Despite the odds in a long-held, deeply Republican district, the head of the Democratic National Committee hit the pavement Saturday to personally help flip a Republican seat in the state Senate in next week’s special election runoff .

DNC Chairman Ken Martin knocked doors with candidate Debra Shigley on Saturday in Alpharetta, reminding residents in Senate District 21, which covers parts of Fulton and Cherokee counties, to vote Sept. 23.

“This is a big election, and we’ve got to get out to the polls. Election Day is Tuesday,” he said to one Alpharetta resident. “Do you plan on voting?”

Both parties see Tuesday as a significant race and potential test case for the 2026 midterms.

It should be a solidly GOP seat: the previous occupant, Republican Brandon Beach, who left earlier this

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