Georgia Labor Commissioner

There is an appointed incumbent in the 2026 race for Labor Commissioner, Barbara Rivera Holmes. Ms Holmes (Rep).was appointed by Governor Kemp less than one year ago and has never successfully ran for the office. On the Democratic side, we have the five candidates listed below.

Click on the pictures to watch our exclusive interview with each candidate! Links go to campaign websites. The “playlist” link below the names takes you to our Committee’s YouTube playlist channel for the Labor Commissioner race

Labor Commissioner playlist

The Dade County Democratic Committee will not endorse any Democratic candidate in the upcoming 2026 primary for Labor Commissioner.

Election probability - HIGH for a Runoff

Candidate probability - none at this time

* denotes candidate has reached out to Dade County