Some top contenders have emerged in the 2026 Georgia gubernatorial race on both sides of the aisle, although a high percentage of voters are undecided with more than six months until primary elections, new polling shows.

Democrat former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is leading a crowded field with 40 percent support among likely primary voters, according to the poll from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ( AJC ) conducted by the University of Georgia. Bottoms, who more recently worked as a senior advisor to the Harris-Walz Campaign, has a nearly 30-point advantage over her closest competitor, former DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond (D), at 11 percent.

Four other Democrat contenders are in single digits. Forty percent of likely Democrat primary voters are still undecided a

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