As Geor­gia Gov­er­nor Bri­an Kemp faces term lim­its in 2026, he’s orches­trat­ing a polit­i­cal takeover behind the scenes. From back­ing Lt. Gov­er­nor can­di­date John F. Kennedy and Labor Com­mis­sion­er Bar­bara Rivera Holmes, Kemp aims to shape Georgia’s future. Despite ten­sions with MAGA-aligned Lt. Gov­er­nor Burt Jones over Domin­ion vot­ing machines, Kemp’s influ­ence spans the Sen­ate and beyond. Mean­while, Brad Raf­fensperg­er eyes a Sen­ate or guber­na­to­r­i­al run, with Jor­dan Fuchs poten­tial­ly steer­ing his cam­paign or for Gabe Ster­ling. Democ­rats, led by Stacey Abrams, are gear­ing up to flip 5–8 Geor­gia House seats. Explore the pow­er plays and strate­gies defin­ing Georgia’s 2026 elec­tions.

  • GA gov­er­nor Bri­an Kemp is term lim­it­ed. He was appoint­ed as Sec­re­tary of State and won re-elec­tion. And he won the gov­er­nor’s office with the help of the Trump endorse­ment and he nev­er looked back. Although he will not be the gov­er­nor he is deter­mined to con­trol Geor­gia from top to bot­tom. He went to DC to make a deal with Trump to put a Sen­ate can­di­date that they can both agree on. There could be some­one else run­ning for gov­er­nor because he is not friend­ly with Burt Jones. He has picked his Lt Gov­er­nor race and has his peo­ple in place from the Sen­ate all the way down. 
  • Now there is Tyler Harp­er, the cur­rent AG com­mis­sion­er from South Geor­gia. Tyler has gone to DC. The Sen­ate can­di­date is not set­tled. Tyler Harp­er could be the can­di­date that would sat­is­fy Trump and Kemp. 
  • They are try­ing to de-MAGA-nfy Geor­gia. Bar­bara Rivera Holmes was appoint­ed by Bri­an Kemp for Labor com­mis­sion­er after the death of pre­vi­ous labor com­mis­sion­er, Bruce Thomp­son. She is a demo­c­rat from Albany Ga. She is a for­mer head of the Albany Cham­ber of Com­merce, she bucked the trend for repub­li­can can­di­dates to sup­port Don­ald Trump when she seemed to side­step the ques­tion if she is seek­ing Trump’s endorse­ment. She is not a MAGA war­rior. 
  • LT Gov­er­nor Burt Jones he will wear the red hat but under­neath the red hat as Lt gov­er­nor we are still using domin­ion machines, he had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to push back on the gov­er­nor to remove the machines. 
  • Sen­ate Pres­i­dent Pro Tem John F Kennedy entered the race for GA Lt Gov­er­nor, Bri­an Kemp is run­ning his cam­paign and Kemp is run­ning Bar­bara Rivera Holmes cam­paign as well. 
  • Brad Raf­fensperg­er is run­ning for office. We don’t know if it will be Sen­ate or Gov­er­nor. Jor­dan Fuchs has moved to the cam­paign side. Did she leave to sup­port Brad Raf­fensperg­er or for Gabe Ster­ling for Sec­re­tary of State. 
  • Democ­rats look to Stacey Abrams for help to flip the Geor­gia House. She was the for­mer minor­i­ty leader in the Geor­gia State HOuse who put a lot of pres­sure on repub­li­cans to put demo­c­rat pol­i­cy in their bills. Do they already have the dis­tricts that could eas­i­ly flip demo­c­rat, 5–8 seats. We have to pre­pare for 2026.

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