John Albers

Republican Party

Candidate, Georgia State Senate District 56

Georgia State Senate District 56

Tenure

2011 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

15

Compensation

Base salary

$25,315.32/year

Per diem

$247/day

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Next election

May 19, 2026

Contact

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John Albers (Republican Party) is a member of theGeorgia State Senate, representingDistrict 56. He assumed office on January 10, 2011. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Albers (Republican Party) is running for re-election to theGeorgia State Senate to representDistrict 56. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled onMay 19, 2026.^[source]

Biography

Albers' professional experience includes working as an executive and partner at Ronald Blue & Co., a financial services firm, and serving as a volunteer firefighter. He has also worked as chief information officer for the law firm Fisher Phillips.^[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Albers was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Finance Committee,Vice Chair
• Government Oversight Committee
• Public Safety Committee,Chair
• Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee
• Urban Affairs Committee

2023-2024

Albers was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Finance Committee,Vice Chair
• Government Oversight Committee,Ex-Officio
• Public Safety Committee,Chair
• Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee,Ex-Officio
• Senate Rules Committee

2021-2022

Albers was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Education and Youth Committee
• Finance Committee,Vice chair
• Public Safety Committee,Chair

2019-2020

Albers was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Finance Committee,Vice Chairman
• Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee
• Public Safety Committee,Chairman

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Albers served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Albers served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Albers served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2026

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 19, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

IncumbentJohn Albers andLee Hills are running in the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate
		John Albers
		Lee Hills

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Endorsements

2024

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 56

IncumbentJohn Albers defeatedJD Jordan in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 56 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Albers (R)	61.2	72,392
		JD Jordan (D)	38.8	45,836

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 118,228
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

JD Jordan advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		JD Jordan	100.0	7,925

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,925
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

IncumbentJohn Albers advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Albers	100.0	12,551

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,551
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Endorsements

2022

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 56

IncumbentJohn Albers defeatedPatrick Thompson in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 56 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Albers (R)	61.6	58,121
		Patrick Thompson (D)	38.4	36,156

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,277
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

Patrick Thompson advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patrick Thompson	100.0	10,604

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,604
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

IncumbentJohn Albers advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Albers	100.0	31,495

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,495
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2020

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 56

IncumbentJohn Albers defeatedSarah Beeson in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 56 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Albers (R)	51.1	51,476
		Sarah Beeson (D)	48.9	49,284

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 100,760
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

Sarah Beeson advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sarah Beeson	100.0	19,339

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,339
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

IncumbentJohn Albers advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Albers	100.0	13,639

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,639
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2018

See also:Georgia State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 56

IncumbentJohn Albers defeatedEllyn Jeager in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 56 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Albers (R)	52.5	41,874
		Ellyn Jeager (D)	47.5	37,902

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 79,776
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

Ellyn Jeager defeatedPatrick Thompson andJim Guess Jr. in the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ellyn Jeager	64.2	5,393
		Patrick Thompson	23.8	1,999
	Submit photo	Jim Guess Jr.	12.0	1,006

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 8,398
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56

IncumbentJohn Albers advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Albers	100.0	9,508

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2016

See also:Georgia State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for theGeorgia State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 24, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 11, 2016.

IncumbentJohn Albers defeatedPatrick Thompson in the Georgia State Senate District 56 general election.^[2][3]

Georgia State Senate, District 56 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John AlbersIncumbent	59.88%	49,202
	Democratic	Patrick Thompson	40.12%	32,969
Total Votes				82,171
Source:Georgia Secretary of State

Patrick Thompson defeatedAkhtar Sadiq in the Georgia State Senate District 56 Democratic primary.^[4][5]

Georgia State Senate, District 56 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Patrick Thompson	53.04%	1,507
	Democratic	Akhtar Sadiq	46.96%	1,334
Total Votes				2,841

IncumbentJohn Albers ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 56 Republican primary.^[4][5]

Georgia State Senate, District 56 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	John AlbersIncumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also:Georgia State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for theGeorgia State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014, with a runoff election taking place where necessary on July 22, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014.Akhtar Sadiq was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbentJohn E. Albers was unopposed in the Republican primary. Sadig was defeated by Albers in the general election.^[6][7][8]

Georgia State Senate, District 56 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Albers	69.7%	34,734
	Democratic	Akhtar Sadiq	30.3%	15,087
Total Votes				49,821

2012

See also:Georgia State Senate elections, 2012

Albers ran for re-election in the2012 election forGeorgia State Senate District 56. Albers ran unopposed in the Republican primary on July 31, 2012, and defeatedAkhtar Sadiq in the general election on November 6, 2012.^[9][10][11]

Georgia State Senate, District 56, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John AlbersIncumbent	67.3%	48,145
	Democratic	Akhtar Sadiq	32.7%	23,438
Total Votes				71,583

2010

See also:Georgia State Senate elections, 2010

Albers was unopposed for the November 2nd election. No Democrats filed to run for the seat.^[12]

Georgia State Senate, District 56 2010 General election results
Candidates		Votes	Percent
John Albers (R)		36,334	100.0%

Albers came in second in the July 20 primary.^[13]

Georgia State Senate, District 56 - Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Brandon Beach		5,280	38.0%
John Albers		4,655	33.5%
David Christian Belle Isle		3,959	28.5%

This necessitated a runoff between Albers and Beach on August 10, which Albers narrowly won.^[14]

Georgia State Senate, District 56 - Republican Primary Runoff (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
John Albers		7,156	50.7%
Brandon Beach		6,955	49.3%

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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2014

Albers' website highlighted the following campaign themes:^[15]

• Economic Development/Job Growth
• Transportation
• Reduce Taxes & Spending
• Education
• Milton County

Presidential preference

2012

See also:Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

John Albers endorsedNewt Gingrich in the 2012 presidential election.^[16]

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Noteworthy events

Resignation as Fisher Phillips CIO (2021)

Albers resigned as chief information officer of the law firm Fisher Phillips after The Lincoln Project accused him of supporting legislation that would suppress voting. The law firm released a statement saying that it had “concluded that John Albers’ role as a state legislator is incompatible with his role as our chief information officer, and he has resigned from the firm. We are grateful for John’s many accomplishments at the firm as an excellent professional and wish him well."^[17] In response to The Lincoln Project's allegations, Albers said “this is clearly false. I am fully transparent and glad to share everything with anyone. This issue caused the firm undue angst even though it was not true.”^[1]

Decision to self-quarantine for coronavirus on March 19, 2020

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Albers, along with hisGeorgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen.Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.^[18]

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Personal

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Albers and his wife, Kari, have two children.

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