Matt Day, a Republican businessman, is his party's nominee for Georgia's 2nd congressional district in 2026, challenging Democratic U.S. Representative Sanford Bishop, who was re-elected with 56.3% of the vote in 2024.
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2026 race
Matt Day, a businessman, is the Republican nominee for Georgia's 2nd congressional district, which encompasses the southwest corner of the state and includes most of Columbus. Day was unopposed in the 2026 Republican primary, receiving 42,639 votes.
The district's incumbent is Democrat Sanford Bishop, who was re-elected with 56.3% of the vote in 2024 and was also unopposed in his party's 2026 primary, where he received 72,498 votes. Day faces Bishop in the general election on November 3, 2026.