Democrats Penny Brown Reynolds and Dana Barrett will face a runoff for the Georgia Secretary of State nomination, an office no Democrat has held since 2007. The seat is open after incumbent Republican Brad Raffensperger, who gained national prominence for rejecting Donald Trump's request to 'find' votes in 2020, ran unsuccessfully for governor. The race follows Joe Biden's historic 2020 presidential win in Georgia.
Democratic secretary of state runoff
- ▪The last Democrat to hold the Georgia Secretary of State office was Cathy Cox, who served from 1999 to 2007
- ▪Penny Brown Reynolds and Dana Barrett are headed to a runoff in the Democratic primary for Georgia's secretary of state
Raffensperger gubernatorial bid vacancy
- ▪Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger ran unsuccessfully for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in the spring of 2026
- ▪The Democratic nominee for Georgia Secretary of State will not face an incumbent in the fall 2026 election
Trump call to Raffensperger
- ▪Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his office gained national prominence following the 2020 presidential election
- ▪After the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump called Brad Raffensperger, asking the secretary of state to find enough votes for him to win Georgia
2020 Georgia presidential election
- ▪In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden defeated then-President Donald Trump in Georgia
- ▪Joe Biden's 2020 victory made him the first Democrat to win Georgia in a presidential election since 1992
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