It’s official: Rick Jackson is the Republican nominee for governor.
Jackson is only out for himself. He’s gotten rich off state contracts – and by scamming our seniors through a Medicare kickback scheme. Now, he’s looking to buy the Governor’s Mansion.
Here’s five things you need to know about billionaire Rick Jackson.
- Rick Jackson is out for himself.
- Rick Jackson has enriched himself on no-bid state contracts, and has received over a billion dollars from state agencies that exist to serve Georgians and which would pose significant conflicts of interest if he was ever elected governor.
- Jackson has also stood accused of defrauding seniors through his billion-dollar healthcare company and paid $700,000 to “resolve allegations” that he participated in a Medicare kickback scheme.
- Jackson has also admitted on several occasions that his policy decisions are driven by what will best benefit his bottom line. Earlier this year, he admitted to profiting off Trump’s tariffs that have taken money directly out of Georgians pockets, and boasted that the Big Beautiful Bill lowered his taxes by 40 percent.
- Rick Jackson wants to raise your costs.
- As Georgians pay more and more at the pump, Rick Jackson shared his belief that bringing back the gas tax is the “right and prudent thing to do.”
- Jackson supports the cost-raising policies coming out of DC, including Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ that has kicked 500,000 Georgians off their healthcare and increased Georgians’ insurance premiums by more than $860 a month.
- Jackson also supports Trump’s economy-crushing tariffs – even admitting to making money off of them as they have been a “gut punch” to Georgia families and small businesses.
- Jackson vocally opposes Medicaid expansion, which has resulted in nine rural hospitals across Georgia shutting their doors since 2010.
- Rick Jackson is extreme.
- Jackson has been “adamant” on the trail that the 2020 election was stolen and said it was “totally ridiculous” that the will of the voters was not overturned.
- Jackson strongly supports taking away Black Georgians’ voting power, and immediately called for more gerrymandering in the wake of the Supreme Court’s disastrous Louisiana v. Callais decision.
- Rick Jackson is pushing new limits to Georgia’s already-extreme abortion ban, going even further than the current six week limit and indicating that he would not include exceptions – even for rape.
- Rick Jackson will side with Trump against Georgia.
- As costs continue to rise with the dysfunction coming out of DC, Jackson has admitted that he can’t name a single Trump policy he disagrees with.
- Jackson also strongly supported Trump’s attacks on Georgia’s elections, including the FBI raid on Fulton County’s elections hub earlier this year.
- Jackson shared in a debate that he would like to run Georgia’s economy “just like Trump.” Hard pass.
- Keisha Lance Bottoms is in an ideal position to take on Rick Jackson.
- Georgia Republicans are deeply divided – and voters will not forget all the terrible things they’ve heard about Rick Jackson throughout the course of this campaign.
- Meanwhile, Democrats are united behind Keisha Lance Bottoms – and she’s already hard at work getting out her message with a series of new ads letting Georgians know her message to lower costs and expand healthcare.
- With Jackson’s baggage and bruising primary fight, Keisha is in an excellent position to be the first Democratic governor of Georgia elected in the 21st century.
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