U.S. Rep. and state Democratic Party Chair Nikema Williams speaks to reporters on March 4, 2024, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
That means primaries are likely to determine the winners. With Republican U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson, who has represented western Georgia's 3rd District for four terms, not running for re-election, GOP candidates are scrambling to replace him.
Four qualified on Monday, including former state Sens. Mike Crane of Franklin and Mike Dugan of Carrollton, former state Rep. Philip Singleton of Sharpsburg, and former police officer and purchasing manager Jim Bennett of Bowdon. Others are expected to qualify in coming days.
Singleton is touting his record as an outspoken conservative who nettled House leadership during his time in the state legislature and his work as McCormick's congressional chief of staff.
"Hopes and dreams don’t achieve anything in our form of government," he said. "You have to, we have to do the work."
Dugan points to his military, business and legislative background.
"It’s a job interview," he said. "I’m asking the constituents of the 3rd District to hire me."
McBath is running in her third drastically different district in six years, covering parts of Cobb, Douglas, Fulton and Fayette counties. Republicans also targeted her former district when they redrew lines in 2021. She said she will continue to emphasize lowering drug prices, health care, worker training and gun control.
"We keep having these discussions over and over again, but I’m happy to represent any constituent," McBath said of her redrawn district. "I’m happy to continue to do the work. And I have decided as I have in every election, I will not let the extremist Republicans determine when my work in Congress is done. I will let the people decide."
Cobb County Commissioner Jerica Richardson and state Rep. Mandisha Thomas of South Fulton are running against McBath in the Democratic primary.
Scott's district is sharply different as well, now covering Rockdale County and parts of Clayton, Newton and Gwinnett counties. He's seeking his 12th term in Congress after facing questions about his health. On Monday, Scott said he wanted to serve another term so he could bolster funding for historically Black agricultural colleges including Georgia's Fort Valley State University, and to do more for housing assistance.
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"Thank God I’m in good health, moving and doing the people’s work," Scott said.
Marcus Flowers, who made an unsuccessful bid against Marjorie Taylor Greene in northwest Georgia's 14th District, is running against Scott in the Democratic primary.
Georgia will also have at least one contested state Supreme Court race. Justice Andrew Pinson, elevated by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp to the high court in 2022 from the state Court of Appeals, picked up a challenge from former Democratic U.S. Rep John Barrow. Judicial races are nonpartisan.
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