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(Left) Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones speaks at an event hosted in Peachtree City, Ga., on Aug. 21, 2025. (Right) Rick Jackson, Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks at his election night watch party in Atlanta on May 19, 2026. Megan Varner, Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images
Self-funded billionaire Rick Jackson won the Republican nomination for Georgia governor, defeating Trump-backed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in the June 16 runoff.
While Jones entered the night as the frontrunner, boosted by the powerful endorsement of President Donald Trump, results quickly revealed that Jackson had consolidated crucial support in the Atlanta metropolitan and surrounding areas.
Troy Myers is a regional reporter based in St. Augustine, Florida. His background includes breaking, criminal justice, and investigative writing for local news, producing on a national morning newscast in Washington, D.C., and working with an award-winning, weekly investigative news program. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his dog at the beach.
