Open attorney general seat in 2026 sets off competitive race to be Georgia’s next top cop 

Former House Minority Leader Bob Trammell (top left) and State Rep. Tanya Miller, who chairs the Democratic House caucus, will face each other in the Democratic primary for attorney general. On the Republican side, State Sen. Bill Cowsert (bottom left), who is a former Senate majority leader, is competing against State Sen. Brian Strickland for the GOP nomination in the race. (Georgia House of Representatives, Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder)

The upcoming race for governor won’t be the only wide-open constitutional office on the ballot next year. 

In addition to choosing Georgia’s next chief executive, lieutenant governor (and possibly Secretary of State), voters will also be selecting the state’s next attorney general. It’s just the latest in a game of political musical chairs playing out at the state Capitol as Gov. Brian Kemp enters his final year in office.

Incumbent attorney general Chris Carr, a Republican, is one of many candidates hoping to take a seat in the governor’s chair as the sun sets on Kemp’s two-term tenure, leading to an open race to become Georgia’s chief litigator.