candidate profiles

Find out who is on your ballot, what they say they stand for, and where to learn more.

Macon Rising is nonpartisan and does not endorse candidates.

What are candidate Profiles?

Macon Rising tracks the candidates appearing on ballots that affect Bibb County and Middle Georgia. This page collects publicly available information about each candidate alongside their own answers to a standard set of questions about issues that matter to our community.

Macon Rising is nonpartisan and does not endorse candidates. Listings are alphabetical within each race. Inclusion is not an endorsement; the absence of a candidate is not a judgment. If you spot an error, a missing candidate, or a broken link, submit a comment on our Contact Us page and we will correct it.

Look up your own ballot, polling place, and registration status: Georgia My Voter Page (sos.ga.gov) — the official Secretary of State lookup tool. You will need your name, date of birth, and county.

How to use this page

Elections are listed in reverse chronological order — the next election first, past elections archived at the bottom. Within each election, races are grouped by office. Within each race, candidates are listed alphabetically by last name.

Our goal is for every candidate entry to include:

  • Reference link — a third-party source (Ballotpedia where available; campaign website or Georgia Secretary of State candidate filing otherwise).

  • Questionnaire — a Google Doc containing the candidate's own answers to our questions. "No response" means we contacted the candidate and did not receive answers by [response deadline]. We will update entries when late responses arrive.

Current Races

State-Wide Races | May 19, 2026

  • Democratic Primary

    • Keisha Lance Bottoms — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Olu Brown — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Amanda Duffy — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Geoff Duncan — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Jason Esteves — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Derrick Jackson — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Michael "Mike" Thurmond — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    Republican Primary

    • Chris Carr — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Clark Dean — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Rick Jackson — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Burt Jones — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Gregg Kirkpatrick — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Brad Raffensperger — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Tom Williams — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Ken Yasger — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

  • Democratic Primary

    • Josh McLaurin — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Nabilah Parkes — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Richard N. Wright — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    Republican Primary

    • David Clark — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Greg Dolezal — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Steve Gooch — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • John F. Kennedy — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Brenda Lynn Nelson-Porter — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Takosha Swan — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Blake Tillery — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

  • Democratic Primary

    • Cam Ashling — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Dana Barrett — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Penny Brown Reynolds — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Adrian Consonery, Jr. — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    Republican Primary

    • Tim Fleming — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Vernon Jones — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Kelvin King — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Ted Metz — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Gabriel "Gabe" Sterling — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

  • Democratic Primary

    • Tanya Miller — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Robert "Bob" Trammell — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    Republican Primary

    • Bill Cowsert — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Brian Strickland — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

  • Democratic Primary

    • Katherine E. Juhan-Arnold — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Sedrick Kent Rowe, Jr. — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    Republican Primary

    • Tyler Harper (Inc.) — unopposed — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

  • Democratic Primary

    • Clarence Blalock — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Thomas Dean — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Ambuj "AJ" Jain — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • DeAndre Mathis — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Keisha Sean Waites — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    Republican Primary

    • John King (Inc.) — unopposed — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

  • Democratic Primary

    • Anton Anthony — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Lydia Powell — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Otha Thornton — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    Republican Primary

    • Nelva Lee — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Fred "Bubba" Longgrear — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Mesha Mainor — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Randell E. Trammell — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Richard Woods (Inc.) — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

  • Democratic Primary

    • Brett A. Hulme — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Jason Moon — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Nikki Porcher — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Michelle Michi Sanchez — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Christian Wise Smith — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    Republican Primary

    • Bárbara Rivera Holmes (Inc.) — unopposed — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

  • Democratic Primary

    • Peter Hubbard (Inc.) — unopposed — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    Republican Primary

    • Fitz Johnson — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Brandon Martin — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

  • Democratic Primary

    • Craig Cupid — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Shelia Edwards — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Angelia Pressley — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    Republican Primary

    • Bobby Mehan — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Carolyn Tatum Roddy — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]

    • Josh Tolbert — [Reference] | [Questionnaire]