Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. House · Georgia's 13th District

2 candidates on the ballot — an open seat, with no incumbent running.1,2,3,4,5

How this race is decided: If no candidate wins a majority (more than half of the votes), the top two finishers meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026.5

§1Candidates

Why this matters: Every candidate the state lists for this race on the November ballot, in the state's own order.

Jonathan Chavez
Republican · Open seat
Jasmine Clark
Democrat · Open seat

§2Side by side

Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

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Jonathan ChavezJasmine Clark
Party on the ballotRepublican1,2,3,4Democrat1,2,3,4
StatusOpen seatOpen seat
RaisedNot found in the public sources we checked$2,386,955 through October 14, 20266
Cash on handNot found in the public sources we checked$343,7326
Outside spendingNot found in the public sources we checked$4,218,293 for · $0 against7
Small business loans and programs
Expand SBA loans, research awards and contracting help for small businesses
His platform says he would introduce legislation to expand the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) loan guarantee program with a Main Street Revitalization tier for businesses in suburban economic corridors.8		Her campaign website’s agenda lists helping small businesses and entrepreneurs grow among her priorities.9
Vouchers and education savings accountsHis platform says he would protect and strengthen the new federal scholarship tax credit for K-12 scholarship donations, fight to keep it funded and raise its cap, and advocate more funding and oversight for public charter schools; his home page says he would advocate for school choice.8,10
No public money for private school or homeschooling costs
Her campaign website says she opposes efforts to divert funding to private and charter schools, and that schools need leaders who fully fund them.9
Campaign finance rulesHis platform says he will refuse corporate PAC money and push to require every campaign contribution of $1,000 or more to be disclosed online within 48 hours.8Her campaign website’s agenda lists campaign finance reform among her priorities.9
Drawing district lines (redistricting)
Have independent commissions, not lawmakers, draw district lines
His platform says he supports requiring that congressional district maps be drawn by independent, nonpartisan commissions using transparent, publicly auditable methods.8		Her campaign website’s agenda lists ending partisan gerrymandering among her priorities.9
Stock trading by members of Congress
Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
His platform says he would ban members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from owning individual stocks while in office and require disclosure of any remaining trades within 48 hours.8
Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
Her campaign website’s agenda lists banning stock trading by members of Congress among her priorities.9
Data centers and electricity costs
Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
His platform says he would support federal rules requiring large new electricity users such as data centers to pay the full cost of the grid upgrades and generation they require, with water-use disclosure and full local control over siting.8
Pause or limit new data centers
Her campaign website’s agenda lists reining in data center development among her priorities.9

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Jonathan Chavez — 16 issues
  • Police funding
    His platform says he would fully fund and expand the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act programs and create a federal matching fund for body-worn cameras.8
  • Student loan forgiveness
    Add targeted relief, such as more forgiveness for public service workers or through income-based repayment
    His platform says he would work to expand loan forgiveness for health care workers who serve in underserved communities.8
  • Term limits for Congress
    Longer limits, such as 12 to 18 years in each chamber
    His platform says he would co-sponsor a constitutional amendment setting a 12-year maximum on service in the U.S. House, and commit personally to a maximum of four terms.8
  • Paid family and medical leave
    Expand tax credits for employers that offer paid leave, without a national requirement
    His platform says he would expand and promote the federal paid family leave tax credit for small businesses, which it notes Congress made permanent in 2025.8
  • Drug prices compared with other countries
    His platform says negotiated Medicare target prices should be benchmarked to what patients pay in peer nations.8
  • Federal Medicaid funding
    His platform says he would oppose any cut to Medicaid funding that is not paired with a fully funded replacement for the people it covers.8,11
  • Health insurance system
    His healthcare platform says it does not endorse single-payer coverage and that its proposed federal backstop for serious pre-existing conditions is neither a public option nor single-payer; it proposes interstate insurance competition, a uniform federal coverage floor with pre-existing condition protections, and that backstop.8,11
  • Medicaid expansion
    His campaign website says he would advance affordability through Medicaid expansion.12
  • Large investors buying single-family homes
    His platform says he would push Congress to address institutional investor concentration in single-family rental housing, including registry and disclosure requirements for hedge fund and private equity landlords.8
  • State and local role in immigration enforcement
    His platform says he supports cooperation between local jails and federal immigration authorities on criminal offenders, as Georgia law now requires, while keeping patrol officers focused on local crime.8
  • Highway and transit funding
    His platform says he would push to fast-track widening and interchange improvements on the I-20 east corridor and introduce legislation to make suburban jurisdictions outside MARTA more competitive for federal transit capital grants.8
  • Medicare coverage of new tests and services
    Add more services by law, such as permanent telehealth from home and testing and treatment by pharmacists
    His platform says he would push to make Medicare’s telehealth flexibilities permanent before they expire at the end of 2027.8
  • Medicare drug price negotiation
    Expand it to more drugs and to people with private insurance
    His platform says he would expand Medicare drug price negotiation beyond the current 40 drugs to at least the 100 most-prescribed medications.8
  • Business tax breaks
    His platform says he would press for Opportunity Zone designations in the district and expand and promote the federal paid family leave tax credit for small businesses.8
  • Federal income tax rates
    Replace the current income tax with a single flat rate or a national sales tax
    His campaign website says he supports the FairTax, which would replace federal income, payroll, corporate and estate taxes with a 23% national sales tax on new goods and services and abolish the IRS, with a monthly rebate to legal households, and says he would lower the tax burden on working families.10,12
  • High-speed internet access
    His platform says he would make sure Georgia’s federal BEAD broadband dollars reach unserved homes and businesses, with a goal of full high-speed coverage across the district within one congressional term.8
Jasmine Clark — 7 issues

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.