Georgia
Georgia borders the Atlantic Ocean, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina. The capital is Atlanta. It was named after King George II of Great Britain and was the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Georgia is known as "the Peach State" and the "Empire State of the South."
Georgia's government includes legislative, executive and judicial branches. Executive authority in the state rests with the governor. Most of the executive officials who comprise the governor's cabinet are elected rather than appointed by the governor. Georgia has two members of the U.S. Senate, a total of fourteen members of the U.S. House of Representatives, 180 members of the House of Representatives and 56 members of the State Senate.
Georgia 2025 elections: State executive offices • School boards • Municipal • Recalls • Candidate ballot access
Georgia elections, 2026 Past elections: 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014
Cities and counties in Georgia
Ballotpedia provides comprehensive election coverage in the 100 largest U.S. cities by population and also covers mayoral, city council, and district attorney elections in every state capital. Additionally, Ballotpedia covers school board elections in the 200 largest U.S. school districts by enrollment.
However, in 2022, Ballotpedia also provided expanded coverage of local elections in Georgia. Click here to find your county!
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Policy issues in Georgia
Budget: Budget and finances • Taxes
Civil liberties: Affirmative action • Campaign finance • Nonprofit regulation
Education: Charter schools • Higher education • Public education • School choice
Election: Ballot access requirements • Redistricting • Voting
Energy: Energy information • Fracking
Environment: Environmental information • Endangered species
Finance: Financial regulation information
Healthcare: Healthcare information • Medicaid spending • Effect of the Affordable Care Act
Immigration: Immigration information
Pensions: Public pensions
