Dougherty County, Georgia: 2026 Voter Guide

✅ Checked against the official county sample ballot (2026-10-16). No judicial races appear on any of Dougherty'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 · Dougherty 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 Dougherty County

U.S. House, District 2Sanford Bishop Jr. D Donors<1% from progressive-cause donorsMDMatt Day R Donors0% from progressive-cause donors

State House, District 151James Wolfe D DonorsMike Cheokas R DonorsTLTravis Lockhart I Donors

State House, District 152Bill Yearta R DonorsMitchell Rosa D Donors

State House, District 154Gerald Greene R DonorsHJHarry James D Donors

Uncontested: State Senate, District 12 — Edward Brown; State House, District 153 — David Sampson

County, school board & city races

Uncontested local: Dougherty County Commission Chairman — Lorenzo L. Heard (Democratic); Dougherty County Commissioner District 6 — Anthony Jones (Democratic); Dougherty County Board of Education District 6 — Dean T. Phinazee (Democratic); Dougherty County Commissioner District 2 — Victor Edwards (Democratic); Dougherty County Board of Education District 2 — Norma Gaines Heath (Democratic); Dougherty County Board of Education District 4 — Melissa Strother (Democratic)

Sources: Official per-precinct sample ballots, Georgia's sample-ballot service (32 ballot styles, 33 precincts; checked 2026-10-16) · Ballotpedia county election page · District overlap: U.S. Census TIGER/Line 2024 (CD119, SLDU, SLDL) intersected with county boundaries