# Chris Carr Attorney General of Georgia since 2016 and a **2026 candidate for Governor** to succeed the term-limited [[Brian Kemp]]. Aligned with the Kemp institutional-conservative wing of the Georgia GOP, he is positioned in a contested Republican primary against Trump-endorsed Lieutenant Governor [[Burt Jones]]. As attorney general he defended Georgia's election laws and joined Republican multistate litigation, while declining some of the most aggressive post-2020 election-overturn efforts — a record that situates him on the establishment side of the state party's internal divide. ## Related - [[Burt Jones]] — rival in the 2026 Georgia Republican gubernatorial primary - [[State Officials Hub]] · [[US Governors Hub]] · [[2026 Midterms Hub]]