Tift County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
3 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot across 3 Tift County races, led by the Georgia Senate District 13 contest.
By address
These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Tift County is split across 2 Georgia House districts.
Find your districts by addressGeorgia House: 2 districtsDistricts 169, 170
Georgia House District 169Angie O'Steen (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Angie O'Steen Republican Incumbent
- Wants to lower costs for families
- Focuses on improving rural health care access
- Supports investment in the education system and rural communities
Per the campaign site.
About Angie O'Steen
O'Steen has worked as a registered nurse since 1997 and is a family farmer; she is a native of Jeff Davis County who lives on her family's fourth-generation farm with her husband and four children, per the campaign site.
Angie O'Steen (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot; Angie O'Steen is the sitting member, per the Secretary of State's certified list. Party nominees were chosen at the May 19 primary and June 16 runoff (majority rule); independents qualified by petition. The field is the Secretary of State's certified November 2026 candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageGeorgia House District 170Jaclyn Dixon Ford (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Jaclyn Dixon Ford Republican Incumbent
Jaclyn Dixon Ford represents Georgia House District 170 in Tifton, per the Georgia House of Representatives. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Jaclyn Dixon Ford (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot; Jaclyn Dixon Ford is the sitting member, per the Secretary of State's certified list. Party nominees were chosen at the May 19 primary and June 16 runoff (majority rule); independents qualified by petition. The field is the Secretary of State's certified November 2026 candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageGeorgia Senate District 13Carden H Summers (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Carden H Summers Republican Incumbent
Carden H Summers represents Georgia Senate District 13, covering Ben Hill, Berrien, Crisp, Irwin, Lee, Tift, Turner, Worth and part of Coffee County, and was elected to the Senate in 2019, per the Georgia Senate. He and his wife Janis started a real estate company and an outdoor advertising company in the late 1980s that they still operate, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Carden H Summers (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot; Carden H Summers is the sitting member, per the Secretary of State's certified list. Party nominees were chosen at the May 19 primary and June 16 runoff (majority rule); independents qualified by petition. The field is the Secretary of State's certified November 2026 candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
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Georgia nominees were set by the May 19 primary and June 16 runoffs; unopposed nominees still print on November 3, and any November race without a majority winner goes to a December 1 runoff, per state law.
Who is on the ballot in Tift County, Georgia on November 3, 2026?
Tift County sample ballot 2026: who is running for georgia senate and georgia house, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
When is the 2026 general election in Georgia?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Georgia are listed on the Georgia election hub. Georgia election hub →
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