2026 in Georgia (U.S. state)
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The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in Georgia.
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State Government
- Governor: Brian Kemp (R)
Events
January
- January 5 – Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns from office.[1]
- January 12 – A large fight at Washington State Prison kills three inmates and injures over a dozen, including a guard. The Georgia Department of Corrections reports the violence was gang-affiliated.[2]
- January 13 – A fire at a poultry plant in Walton County kills 14,000 chickens.[3]
- January 28 – The FBI executes a search warrant on a Fulton County elections office in Union City.[4]
February
- February 16 – A man fleeing an ICE traffic stop crashes into another vehicle in Savannah, killing teacher Linda Davis.[5]
March
- March 3 – Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, is found guilty of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. Colin Gray gave his son the rifle he later used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in 2024.[6]
- March 4 – A Kingsland woman is arrested and later charged with murder for allegedly taking pills to induce an abortion, and the fetus lived for an hour after delivery, in December 2025. This case may be one of the first prosecuted after Georgia's 2019 abortion ban.[7][8]
- March 10 – 2026 Georgia's 14th congressional district special election: No candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, leading to a runoff election on April 7.[9]
- March 17 – A man shoots a Veterans Affairs employee outside the VA office in Jasper. Responding police fatally shoot the suspect.[10]
- March 18 – The Supreme Court of Georgia questions a prosecutor who prepared an order with AI-generated deficiencies to deny a convict a re-trial.[11]
- March 23 –
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are deployed to 14 airports nationwide, including Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport.[12]
- The Floyd County Courthouse in Rome is destroyed by a fire.[13]
April
- April 7 – Republican Clay Fuller beats Democrat Shawn Harris to win a special election to replace former U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned in January.[14][15]
- April 9–12 – The 2026 Masters Tournament is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta.[16] Rory McIlroy wins for the second straight year, the first golfer to do so since Tiger Woods in 2001–02.[17]
- April 13 – Three people are killed in a series of shootings in DeKalb County. A 26-year-old man is arrested, but he dies in custody on April 21.[18][19]
- April 21 – A fast-moving wildfire destroys 47 homes in Brantley County.[20]
- April 22 – Governor Kemp declares a state of emergency in 91 counties due to ongoing wildfires in the southern part of the state.[21]
Predicted and scheduled
- November 3 – 2026 Georgia state elections:[22]
- 2026 Georgia gubernatorial election
- 2026 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election
- 2026 Georgia Attorney General election
- 2026 Georgia Secretary of State election
- 2026 Georgia Insurance Commissioner election
- 2026 Georgia Labor Commissioner election
- 2026 Georgia State Superintendent of Schools election