Biography & Campaign Analysis
Background
Brian Jack was born on February 17, 1988, in Atlanta and was raised in Georgia. He graduated from Woodward Academy in College Park, Georgia, in 2006 and from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, in 2010.
Career
Jack worked at the Republican National Committee and at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, where he was a political analyst who liaised with candidates for Congress. During the 2016 presidential race he worked for Ben Carson's campaign before joining Donald Trump's campaign on March 11, 2016, as its national delegate director, and after the election he worked on the presidential transition.
In January 2017 Jack was appointed special assistant to the president and deputy White House political director, and he served as White House political director from 2019 to 2021, becoming assistant to the president in September 2020. He later worked as a senior advisor on Trump's 2024 campaign.
After Representative Drew Ferguson announced that he would not seek re-election, Jack ran for Georgia's 3rd district in 2024 with Trump's endorsement, won a runoff against Mike Dugan with 62.6%, and defeated Democrat Maura Keller with 66.3% of the vote.
In the 119th Congress he serves on the Oversight and Government Reform, Rules and Small Business committees, and his freshman class elected him to the Republican Steering Committee.
2026 race
Jack is the Republican incumbent in Georgia's 3rd congressional district, which comprises central-west Georgia, including the northern suburbs of Columbus and the southwestern suburbs of Atlanta. He was unopposed in the 2026 Republican primary, receiving 87,643 votes. In the general election on November 3, 2026, he faces a rematch with Democrat Maura Keller, a salon owner who won her party's primary with 60.8% against attorney George Johnson.