Tift County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for Georgia Senate and Georgia House and more, and where they stand on schools and agriculture.
Local races not included. We have not yet gathered Tift County's county, city and school board races, so they are not shown here. Your ballot may carry them. See the Georgia Secretary of State elections page.
By address
These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Tift County is split across 2 Georgia House districts.
Find your districts by addressGeorgia House: 2 districtsDistricts 169, 170
Georgia House District 169Angie O'Steen (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Angie O'Steen
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Wants to lower costs for families
- Focuses on improving rural health care access
- Supports investment in the education system and rural communities
About Angie O'Steen
O'Steen has worked as a registered nurse since 1997 and is a family farmer; she is a native of Jeff Davis County who lives on her family's fourth-generation farm with her husband and four children, per the campaign site.
Angie O'Steen (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot; Angie O'Steen 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 170Jaclyn Dixon Ford (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Jaclyn Dixon Ford
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Economic development
- Education
- Agriculture and natural resources
About Jaclyn Dixon Ford
Ford is Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Dixon Gin Co., per the campaign site. The site says Ford earned an agriculture degree from the University of Georgia after attending Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, where Ford served on the Board of Trustees and chairs the ABAC Foundation, per the campaign site. The site also says Ford was appointed to the Georgia Economic Development Board in 2019, served seven years on the Georgia Farm Service Agency Committee, and serves on House committees for agriculture, natural resources and rural development, per the campaign site.
Jaclyn Dixon Ford (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot; Jaclyn Dixon Ford 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 13Carden H Summers (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Carden H Summers
Carden H Summers represents Georgia Senate District 13, covering Ben Hill, Berrien, Crisp, Irwin, Lee, Tift, Turner, Worth and part of Coffee County, and was elected to the Senate in 2019, per the Georgia Senate. He and his wife Janis started a real estate company and an outdoor advertising company in the late 1980s that they still operate, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Carden H Summers (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot; Carden H Summers 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 Tift County, Georgia on November 3, 2026?
Tift County sample ballot 2026: who is running for georgia senate and georgia house, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
When is the 2026 general election in Georgia?
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