Georgia Republican Party Chairman Josh McKoon said the party made a lot of changes in the 2024 election to ensure it was too big to rig. They are using what they learned to prepare for 2026.
Changes started with the Georgia General Assembly strengthening election integrity laws to eliminate drop boxes and mail-in ballots. It continued with the party bringing on more people, both paid and volunteers, to monitor results.
The leader of the Georgia GOP was in Cartersville last Friday for an event hosted by long-time Republican leader Fred Kittle at the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce.
McKoon said winning the 2024 presidential election, plus the U.S. House and Senate, doesn’t mean the GOP can rest. The 2026 election is coming up and he told those attending Kittle’s event that Georgia must rid itself of Sen. Jon Ossoff and keep the governor’s house.
The way to do that is to do more groundwork to register more voters and engage more young people, he said. The GOP learned a lot from Turning Point Action headed by Charlie Kirk and plans to expand on the idea of going on college campuses with more Young Republican clubs and engaging students in debates on the issues.
Melody Dareing is a freelance writer for publications in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Germany. She is the former news director of Adelphia Channel 4 and WBHF Radio.