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4 candidates are tracked for Richmond County Board of Education District 3 (Special Election) on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Carol J. Yancy, Bartley Payne, Janice Ramirez and Kenyatta Brown. Candidate information follows official Richmond County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
The same four candidates who qualified for the regular District 3 seat - Carol J. Yancy, Bartley Payne, Janice Ramirez and Kenyatta Brown - also qualified for a companion special election for District 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Richmond County Board of Elections' official qualified-candidates list. No press explanation for the vacancy triggering the special election was found.
Nonpartisan
Yancy is an educator running for the District 3 special election seat, per The Augusta Press. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Carol J. Yancy.
Nonpartisan
Payne is an intelligence analyst running for the District 3 special election seat, per The Augusta Press. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Bartley Payne.
Nonpartisan
Ramirez has spoken publicly about school closures in Richmond County, per The Augusta Press. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Janice Ramirez.
Nonpartisan
Brown is a nursing professor at Augusta University running for the District 3 special election seat, per The Augusta Press. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Kenyatta Brown.