The Democratic Party of Georgia (DPG) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is one of the two major political parties in the state and is chaired by Nikema Williams.

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Democratic Party of Georgia
Chairman	Nikema Williams
Senate Minority leader	Gloria Butler
House Minority leader	James Beverly
Ideology	Modern liberalism
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Colors	Blue
U.S. Senate	2 / 2
U.S. House	5 / 14
Statewide offices	0 / 13
Seats in the Georgia Senate	23 / 56
Seats in the Georgia House of Representatives	79 / 180
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As of 2023, Democrats control both U.S. Senate seats, 5 out of Georgia's 14 U.S. House seats, and minorities in both houses of the state legislature.

Former Democratic president Jimmy Carter served one term as Governor of the state from 1971 to 1975.

For over a century, the Democratic Party dominated Georgia state and local politics with a membership largely consisting of conservative Southern Democrats. From 1872 to 2002, the Democratic Party controlled the governorship, both houses of the state legislature, and most statewide offices.

In 1976, former Democratic governor Jimmy Carter (1971−1975) was elected the 39th president of the United States.

After switching to the Republican Party in 1998, Sonny Perdue went on to defeat Democrat Roy Barnes in the 2002 gubernatorial election. In 2004, the Democratic Party lost control of the Georgia House of Representatives, putting the party in the minority for the first time in state history.

The Democratic Party of Georgia entered the 2010 elections with hopes that former governor Roy Barnes could win back the governorship. Polls showed a tight race between Barnes and Republican gubernatorial nominee Nathan Deal,^[1] with some predicting a runoff election.^[2] However, on election day, Republicans won every statewide office.^[3]

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, Georgia Democrats have advocated Medicaid expansion in the state, a policy that would provide a federally subsidized healthcare plan to about 500,000 Georgians.^[4][5][6] At $5.15 an hour, Georgia is one of only two states with a state minimum wage below the federal minimum wage; a priority for Georgia Democrats in the 2010s and 2020s has been increasing the minimum wage.^[7][8]

Since 2016, Georgia Democrats have begun to see better results, with them getting very close to winning the governorship in 2018. In 2020, Joe Biden narrowly won the state, the first time for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1992. Not long after that, Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won both of the state's U.S. Senate seats in runoff elections in 2021, the first time Democrats won statewide office since 2006.

Warnock would be elected to a full term in 2022, defeating Republican nominee Herschel Walker.

Officers of the Democratic Party of Georgia are elected by the state Democratic committee at a January meeting following each regular gubernatorial election.^[9] Officers serve four-year terms, and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual can serve as an officer. Below are the current officers:^[10]

• Chair: Nikema Williams
• First Vice Chair: Matthew Wilson
• Vice Chair of Candidate Recruitment: Scout Smith
• Vice Chair of Congressional District Chairs and County Party Liaison: Sarah Todd
• Vice Chair of Constituency Groups: Vinny Olsziewski
• Secretary: Justin Holsomback
• Treasurer: Sen. Jason Esteves
• House Leader: James Beverly^[11]
• Senate Leader: Gloria Butler^[12]

The officers serve on the Executive Committee, which also includes the DPG's chairs of congressional districts and the DPG's representatives to the Democratic National Committee. The entire executive committee is elected by and from the DPG's State Committee, which consists of over 300 members elected by the DPG's county committees. The apportionment of State Committee members per county is determined by dividing the last census population of the state by the total number of districts in both houses of the Georgia General Assembly (233), and dividing the quotient by the last census population of each county.

Unlike most Democratic state parties where precinct committees and captains constitute the basic unit below the county level, the majority of the DPG's county committees consist of "post seat holders" elected from each county commission district.

The state party holds its state convention in the summer of gubernatorial election years following the gubernatorial primary, one of the few quadrennial Democratic state party conventions in the United States. The state convention consists of both State Committee members and equal numbers of convention delegates, as well as at-large delegates appointed by state party leadership.

Since 1948, Democrats have won Georgia's presidential electoral votes 9 times, while Republicans have won Georgia 10 times. However, in the last 10 presidential elections, Democrats have won Georgia only twice, in 1992 and 2020.

• Political party strength in Georgia (U.S. state)