Political ads · 2026 · GA

Georgia House District 4 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Hank Johnson won · 82.6% to 17.4% · Called by AP on Nov 3

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Hank Johnson (Democrat) and James Duffie (Republican) are the nominees for Georgia's 4th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Hank Johnson is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Hank Johnson's campaign had raised $514,000 (through October 14, 2026).

Hank Johnson (DEM, incumbent), James Duffie (REP). 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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Registration	Register by Mon, Oct 5 (same deadline online, by mail and in person) (passed)Source: sos.ga.gov ↗Source: sos.ga.gov ↗
Early voting in person	Tue, Oct 13 to Fri, Oct 30 (passed)Source: sos.ga.gov ↗
By mail	Anyone can vote by mail; request a ballot by Fri, Oct 23 (application must be received 11 days before the election); return it by Tue, Nov 3 (received by the county registrar by close of polls (7 p.m.) Election Day) (passed)Source: sos.ga.gov ↗Source: sos.ga.gov ↗Source: sos.ga.gov ↗
Election Day	Tue, Nov 3. Polls: 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. (passed)Source: sos.ga.gov ↗
ID at the polls	Government-issued photo ID required (driver's license even if expired, free state ID, passport, military ID, public college student ID, government employee ID)Source: sos.ga.gov ↗

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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Hank Johnson (DEM, incumbent)

Raised: $514K through 2026-10-14 individuals $102K · PACs $403K · party $779 · cash on hand $125K
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

103 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

ABBVIE PAC $2,500
ACADEMY OF RAIL LABOR ATTORNEYS PAC $5,000
ADEIA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC) $6,500
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $10K
AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY PAC $1,000
AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - ATU COPE $5,000
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC) $1,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $10K
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
AMERICAN EXPRESS PAC $1,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES PEOPLE $7,500
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $2,500
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $1,500
AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA) PAC $3,000
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS (ASA PAC) $5,000
AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC PAC $3,000
AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION LTD. PAC $2,500
AMGEN INC PAC $1,000
AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC $3,000
BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION PAC $1,000
BMI PAC $5,000
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY RAILPAC (BNSF RAILPAC) $2,500
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIB COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
BSA SOFTWARE ALLIANCE PAC $1,000
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. PAC $6,000
COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL PAC- FEDERAL $2,500
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $2,000
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP PAC $5,000
COX ENTERPRISES PAC (COXPAC) INC. $7,500
CVS HEALTH PAC $1,000
D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION $3,000
DELL TECHNOLOGIES PAC $10K
DELTA AIR LINES PAC $10K
DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PAC $4,500
ELEKTA HOLDINGS US, INC. PAC (ELEKTAPAC) $2,000
EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC ENGPAC $7,500
EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION PAC $1,500
ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE EPEC/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $2,500
FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC $1,000
GE VERNOVA INC. PAC $1,000
GENENTECH INC. PAC $1,000
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION PAC (GDC PAC) $3,000
GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY PAC $2,000
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY FEDERAL PAC $5,000
GOOGLE LLC NETPAC $1,000
GRIDIRON PAC $4,500
INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS IPAL $1,000
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION FUND $1,000
INTERDIGITAL, INC. PAC $5,500
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC $2,500
INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION PAC (INTA PAC) $500
INTL. UNION OF PAINTERS & ALLIED TRADES $5,000
JOHNSON & JOHNSON PAC $1,000
K&L GATES PAC $1,000
LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $5,000
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION $5,000
MAXIMUS, INC. PAC $1,500
MCGUIREWOODS FEDERAL PAC $2,000
MICROSOFT CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $500
MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION INC. PAC $1,500
MUSIC SPEAKS: THE SOUNDEXCHANGE, INC. LEGISLATIVE FUND $1,000
NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $8,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS PAC (NABPAC) $2,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC $5,000
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC $1,500
NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION PAC $1,500
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
NEWS/MEDIA ALLIANCE PAC $250
NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP. GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $1,500
NOVO NORDISK INC. PAC (NOVO NORDISK PAC) $1,000
PATENT OFFICE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION PAC $2,000
PFIZER INC. PAC $1,000
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA BETTER GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE $1,500
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES $1,000
PRIMERICA, INC. PAC (PRIMERICA PAC) $2,500
PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS PAC $5,000
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION PAC $1,000
RELX INC. PAC $1,500
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $2,500
SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL, TRANSPORTATION POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE $5,000
SMART TD PAC $4,000
SOUTHERN COMPANY GAS EMPLOYEES PAC $5,000
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY FEDERAL PAC $1,000
SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC) $500
T-MOBILE USA, INC. PAC $1,000
THE ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS $2,500
THE BOEING COMPANY PAC $2,500
THE COCA COLA CO NONPARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT PAC $1,000
THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,500
TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $4,500
TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-CIO PAC (TTD/PAC) $2,000
TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP PAC, INC. $1,000
TRUCKING PAC OF THE AMERCIAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC. $2,000
TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC $5,000
UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) $5,000
UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB $1,000
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP EMPLOYEE ACTION FUND $2,500
ZENECA INC. PAC $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

No 2025–26 FEC reports or outside spending found for James Duffie.

No campaign ads analyzed for this race yet.

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