Effingham County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for Georgia Senate and Georgia House and more, with bios, priorities and campaign sites.
By address
These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Effingham County is split across 2 Georgia House districts.
Find your districts by addressGeorgia House: 2 districtsDistricts 159, 161
Georgia House District 159Jon G. Burns (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Jon G. Burns
Jon G. Burns represents Georgia House District 159 and serves as the 75th Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, first elected to the House in 2004 and elected Speaker in 2023, per the Georgia House of Representatives. He is a graduate of Georgia Southern College and John Marshall Law School and runs a family farm and agribusiness company in Effingham County, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Jon G. Burns (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot; Jon G. Burns 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 161Bill Hitchens (R) · David Dillie (D)
Bill Hitchens
Bill Hitchens is the Republican candidate for Georgia House District 161 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's certified candidate list. Bill Hitchens is the sitting member, per the Secretary of State's certified list and the General Assembly's roster. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
David Dillie
Top priorities
- Raise Georgia's state minimum wage to $10.00
- Expand career and technical education programs
- Protect family farms and farmland
Per the campaign site.
About David Dillie
David Dillie works as an aircraft final line mechanic at Gulfstream and also does AWS welding, pipefitting and plumbing work, per his campaign site. He was raised in a farming family and is a student at Savannah Technical College.
Bill Hitchens (Republican), David Dillie (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot; Bill Hitchens 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 4Billy Hickman (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Billy Hickman
Billy Hickman is the Republican candidate for Georgia Senate District 4 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's certified candidate list. Billy Hickman is the sitting member, per the Secretary of State's certified list and the General Assembly's roster. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Billy Hickman (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot; Billy Hickman 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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Who is on the ballot in Effingham County, Georgia on November 3, 2026?
Effingham County sample ballot 2026: who is running for georgia house and georgia senate, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
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