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Election 2024: Who’s qualified to run for Congress, state Legislature

Republicans line up to sign paperwork to run for election at the Capitol in Atlanta on Monday, March 4, 2024. Today is the first day to file paperwork to qualify for legislative and congressional races. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Republicans line up to sign paperwork to run for election at the Capitol in Atlanta on Monday, March 4, 2024. Today is the first day to file paperwork to qualify for legislative and congressional races. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)
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March 5, 2024

See who has qualified to run for key federal and state offices in Georgia.

Qualifying for U.S. House, state Legislature and other down-ballot races runs from March 4 to March 8. Here’s a list of who has filed to run, according to data from the Georgia Secretary of State. Candidates could change as this list is accurate as of March 8.

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