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2026 candidates we're tracking in GA-2
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Sanford Bishop
Democratic
Incumbent
Sanford Bishop is serving his sixteenth term in the U.S. House representing Georgia's 2nd District, per his campaign site. He is a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee and the top Democrat on its Agriculture subcommittee, per the campaign site. He previously served in the Georgia House and Georgia Senate before his election to Congress in 1992, and is a graduate of Morehouse College and Emory Law School, per the campaign site.
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Matt Day
Republican
Matt Day has a background in the glazing, construction and software development industries, per his campaign site. He is running for Congress in Southwest and Middle Georgia and has released local plans focused on Muscogee, Bibb and Dougherty counties, per the campaign site.
About this race
Georgia's 2nd Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Georgia primary is Tuesday, May 19, 2026 (runoff Tuesday, June 16, 2026 if needed), and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.