Democratic candidates secured a minimum of 91 seats in Georgia’s state House, seizing control of the 180-member chamber for the first time in more than 20 years. The gain is part of a wider 2026 cycle in which Democrats flipped 12 state legislative chambers, the largest single-year net gain for the party since 1982.
The new majority’s margin remains uncertain as Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger investigates the late upload of 388 votes in Seminole County, which shifted a race from Democrat Harry James to Republican Gerald Greene. While the secretary of state called the oversight “unacceptable,” the local elections supervisor stated that no card was missing and that the error was caused by software failing to publish data. Republicans currently retain a one-seat majority in the Georgia Senate.