Georgia became the 4th state on January 2, 1788.

Its civic life includes Atlanta’s regional power, Black Belt and rural communities, ports around Savannah, military installations, universities, agriculture, film and logistics work, suburbs, and civil-rights history. Public decisions often turn on growth, transportation, voting administration, schools, health care, water, and the relationship between metropolitan Atlanta and the rest of the state. The rest of this page is practical: Georgia’s representatives, state offices, and the public records that back them up.

Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation

State Motto
U.S. Representatives13Population-based districts
U.S. Senators2Same for every state
StatehoodJanuary 2, 17884th state admitted
Federal Delegation

Georgia's voice in Congress.

Every state has two senators. Its number of representatives is set by population and can change after each census.

15Members total
13Districts
119thCurrent Congress
About Congress About the Senate About the House State Election Office

Georgia's Delegation

Choose a member to see their contact information, congressional work, and committee assignments.

Senator

Jon Ossoff (Democrat)

Senator

Raphael Warnock (Democrat)

District 1

Earl "Buddy" Carter (Republican)

District 2

Sanford Bishop (Democrat)

District 3

Brian Jack (Republican)

District 4

Henry "Hank" Johnson (Democrat)

District 5

Nikema Williams (Democrat)

District 6

Lucy McBath (Democrat)

District 7

Richard McCormick (Republican)

District 8

Austin Scott (Republican)

District 9

Andrew Clyde (Republican)

District 10

Mike Collins (Republican)

District 11

Barry Loudermilk (Republican)

District 12

Rick Allen (Republican)

District 14

Clay Fuller (Republican)

The states are the laboratories of democracy.

Justice Louis Brandeis

State Leadership

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Governor

Brian Kemp (Republican)

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Lieutenant Governor

Burt Jones (Republican)

Quick Facts

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Capital

Atlanta

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Population

Approximately 11.30 million

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Electoral votes

16

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Congressional districts

13

Official Links

Use these sources to check current state records, filings, elections, and public notices.

GA.gov

Official Georgia state government portal.

Georgia Legislature

State bill text, committee schedules, and session information.

Elections Office

Elections, voter registration, and official filings.

Congress.gov

Federal bill text, actions, sponsors, and public laws.

How Georgia government works

Georgia government works through executive agencies, the state legislature, and state courts. Use this tab to choose the right path: agencies for services, the legislature for bills and hearings, and courts for cases, records, forms, and legal-help resources.

Executive Branch

Governor, agencies, and public services

Georgia’s executive branch is led by the governor and supported by statewide offices, departments, boards, and agencies. This is usually the best starting point for public services, licenses, benefits, public safety, transportation, revenue, employment, education, and other state-administered programs.

Legislative Branch

Georgia General Assembly

Georgia’s legislature introduces bills, holds committee hearings, debates policy, approves state budgets, conducts oversight, and represents districts across Georgia.

Judicial Branch

Courts, records, and legal help

Georgia’s judicial branch handles trial-court cases, appeals, court administration, records, forms, and legal-help resources. Visitors dealing with a court date, filing, case search, legal form, or self-help question should start with the official state judiciary resources.

Georgia voting guide

This state-page tab brings together practical voting resources for Georgia voters. You can register or update your registration, check registration status, find where to vote, review ballot resources, learn about mail or absentee voting, and use official election-calendar links for final deadlines and dates.

Voting Tools

Plain-language tools that open inside this state voting tab.

GA Links

Official Georgia election-office links for deadlines, registration, polling places, ballots, accessibility, rights, and state election calendars.

Official election officeRegister to vote or update registrationCheck registration statusAbsentee, mail, and early voting informationFind your polling placeFind ballot and election informationVoting accessibility resourcesVoting rights resourcesElection calendar and dates

While we do our best to provide accurate information, be sure to use your official state election calendar for final details.