2026 GRA State Endorsement Convention

Online pre-registration closed on Thursday, March 19th, and adult tickets at the door will be $70 per person.

The GRA welcomes you to come hear from all Republican candidates for state-wide office and congressional at the March 21st GRA State Convention! All such candidates who legally qualify for state & congressional office on the Republican ballot are invited to come speak, including:

• Burt Jones • Rick Jackson • Greg Dolezal • Steve Gooch • Blake Tillery • David Clark • Kelvin King • Tim Fleming• Vernon Jones • Andrew Clyde • Mike Collins • Earl "Buddy" Carter • Derek Dooley • Chris Carr • Clark Dean • Chris Mora • Kandiss Taylor • Bill Cowsert • Brian Strickland • Brenda Nelson-Porter •

Confirmed already: Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-9), Lt. Governor Burt Jones, Gregg Kirkpatrick, & Ken Yasger (candidates for Governor), State Senators Greg Dolezal, Blake Tillery, & Dr. Brenda Nelson-Porter (candidates for Lt. Governor), Kelvin King and Vernon Jones (candidates for Secretary of State), and Chris Mora and Uloma Kama (candidates for 11th District Congress).

Anyone may attend and have lunch with us at this event, but only GRA members may vote on endorsement. The audience will also have the opportunity to submit questions.

After hearing from the candidates, GRA members from across Georgia will vote to determine which candidates might earn the Georgia Republican Assembly's endorsement in contested primaries. As always, it takes a two-thirds majority of the voting members at our convention for a candidate to earn our endorsement. Not only can such an endorsement be used to promote a candidate’s campaign, but it also provides an incentive for GRA members in the area to volunteer time and provide financial contributions to help endorsed candidates.

In order to vote on the endorsement, you must be a fully vetted and approved GRA member no later than February 19th! It takes sometimes a few weeks for our New Membership Committee to vet new applicants for GRA membership, so if you're not a member already, apply soon! Click here to join the GRA!

All sales are final. No refunds will be issued.

For questions, contact the GRA’s 2nd Vice President Lois Finlay.