Fitz Johnson
Fitz Johnson (Republican Party) is running for election to the Georgia Public Service Commission to represent District 3. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. He advanced from the Republican primary on May 19, 2026.
Johnson (Republican Party) was a member of the Georgia Public Service Commission, representing District 3. He assumed office on August 26, 2021. He left office on December 31, 2025.
Gov. Brian Kemp (R) appointed Johnson to the commission on July 21, 2021, to replace Chuck Eaton (R) after Kemp appointed him to the 5th Superior Court District of Georgia.[1]
Biography
Fitz Johnson served in the U.S. Army from 1981 to 2002 and reached the rank of major. Johnson earned a B.A. in education from The Citadel in 1985, an M.Ed. from Troy University in 1991, and a J.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1998. His career experience includes owning ASID Group International, LLC, the Atlanta Beat women's professional soccer team, and Eagle Group International.[2]
2026 battleground election
Ballotpedia identified the November 3 general election for the Georgia Public Service Commission as a battleground election. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.
Four candidates are running for two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission in the general election on November 3, 2026. Incumbent Peter Hubbard (D) and Fitz Johnson (R) are running in District 3. Shelia Edwards (D) and Josh Tolbert (R) are running in District 5. District 5 incumbent Tricia Pridemore (R) ran for the U.S. House rather than seeking re-election.
The 2025 elections replaced the commission's 5-0 Republican majority with a 3-2 Republican majority. If both Hubbard and Edwards win, Democrats will win a 3-2 majority on the commission. If either Johnson or Tolbert wins, Republicans will maintain their majority.
Hubbard and Johnson are running in the District 3 election.
Hubbard defeated then-incumbent Johnson in a special election in 2025. He is a former energy analyst who ran unsuccessfully for the Georgia House of Representatives in 2022. His campaign website says he had "[p]ublished a data center cost analysis estimating that data center electricity discounts shift over a billion dollars in infrastructure costs onto residential customers."[3]
Johnson is a U.S. Army veteran and businessman. Gov. Brian Kemp (R) appointed him to the board in 2021, where he served until 2025. In a post on X, Johnson said, "Data centers should pay their fair share of the power bill, and because of the protections I put in place during my time as Public Service Commissioner in Georgia, they will."[4]
Edwards and Tolbert are running in the District 5 election.
Edwards is a business owner who ran unsuccessfully for the Georgia House of Representatives in 2016 and 2018. She was the Democratic nominee to run against Johnson in 2022 before that election was canceled. Her campaign website says, "As massive data centers and AI facilities place increasing demands on our electric grid, they must pay the full cost of the infrastructure needed to serve them—not shift those costs onto residential customers and small businesses."[5]
Tolbert is an engineer and business owner who ran unsuccessfully for the Georgia Senate in 2025. Tolbert completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. In his survey response, Tolbert wrote, "I believe the complex, multibillion-dollar decisions before the Public Service Commission require strong technical expertise, rigorous oversight, and a relentless focus on affordability and reliability. I am running to bring an engineer’s perspective to the PSC by asking hard questions, digging into the details, and making decisions based on facts, engineering, and economics rather than politics or ideology."[6]
The Georgia Public Service Commission is a five-member board responsible for regulating Georgia's public utilities. Although members represent districts, they are elected statewide to six-year terms. Scheduled elections in 2022 and 2024 were canceled because of a then-ongoing lawsuit challenging the statewide election of commissioners. Click here for more on the cancellations.
If no candidate wins a majority of the vote in the District 5 election, the top two finishers will advance to a December 1 runoff.
Political career
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Johnson's political career includes the following offices:
- 2021-2025: Georgia Public Service Commission District 3
Elections
2026
See also: Georgia Public Service Commission election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3
Incumbent Peter Hubbard (D) and Fitz Johnson (R) are running in the general election for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Peter Hubbard (D) | |
 | Fitz Johnson (R) | |
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3
Incumbent Peter Hubbard (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 on May 19, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Hubbard | 100.0 | 944,474 |
| Total votes: 944,474 | |||
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Republican primary
Republican primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3
Fitz Johnson (R) defeated Brandon Martin (R) in the Republican primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 on May 19, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Fitz Johnson | 50.2 | 389,718 |
 | Brandon Martin | 49.8 | 386,771 | |
| Total votes: 776,489 | |||
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Campaign finance
Polls
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Candidate spending
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Satellite spending
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Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[7][8][9]
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Endorsements
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2025
See also: Georgia Public Service Commission election, 2025
General election
Special general election for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3
Peter Hubbard defeated incumbent Fitz Johnson in the special general election for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Hubbard (D) | 62.9 | 982,157 |
| Fitz Johnson (R) | 37.1 | 578,476 | |
| Total votes: 1,560,633 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Special Democratic primary runoff for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3
Peter Hubbard defeated Keisha Sean Waites in the special Democratic primary runoff for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 on July 15, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Hubbard | 58.2 | 66,140 |
 | Keisha Sean Waites | 41.8 | 47,552 | |
| Total votes: 113,692 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3
Keisha Sean Waites and Peter Hubbard advanced to a runoff. They defeated Robert Jones in the special Democratic primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 on June 17, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keisha Sean Waites | 46.1 | 58,022 |
| ✔ | | Peter Hubbard | 33.3 | 41,912 |
 | Robert Jones | 20.7 | 26,036 | |
| Total votes: 125,970 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Daniel Blackman (D) (Disqualified, appeared on ballot)
Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3
Incumbent Fitz Johnson advanced from the special Republican primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 on June 17, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Fitz Johnson | 100.0 | 54,640 |
| Total votes: 54,640 | |||
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Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements or voter guide recommendations for Johnson in this election.
2022
Georgia was scheduled to hold an election for two of five seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission on November 8, 2022. The general election was canceled after United States District Court judge Steven Grimberg ruled on August 5, 2022, that the Georgia Public Service Commission's at-large elections violate the Voting Rights Act and that the scheduled 2022 general election should not be held using that system. The state submitted an appeal to stay the decision until after the general election but withdrew the appeal on August 19, 2022, meaning the two races did not appear on the 2022 ballot.[10][11]
A primary was held on May 24, 2022, before the general election was canceled.
See also: Georgia Public Service Commission election, 2022
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3
Shelia Edwards defeated Chandra Farley and Missy Moore in the Democratic primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Shelia Edwards | 54.7 | 358,738 |
 | Chandra Farley | 30.6 | 200,780 | |
 | Missy Moore | 14.7 | 96,588 | |
| Total votes: 656,106 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3
Incumbent Fitz Johnson advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Fitz Johnson | 100.0 | 1,007,354 |
| Total votes: 1,007,354 | |||
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2014
Johnson ran for election to the office of Georgia State Superintendent of Schools.[12] Johnson sought the Republican nomination in the primary on May 20. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
- Republican primary
| Georgia Superintendent of Schools, Republican Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
 Mike Buck |
19.5% | 91,435 | ||
| Richard Woods |
16.8% | 78,542 | ||
| Mary Kay Bacallao | 15.3% | 71,810 | ||
| Ashley Bell | 15% | 70,065 | ||
| Nancy Jester | 10.9% | 51,211 | ||
| Fitz Johnson | 7.7% | 35,862 | ||
| Allen Bowles Fort | 6.3% | 29,504 | ||
| Sharyl Dawes | 5.4% | 25,468 | ||
| Kira Willis | 3.1% | 14,584 | ||
| Total Votes | 468,481 | |||
| Election results via Georgia Secretary of State Election Results. | ||||
Campaign themes
2026
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Campaign website
Johnson's campaign website stated the following:
Fitz on the Issues
- Protect Georgia Ratepayers
- Unleash American Energy Dominance
- Hold the Line against Radical Policies
- Keep Georgia the #1 State To Do Business
— Fitz Johnson's campaign website (August 10, 2026)
Campaign ads
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2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Fitz Johnson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Fitz Johnson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Office of Governor Brian Kemp, "Gov. Kemp Appoints Fitz Johnson to Public Service Commission," July 21, 2021
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Fitz Johnson, Esq.," accessed August 5, 2021
- ↑ Peter Hubbard 2026 campaign website, "Home page," accessed August 7, 2026
- ↑ X.com, "Fitz Johnson on July 24, 2026," accessed August 7, 2026
- ↑ Shelia Edwards 2026 campaign website, "Data Centers Pay Their Way," accessed August 7, 2026
- ↑ Candidate Connection survey submitted to Ballotpedia on September 25, 2026.
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," December 12, 2021
- ↑ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Federal judge rules PSC election ‘unlawfully dilutes’ Black voting power," August 5, 2022
- ↑ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "November PSC elections off after U.S. Supreme Court ruling," August 19, 2022
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| Preceded by Chuck Eaton (R) |
Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 2021-2025 |
Succeeded by Peter Hubbard (D) |
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