US Midterms 2026
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Rick Jackson, founder and CEO of Atlanta-area firm Jackson Healthcare, is the Republican nominee for governor of Georgia in 2026, facing Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms.
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Candidates in some of the state's biggest races took the Atlanta Press Club's debate stage this week. Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff debated his Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, on Tuesday.
BottomsRick Jackson is a Republican candidate in the Georgia gubernatorial race, challenging incumbent or Democratic contender Keisha Lance Bottoms. The race is part of Georgia’s statewide contests that also include the U.S.
The article notes a Georgia gubernatorial debate involving Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson.
LamontPoll shows Republican Rick Jackson leading Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms 49% to 47% among 800 likely Georgia voters, with about 4% undecided and a 3.46% margin of error.
BottomsRick Jackson leads Keisha Lance Bottoms by a slim margin in Georgia’s governor race, with early voting underway. A post-debate InsiderAdvantage poll shows Jackson at 49% and Bottoms at 47%, with 4% undecided.
800 likely voters, weighted for age, race, gender and political affiliation. MOE 3.46% Conducted 10/12-13. Top line tabs to be posted shortly.
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Richard Lee Jackson was born on March 16, 1954. He has described a childhood of poverty in Midtown Atlanta, part of it spent in foster care. After finishing at Greater Atlanta Christian School, he studied business at Lipscomb University in Nashville, leaving before completing a degree because of financial difficulties.
Jackson launched a medical recruiting firm in 1978 and in 2000 founded Jackson Healthcare, a healthcare staffing and workforce services company based in Alpharetta, Georgia, which he leads as chief executive.
The privately held company reports annual revenue above $3 billion; it opened a $100 million campus in March 2019, bought the Bristol, Tennessee, antibiotics maker USAntibiotics in 2021 and acquired Omaha-based LRS Healthcare in May 2023.
In 2012 Jackson joined Atlanta-area businessmen Michael Kendrick and Larry Powell in buying Family Christian Stores, and in 2021 he and Jeb Bush formed the special-purpose acquisition company Jackson Acquisitions, with Jackson as CEO, which they dissolved in 2023.
During the 2010s he funded an unsuccessful effort to overhaul Georgia's handling of medical malpractice claims and pressed for more support for children in foster care.
Jackson has given millions of dollars to Republican committees and candidates, including $1 million in December 2025 to Make America Great Again Inc., the super PAC that serves Donald Trump's political operation. He also co-produced the 2015 film 90 Minutes in Heaven.
Jackson, a Republican, entered the race for governor in February 2026 to succeed Brian Kemp, who is term-limited, and paid for most of his campaign himself, spending more than $83 million of his own money in the primary.
In the May 19, 2026, Republican primary he finished second with 32.5% of the vote behind Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones, who received 38.4%. Jackson won the June 16 runoff by about five percentage points, although Jones had the endorsements of Trump and Kemp.
His opponent on November 3, 2026, is Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former mayor of Atlanta.
