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Miller, Strickland Top Projected Winners In GA Primary 2026: See List

Georgia voters determined who is staying the course on the campaign trail toward the November general election and whose ride ended early.

Tanya Miller (D) and Brian Strickland (R) on Tuesday are the projected winners of the 2026 race for Georgia attorney general. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson; US Senate)

Among major races Tuesday, multiple nominees learned their fate in Georgia's general primary.

Three key races were lieutenant governor, secretary of state and attorney general. The two former races resulted in runoffs, which will be held on June 16.

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Candidates must have cleared the required 50 percent plus one vote threshold to avoid a runoff in the primary.

Party nominees in their respective races will head to the Nov. 3 general election. A runoff could be held on Dec. 1.

Georgia Republicans looked for a challenger to Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff. U.S. Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter played up their conservative records on Capitol Hill, while former college football coach Derek Dooley pitched himself as a political outsider.

The race to replace Ossoff is heading for a runoff, with Collins and Dooley as the last two remaining candidates, the Associated Press reported.

In the governor primary, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and healthcare billionaire Rick Jackson have advanced to the June 16 Republican runoff, extending a bruising campaign battle.


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With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the following is a list of results in some of Georgia's major races as released by the Secretary of State's Office. All results are unofficial until certified.

Josh McLaurin, Nabilah Parkes, Greg Dolezal and John F. Kennedy on Tuesday head to a June runoff in the 2026 race for Georgia's lieutenant governor. (Derek Storm/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock;AP Photo/Brynn Anderson; kennedy campaign)

Lieutenant Governor

Candidate (in no particular order) Percentage of Votes Number of Votes
Josh McLaurin (D) *Associated Press projected runoff candidate 41.41 426,132
Nabilah Parkes (D) *Associated Press projected runoff candidate 39.50 406,475
Richard Wright (D) 19.08 196,363
David Clark (R) Data Not Readily Available Data Not Readily Available
Greg Dolezal (R) *Associated Press projected runoff candidate Data Not Readily Available Data Not Readily Available
Steve Gooch (R) Data Not Readily Available Data Not Readily Available
John F. Kennedy (R) *Associated Press projected runoff candidate Data Not Readily Available Data Not Readily Available
Dr. Brenda Nelson-Porter (R) Data Not Readily Available Data Not Readily Available
Dr. Takosha Swan (R) Data Not Readily Available Data Not Readily Available
Blake Tillery (R) Data Not Readily Available Data Not Readily Available
Dana Barrett, Tim Fleming, Penny Brown Reynolds and Vernon Jones on Tuesday head to a June runoff in the 2026 race for Georgia's secretary of state. (AP Photo/Kate Brunback; AP Photo/Brynn Anderson; AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Secretary of State

Candidate (in no particular order) Percentage of Votes Number of Votes
Tim Fleming (R) *Associated Press projected runoff candidate 39.22 333,800
Ted Metz (R) 5.60 47,684
Gabriel Sterling (R) 11.94 101,636
Kelvin King (R) 15.95 135,711
Vernon Jones (R) *Associated Press projected runoff candidate 27.29 232,279
Dana Barrett (D) *Associated Press projected runoff candidate Data Not Readily Available Data Not Readily Available
Cam Ashling (D) Data Not Readily Available Data Not Readily Available
Adrian Consonery (D) Data Not Readily Available Data Not Readily Available
Penny Brown Reynolds (D) *Associated Press projected runoff candidate Data Not Readily Available Data Not Readily Available
Tanya Miller (D) and Brian Strickland (R) on Tuesday are the projected winners of the 2026 race for Georgia attorney general. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson; US Senate)

Attorney General

Candidate (in no particular order) Percentage of Votes Number of Votes
Tanya Miller (D) *Associated Press projected winner Data Not Immediately Available Data Not Immediately Available
Robert "Bob" Trammell (D) Data Not Immediately Available Data Not Immediately Available
Bill Cowsert (R) 28.40 241,202
Brian Strickland (R) *Associated Press projected winner 71.60 608,138

See the Associated Press full list of projected winners in Georgia.

The Associated Press contributed reporting and writing.

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