Pickens County, Georgia: 2026 Voter Guide

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

Official sample ballot · Pickens 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 Pickens County

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

State Senate, District 51Will Wade R DonorsGary St. Lawrence D Donors

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

County, school board & city races

Uncontested local: Pickens County Board of Education Post 2 — Steve Lowe (Republican); Pickens County Board of Education Post 3 — Brian Cleghorn (Republican); Pickens County Board of Education Post 5 — Joe Wigington (Republican); Pickens County Limestone Valley Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor — John Lewis Tatum (Nonpartisan); Pickens County Commission District 1 — Josh Tippens (Republican)

Ballot questions

• Pickens County School District Senior Tax Exemption AmendmentAct 590 HB1551: Local question on the official ballot. Exact wording is on the precinct sample ballot.
• Pickens County Package Sale of Distilled Spirits Referendum: 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 (18 ballot styles, 18 precincts; checked 2026-10-16) · Ballotpedia county election page · District overlap: U.S. Census TIGER/Line 2024 (CD119, SLDU, SLDL) intersected with county boundaries