Cherokee County, Georgia: 2026 Voter Guide

✅ Checked against the official county sample ballot (2026-10-16). No judicial races appear on any of Cherokee's Nov 3 precinct ballots. Your county has more than one district per office, so see your exact districts on My Voter Page.

Official sample ballot · Cherokee County Board of Elections

Statewide races (every Georgia voter)

U.S. SenateJon Ossoff D Donors3% from progressive-cause donorsMike Collins R Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

GovernorKeisha Lance Bottoms D DonorsRick Jackson R Donors

Lieutenant GovernorJosh McLaurin D DonorsGreg Dolezal R Donors

Secretary of StateTim Fleming R DonorsPenny Brown Reynolds D Donors

Attorney GeneralTanya Miller D DonorsBrian Strickland R Donors

Commissioner of AgricultureTyler Harper R DonorsKatherine E. Juhan-Arnold D Donors

Commissioner of InsuranceJohn King R DonorsKeisha Sean Waites D Donors

State School SuperintendentRWRichard Woods R DonorsLydia Powell D Donors

Commissioner of LaborBRBárbara Rivera Holmes R DonorsNikki Porcher D Donors

Public Service Commission, District 3Fitz Johnson R DonorsPeter Hubbard D Donors

Public Service Commission, District 5Josh Tolbert R DonorsShelia Edwards D Donors

Congress, Legislature & district races in Cherokee County

U.S. House, District 7Rich McCormick R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsTony Kozycki D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

U.S. House, District 11John Cowan R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsChris Harden D Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

State Senate, District 21Jason Dickerson R DonorsKori Simmons D Donors

State Senate, District 32Kay Kirkpatrick R DonorsMichael Hettig D Donors

State Senate, District 56John Albers R DonorsPatrick Thompson D Donors

State House, District 11Rick Jasperse R DonorsRyan Fountain D Donors

State House, District 14Mitchell Scoggins R DonorsBella Bautista D Donors

State House, District 20Charlice Byrd R DonorsJason Tanner D Donors

State House, District 21Brad Thomas R DonorsAnthony Aragues Jr. D Donors

State House, District 22Jordan Ridley R DonorsJames Shade D Donors

State House, District 23Bill Fincher R DonorsRob Epstein D Donors

State House, District 44Don Parsons R DonorsDanielle Bell D Donors

State House, District 46John Carson R DonorsDumont Walker D Donors

State House, District 47Jack Miller R DonorsLindsay Defranco D Donors

County, school board & city races

Cherokee County Commission District 4Corey Ragsdale R DonorsSRSteven Rogers D Donors

Ball Ground City Council Post 1SBScott Barnes N DonorsPSPaul Sorrentino N Donors

Ball Ground City Council Post 2JBJimmy Brown N DonorsJGJimmy Gale N DonorsDHDan Homiller N Donors

Ball Ground City Council Post 3VBVicki Benefield N DonorsDADavid A. Westrick N Donors

Holly Springs City Council, Ward 2DDDerik Day N DonorsAGAnn Gazell N Donors

Uncontested local: Cherokee County Solicitor General — Todd Hayes (Republican); Cherokee County Commission Chairman — Harry B. Johnston (Republican); Cherokee County Board of Education District 5 — Erin Ragsdale (Republican); Cherokee County Commission District 1 — Will Cagle (Republican); Cherokee County Board of Education District 6 — Hayden Holcomb (Republican); Cherokee County Board of Education District 4 — Rick Steiner Rechsteiner (Republican); Cherokee County Board of Education District 3 — Chance Beam (Republican); Holly Springs City Council, Ward 4 — Kevin Moore (Nonpartisan)

Ballot questions

• Homestead Exemption – School District Ad Valorem Taxes for Educational Purposes: Local question on the official ballot. Exact wording is on the precinct sample ballot.
• To Continue the Special One Percent Sales and Use Tax and Issue Bonds for the Cherokee County School System: Local question on the official ballot. Exact wording is on the precinct sample ballot.

Sources: Official per-precinct sample ballots, Georgia's sample-ballot service (52 ballot styles, 53 precincts; checked 2026-10-16) · Ballotpedia county election page · District overlap: U.S. Census TIGER/Line 2024 (CD119, SLDU, SLDL) intersected with county boundaries