Several Georgia races shed candidates as qualifying week looms and races take shape
This past week – the last before candidates officially qualify to run – brought plenty of news about who won’t be appearing on the ballot this year.
Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman suspends gubernatorial campaign, pivots to state Senate run
Georgia state Rep. Ruwa Romman, a Duluth Democrat, announced this week she is dropping out of the campaign for governor, saying that she will instead run for an open seat in the Georgia State Senate District 7.
Romman said the race’s financial landscape changed recently, pointing to recent “dark money” entering the race and grassroots funding moving to other states like North Carolina and Texas, and that the move to the open state Senate seat would help protect and build on the movement she’s helped build. The move, she said, allows her to build a more sustainable political infrastructure.
“My main priority is to make sure the movement that we have built does not completely disappear. I want to make sure that we are building a sustainable movement outside of one person and one individual,” Romman said in an interview Thursday.
https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/28/several-georgia-races-shed-candidates-as-qualifying-week-looms-and-races-take-shape/