ATLANTA — It’s not just the top-of-the-ticket races drawing attention ahead of the midterms; Georgia Democrats believe this could be their year to gain control of at least one chamber of the state legislature.

“We are 10 winnable seats away from a majority for the first time since 2004,” explained Georgia House Minority Leader Carolyn Hugley (D-Columbus). “Flipping this chamber is not symbolic. It changes who writes the budget, who draws the maps, and whose priorities get a hearing.”

In recent years, Georgia Democrats have made gains, picking off Republican seats and whittling down the GOP majority. Most recently, in December 2025, with an upset win in a special election for an Oconee County-based House seat.

This cycle, Democrats have identified more than a dozen seats they believe are poised to flip. Most of them are incumbent suburban Republicans in metro Atlanta, particularly in Cobb and Gwinnett Counties. The once ruby-red suburban Republican strongholds have continued to trend blue over the past decade.

Georgia Republicans are pushing back.

“National Democrats may have just discovered these districts, but our Republican members have been showing up in them for years, and their commonsense records are well known,” said Carmen Bergman, Executive Director of the Georgia House Republican Caucus. “Counting to 10 is one thing on a whiteboard; doing it while Rick Jackson and Republicans are on the offense and contesting Democratic-held seats makes that math a lot harder.”