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2026 candidates we're tracking in GA-2
Sanford Bishop
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Supports federal disaster assistance funding for farmers affected by hurricanes and storms
- Supports expanding rural broadband and wireless services
About Sanford Bishop
Sanford Bishop is serving his seventeenth term in the U.S. House representing Georgia's 2nd District, per his official House website. 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.
Matt Day
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Supports stabilizing Social Security and Medicare funding
- Focuses on reducing inflation and the cost of living
About Matt Day
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.