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State School Superintendent

What this job does

Leads the Georgia Department of Education, which carries out state school rules, testing and school funding for public schools. A term is four years. source: gadoe.org

Lydia Powell DemocraticEducator
Richard Woods RepublicanState School Superintendent; former teacher and principal

Candidates in the order the Georgia Secretary of State, Elections Division lists them . Your ballot may show the candidates in a different order. Write-in votes count only for certified write-in candidates.