is already decided.
81/236
state legislative seats have no major-party opponent on the November ballot — about 1 in 3. The winner was effectively chosen in a primary most voters skipped.
81
seats with no opponent (34%)
50
Democrat-only (no Republican ran)
31
Republican-only (no Democrat ran)
72
held by an unchallenged incumbent
Of Georgia’s 236 state House and Senate seats, 81 (34%) will not be contested by both major parties in November — 61 House seats and 20 Senate seats. In those districts the general election is a formality: the only name that matters was settled in a low-turnout primary. Criminal-justice and prison-reform votes in these seats face no electoral accountability at the ballot box.
🔴 31 Republican-only seats — no Democrat is running
| House District 7 | Johnny Chastain incumbent |
| House District 31 | Chad Bingham open seat |
| House District 33 | Alan Powell incumbent |
| House District 72 | David Huddleston incumbent |
| House District 104 | Chuck Efstration incumbent |
| House District 133 | Danny Mathis incumbent |
| House District 134 | Robert Dickey incumbent |
| House District 135 | Beth Camp incumbent |
| House District 136 | David Jenkins incumbent |
| House District 144 | Dale Washburn incumbent |
| House District 146 | Shaw Blackmon incumbent |
| House District 156 | Leesa Hagan incumbent |
| House District 158 | Butch Parrish incumbent |
| House District 159 | Jon G. Burns incumbent |
| House District 160 | Lehman Franklin incumbent |
| House District 169 | Angie O’Steen incumbent |
| House District 170 | Jaclyn Dixon Ford incumbent |
| House District 171 | Joseph M. Campbell incumbent |
| House District 172 | Charles “Chas” Cannon incumbent |
| House District 179 | Rick Townsend incumbent |
| House District 180 | Steven Sainz incumbent |
| Senate District 3 | Mike Hodges incumbent |
| Senate District 4 | Billy Hickman incumbent |
| Senate District 8 | Russ Goodman incumbent |
| Senate District 11 | Sam Watson incumbent |
| Senate District 13 | Carden H. Summers incumbent |
| Senate District 18 | Steven McNeel incumbent |
| Senate District 20 | Larry Walker incumbent |
| Senate District 25 | Rick A. Williams incumbent |
| Senate District 52 | Chuck Hufstetler incumbent |
| Senate District 54 | Chuck Payne incumbent |
🔵 50 Democrat-only seats — no Republican is running
| House District 37 | Mary Frances Williams incumbent |
| House District 38 | David Wilkerson incumbent |
| House District 39 | Terry Cummings incumbent |
| House District 41 | Michael Smith incumbent |
| House District 43 | Solomon Adesanya incumbent |
| House District 52 | Shea Roberts incumbent |
| House District 56 | Bryce Berry incumbent |
| House District 60 | Sheila Jones incumbent |
| House District 62 | Kenn Collier open seat |
| House District 63 | Kim Schofield incumbent |
| House District 66 | Kimberly Alexander incumbent |
| House District 68 | Timoria McQueen Saba open seat |
| House District 69 | Debra Bazemore incumbent |
| House District 74 | Robert Flournoy, Jr. incumbent |
| House District 75 | Eric W. Bell II incumbent |
| House District 76 | Sandra G. Scott incumbent |
| House District 77 | Rhonda Burnough incumbent |
| House District 78 | Demetrius Douglas incumbent |
| House District 84 | Mary Margaret Oliver incumbent |
| House District 86 | Imani Barnes incumbent |
| House District 89 | Omari Crawford incumbent |
| House District 91 | Angela Moore incumbent |
| House District 92 | Rhonda Taylor incumbent |
| House District 93 | Doreen Carter incumbent |
| House District 94 | Venola Mason incumbent |
| House District 96 | Arlene Beckles incumbent |
| House District 98 | Marvin Lim incumbent |
| House District 102 | Gabe Okoye incumbent |
| House District 106 | Akbar Ali incumbent |
| House District 109 | Juan Estrada open seat |
| House District 117 | Kim Thomas Smith open seat |
| House District 129 | Karlton L. Howard incumbent |
| House District 132 | Brian L. Prince incumbent |
| House District 137 | Debbie G. Buckner incumbent |
| House District 143 | Anissa M. Jones incumbent |
| House District 153 | David Lee Sampson incumbent |
| House District 162 | Orlando Scott open seat |
| House District 163 | Anne Allen Westbrook incumbent |
| House District 165 | MiQuan Green open seat |
| House District 177 | Elsie Cason Napier open seat |
| Senate District 2 | Derek J. Mallow incumbent |
| Senate District 5 | Sheikh Rahman incumbent |
| Senate District 12 | Edward Brown open seat |
| Senate District 17 | Gail Davenport incumbent |
| Senate District 22 | Harold V. Jones II incumbent |
| Senate District 28 | Donzella James incumbent |
| Senate District 33 | Michael Doc Rhett incumbent |
| Senate District 34 | Kenya Wicks incumbent |
| Senate District 35 | Jaha V. Howard incumbent |
| Senate District 43 | Tonya P. Anderson incumbent |
Source: Georgia Secretary of State official results (May 19 primary + June 16 runoff, 159/159 precincts reporting). A seat is “unopposed” when only one major party fielded a candidate. Re-verified after the July 14, 2026 independent/petition qualifying deadline: no independent or third-party candidate qualified in any of these 81 seats (the Libertarian Party of Georgia fielded no legislative candidates in 2026). Updated July 2026.