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2 candidates are tracked for Houston County Commissioner Post 2 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Shane Gottwals and Rutha Jackson. Candidate information follows official Houston County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Incumbent Republican Shane Gottwals and Democrat Rutha Jackson each ran unopposed in their May 19, 2026 primaries, per the county's official sample ballot, and meet on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot.
Republican · Incumbent
Shane Gottwals is the incumbent Houston County Commissioner for Post 2. He and his wife Abbey opened Gottwals Books in Warner Robins in 2007, growing it into a four-location chain in the county, and he also owns the Even Tide cultural arts venue in Forsyth, per the Houston Home Journal. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Shane Gottwals.
Democratic
Rutha Jackson is an educator with more than 25 years in the school system who also worked 13 years at Robins Air Force Base and served 33 years in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, per her campaign site. She is a former president of the Houston County NAACP.
Source: candidate campaign site.
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