Lanier County, Georgia: 2026 Voter Guide

✅ Checked against the official county sample ballot (2026-10-16). No judicial races appear on any of Lanier's Nov 3 precinct ballots. See your exact ballot on My Voter Page.

Official sample ballot · Lanier 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 Lanier County

U.S. House, District 8Austin Scott R Donors0% from progressive-cause donorsKelly Esti D Donors

State House, District 176James Burchett R DonorsMRMarcus Ryan D Donors

Uncontested: State Senate, District 8 — Russ Goodman

County, school board & city races

Uncontested local: Lanier County Commission District 1 — Bennie Peter Ryan (Democratic); Lanier County Board of Education District 1 — Erlish Locklear (Democratic); Lanier County Board of Education District 4 — Denny Fender (Republican); Lanier County Board of Education District 3 — Phillip C. Connell (Republican); Lanier County Commission District 2 — Chase Livingston (Republican)

Sources: Official per-precinct sample ballots, Georgia's sample-ballot service (4 ballot styles, 4 precincts; checked 2026-10-16) · Ballotpedia county election page · District overlap: U.S. Census TIGER/Line 2024 (CD119, SLDU, SLDL) intersected with county boundaries