Congratulations to all the Republican candidates who won the GRA’s endorsement this past weekend at the 2026 GRA State Endorsement Convention in Gainesville!
Thank you for everyone who participated in our endorsement convention as well. We had a great time interacting with many candidates for various offices, voting on who to endorse, and passing resolutions.
GRA conventions have been a great opportunity for fellow grassroots patriots from across the state to network and be encouraged that they are not the only citizens who are passionate about ensuring the Republican Party actually stands for the policies and principles it professes!
Here is a list of the candidates the membership chose by a two-thirds majority to endorse:
State-Wide Endorsed Candidates
• Governor: Burt Jones
• Lt. Governor: Greg Dolezal
• Secretary of State: Kelvin King
• U.S. Senate: Mike Collins
• State School Superintendent: Mesha Mainor
• Public Service Commissioner: Carolyn Roddy
Endorsed Candidates for Congressional Office
• CD 01: Eugene Yu
• CD 04: Jim Duffie
• CD 09: Andrew Clyde
• CD 11: Chris Mora
• CD 12: Tori Branum
Check out our Facebook page to see images of all of our endorsed candidates! You can also observe there all of the resolutions passed at the convention, and see other photo highlights!
Attendees enjoyed hearing from Burt Jones about some of his accomplishments in the Georgia legislature and about his commitment to voter integrity. Jones reminded the audience that he was one of the alternate electors unjustly targeted by Fani Willis.
“I’m the only person in this race,” said Jones, “who has a business background, a legislative background, and is endorsed by President Trump, is endorsed by Turning Point USA…”
“If there is a silver lining about this race for Governor, it is the fact that it’s going to give us a new Secretary of State. Right?” said Jones.
The audience enjoyed hearing from three of the candidates for Secretary of State: Vernon Jones, Ted Metz, and Kelvin King.
King highlighted the fact that the scanners that scan ballots are not reading the text on the ballot, but are reading a QR code, which is not verifiable by the human eye. He reminded the audience that he was endorsed by the GRA when he ran for U.S. Senate and that his wife is known for being a fighter on the State Election Board.
“We all know that there are problems in the Secretary of State’s office,” said Kelvin King. “Right now we don’t have trusted elections, obviously. The Secretary of State’s office is responsible for our elections, they’re responsible for our election system, our elections, and our voter rules. We gotta clean up all of those.”
Attendees heard from four of the candidates for Lt. Governor: Sen. Blake Tillery, Dr. Brenda Nelson-Porter, Rep. David Clark, and Sen. Greg Dolezal.
Dolezal noted: “As you consider your endorsement today, I would point you to your scorecard. Last year my score was 98, the year before that 92, the year before that 94. …You will see scores on there in the 50s, from my opponents – you will see scores in the 40s!”
The audience voted overwhelmingly to endorse Greg Dolezal for Lt. Governor. We are grateful to all of the candidates who took time to share with our members.
“I’m proud to say that the GRA endorsed strong candidates who won’t compromise on their conservative principles and will follow through on their small-government platforms — unlike the RINO uniparty establishment figures they’re running against!” said GRA 1st Vice President Nick Cooper.
“These folks are legitimately good and principled candidates running for important offices in Georgia who won’t sell out to big-money interests.”
You can also now watch the speeches from the candidates captured at the 2026 GRA State Endorsement Convention on our YouTube channel:
Candidate speeches are still being uploaded to the channel, so check back to see more over the next several days.
Now comes the work of helping to campaign for and support our endorsed candidates in the up-coming May 19th Republican Primary. Thankfully, most of the races will not have to endure the chaos of a jungle primary as we recently experienced in the 14th Congressional District. We urge all of our GRA members from across the state to do everything you can to help our endorsed candidates win their Republican nominations!
Anything you can do to contribute can make a world of difference: Donate, put a candidate’s sign in your yard, phone-bank, canvass door-to-door, sign-wave, or more! Let us know if you would like to be put in touch with a particular campaign, and we will be happy to connect you.