Dolezal Leads McLaurin in Georgia Lt. Governor Race
ActiVote’s October 24, 2026 Georgia Lt. Governor poll finds that Republican Greg Dolezal leads Democrat Josh McLaurin by 4.8%. The poll was in the field between October 10 and October 24 (median field date of October 17). The poll was among 400 likely midterm voters and has an average expected error of 4.9%.
Dolezal leads among rural voters, voters aged 50 and older, men, White voters, voters on middle and high incomes, college-educated voters and graduate degree holders. McLaurin leads among suburban and urban voters, voters under 50, women, Black and Latino voters, voters on low incomes and voters with no more than a high school education. These group figures rest on subsamples for which the expected error is considerably larger than the 4.9% for the poll as a whole. Georgia does not register voters by party, so we do not report a breakdown by party affiliation.
Political Spectrum
The following graph shows the support for Dolezal and McLaurin among left, moderate left, center, moderate right, and right voters. These groups are defined by splitting the Georgia electorate in 5 equal sized groups of 20% each.
McLaurin holds the left slightly more firmly, with 97% against Dolezal’s 93% of the right, but Dolezal holds the moderate right more firmly, with 90% against McLaurin’s 84% of the moderate left. The race is decided in the center, where Dolezal leads by 62% to 38%.
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 | 400 LV | Unweighted | Weighted | Greg Dolezal | Josh McLaurin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | ±4.9% MoE | 100% | 100% | 52.4% | 47.6% |
| Political Spectrum | Left | 41% | 20% | 3% | 97% |
| Moderate Left | 29% | 20% | 16% | 84% | |
| Center | 13% | 20% | 62% | 38% | |
| Moderate Right | 8% | 20% | 90% | 10% | |
| Right | 9% | 20% | 93% | 7% | |
| Region | rural | 37% | 38% | 68% | 32% |
| suburban | 43% | 43% | 47% | 53% | |
| urban | 20% | 19% | 35% | 65% | |
| Age | 18-29 | 26% | 15% | 45% | 55% |
| 30-49 | 33% | 29% | 41% | 59% | |
| 50-64 | 23% | 25% | 55% | 45% | |
| 65+ | 17% | 31% | 64% | 36% | |
| Gender | F | 52% | 54% | 48% | 52% |
| M | 48% | 46% | 57% | 43% | |
| Ethnicity | White | 52% | 54% | 65% | 35% |
| Black | 34% | 36% | 36% | 64% | |
| Latino | 7% | 5% | 41% | 59% | |
| Income | Low | 16% | 24% | 29% | 71% |
| Middle | 39% | 30% | 60% | 40% | |
| High | 45% | 46% | 60% | 40% | |
| Education | HS | 18% | 23% | 35% | 65% |
| College | 66% | 62% | 56% | 44% | |
| Grad | 16% | 14% | 64% | 36% |
Every poll in this race
| Published | Dolezal | McLaurin | Gap | Sample | MoE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 24, 2026 | 52.4% | 47.6% | R+4.8% | 400 | ±4.9% |