The Democratic party’s slim majority in the Georgia House is at risk of narrowing following the discovery of a missing memory card containing ballots in southwest Georgia. The Secretary of State’s office reported that the additional votes have shifted the lead in one legislative race to Republican state Rep. Gerald Greene, who now leads in his bid for reelection.
The potential loss follows the 2026 election cycle in which Democrats won control of the Georgia House for the first time in over 20 years, although Republicans retained a one-seat majority in the Georgia Senate. The victory in Georgia was part of a broader national shift in which Democrats flipped 12 state legislative chambers, their largest single-year net gain since 1982.
