GA Public Service Commission races: latest updated results in 2026 primary elections
Out of four races, there were three stunning wins and one runoff for the Georgia Public Service Commission in the 2026 primary election.
Republicans were split on who their nominee should be for the district 3 seat to face incumbent Democrat Peter Hubbard in November. Former Public Service Commissioner Fitz Johnson narrowly won against Brandon Martin, by just 2,948 votes. Final results show Johnson with 50.1% of votes with 389,416 and Martin with 49.8% with 368,468.
Fitz will face off against incumbent Hubbard, who Tuesday night, despite no opponent received 942,784 votes. Hubbard won handily last November against then-incumbent Johnson.
All 159 counties voted in the state-wide election, even though some districts are not where voters live and voted.
The Georgia Public Service Commission regulates telecom and utility companies. Last December, the five-seat commission approved a 10 gigawatt power request — one of the largest energy expansion requests in the country that would be powered mostly by gas.
Josh Tolbert, the leading candidate of the district 5 GOP nominees, received only 47% of the vote and will move on to a runoff June 16 against Bobby Mehan.
Tolbert received 366,490 votes, while opponents Mehan and Carolyn Taym Roddy received 241,379 and 169,258 votes, respectively. The winner of that runoff will face the Democratic district 5 primary winner Sheila Edwards, who won with 556,377 votes, or 55.6%, in the November general election.
This is Edwards’ second win in the PSC Democratic primary. She won in 2022, but later that year a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cancelled the general election.
“I feel really good about what I think is going to be the final outcome,” Edwards told the Ledger-Enquirer on Tuesday night. “We need to put the public service back into the Public Service Commission. The people of Georgia are sending the PSC a message: They want someone in their corner, standing up for them — not for big utilities. “
Tolbert, an engineer, said Tuesday night he stood out from the other two candidates.
“I think people are ready to see someone who knows what they are talking about — technical competency and understands energy policy,” he said. “Last year, Peter Hubbard did really well because he actually knew about energy.”
“Our message the entire time has been let’s put an energy expert on the commission,” he told the Ledger-Enquirer from his watch party in Smyrna.
Here are the final, unofficial results for the PSC primary per the Georgia Secretary of State. Winners and candidates who are moving to the June runoff are in bold:
District 3 Republican primary
- 50.19%, Fitz Johnson (389,416 votes)
- 49.81%, Brandon Martin (386,468 votes)
District 3 Democratic primary
• 100%, Peter Hubbard (942,764 votes)
District 5 Republican primary
- 47.16%, Josh Tolbert (366,490 votes)
- 31.06%, Bobby Mehan (241,379 votes)
- 21.78%, Carolyn Tatum Roddy (169,258 votes)
District 5 Democratic primary
- 55.69%, Shelia Edwards (556,377 votes)
- 25.93%, Angelia Pressley (259,085 votes)
- 18.38%, Craig Cupid (183,655 votes)
This story was originally published May 19, 2026 at 8:35 PM.
