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2026 Election Candidate Information

Listed below are the members of the State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors whose terms will expire in June 2026. The highlighted circuits/posts listed below are positions for which no petition was received by the published deadline from the incumbent or the race is contested. If you are interested in running for any of the posts listed below, please download the election packet. The deadline for receipt of nominating petitions for non-incumbents is Feb. 13, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.

Circuit/Post

Incumbent

Non-Incumbent Petition Received

Alapaha, Post 2

Clayton Alan Tomlinson, Nashville

 

Alcovy, Post 2

Anne Templeton LaMalva, Monroe 
(incumbent not running)

 

Atlanta, Post 2

Miguel Angel Dominguez, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 4

Jeffrey Ray Kuester, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 6

Tracee Ready Benzo, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 8

Paige Reese Whitaker, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 10

Edward Alexander Piasta, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 12

Joyce Gist Lewis, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 14

Edward B. Krugman, Atlanta
(incumbent not running)

 

Atlanta, Post 16

James Daniel Blitch IV, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 18

Rachel R. Krause, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 20

Lindsey Stephens Macon, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 22

Kevin Charles Patrick, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 24

Joseph Anthony Roseborough, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 26

Edward T. “Eddie” McAfee, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 28

J. Henry Walker IV, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 31

Robert David Wolf, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 33

Susan Eichler Edlein, Atlanta


Atlanta, Post 35

N. John Bey, Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 37

Harold Eugene Franklin Jr., Atlanta

 

Atlanta, Post 38

Gillian Brooke Fierer, Atlanta


Atlanta, Post 40

Shukura L. Ingram, Atlanta

 

Atlantic, Post 1

H. Craig Stafford, Hinesville

 

Augusta, Post 2

Katrell Nash, Augusta

 

Augusta, Post 4

John Ryd Bush “Jack” Long, Augusta

 

Bell-Forsyth

Philip C. Smith, Cumming

 

Blue Ridge, Post 1

David Lee Cannon Jr., Canton

 

Brunswick, Post 2

Martha Wilson Williams, Woodbine

 

Chattahoochee, Post 1

Amy Carol Walters, Columbus

 

Chattahoochee, Post 3

Alex Musole Shalishali, Columbus

 

Cherokee, Post 1

Philip Zachary Pritchard, Cartersville

 

Clayton, Post 2

Charity Reneatha Bridgewater, Jonesboro

 

Cobb, Post 1

Katie Kiihnl Leonard, Marietta

 

Cobb, Post 3

Kimberly A. Childs, Marietta

 

Cobb, Post 5

Dawn Renee Levine, Marietta
(incumbent not running)

Alan Jeffrey Levine, Marietta

Cobb, Post 7

Norbert Daniel “Bert” Hummel IV, Kennesaw
(incumbent running for State Bar secretary)

 

Conasauga, Post 1

Terry Leighton Miller, Dalton

 

Coweta

Nina Markette Baker, LaGrange

 

DeKalb, Post 1

Stacey K. Hydrick, Decatur

 

DeKalb, Post 3

Shondeana Crews Morris, Decatur

 

DeKalb, Post 5

Keith E. Adams, Decatur

 

DeKalb, Post 7

John G. Haubenreich, Dunwoody

 

DeKalb, Post 9

Sherry Boston, Decatur

 

Dougherty, Post 1

Joseph West Dent, Albany

 

Douglas

Elizabeth Dalia Racine, Douglasville

 

Eastern, Post 1

Paul Wain Painter III, Savannah

 

Eastern, Post 3

Maria Christene Mekras Justus, Savannah

 

Enotah

Joy Renea Parks, Dahlonega

 

Flint, Post 2

Andrew Jackson Welch III, McDonough

 

Griffin, Post 1

Janice Marie Wallace, Griffin
(incumbent not running)

 

Gwinnett, Post 2

Judy C. King, Lawrenceville

 

Gwinnett, Post 4

Gerald Davidson Jr., Lawrenceville


Houston

Ryan Welton English, Perry

 

Lookout Mountain, Post 1

Archibald A. Farrar Jr., Summerville
(incumbent not running)

 

Lookout Mountain, Post 3

Thomas Frederick Lindsay, Rossville

 

Macon, Post 2

Thomas W. Herman, Macon

 

Middle, Post 1

Mitchell McKinley Shook, Vidalia

 

Northeastern, Post 1

Mark William Alexander, Gainesville

 

Northern, Post 2

Richard Dale Campbell, Elberton

 

Ocmulgee, Post 1

Carl Santos Cansino, Milledgeville
(incumbent not running)

 

Ocmulgee, Post 3

Stephen Russell Morris, Madison

 

Oconee, Post 1

Charles Michael Johnson, Eastman

 

Ogeechee, Post 1

Daniel Brent Snipes, Statesboro

 

Out-of-State, Post 2

William J. Monahan, Washington, D.C.


Paulding

Martin Enrique Valbuena, Dallas

 

Rockdale

Thua G. Barlay, Conyers

 

Rome, Post 2

J. Anderson “Andy” Davis, Rome
(incumbent not running)

Lee Barrett Carter, Rome

South Georgia, Post 1

Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, Bainbridge

 

Southern, Post 1

Paul William Hamilton, Valdosta

 

Southern, Post 3

H. Burke Sherwood, Valdosta

 

Tallapoosa, Post 2

Brad Joseph McFall, Cedartown

 

Tifton

Render Max Heard Jr., Tifton

 

Waycross, Post 1

Matthew Jackson Hennesy, Douglas

 

Western, Post 2

Edward Donald Tolley, Athens