Jaha Howard

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Jaha Howard is an American dentist and politician who represents the 35th district in the Georgia State Senate. He was first elected in the 2025 special election to replace Jason Esteves, who had resigned to pursue a gubernatorial campaign. [1]

After no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the November election, a runoff election was held in December, and Howard defeated Roger Bruce with 51.9% of the vote. [1]

Howard had previously served on the school board for Cobb County, and run for Georgia Superintendent of Schools. [2]

Howard also ran for state senate in 2016, but lost to Hunter Hill; [3] after Hill resigned to pursue a gubernatorial campaign, Howard ran again in 2017. On this occasion, he faced criticism after the revelation of "sexist and homophobic" statements he had posted to Facebook from 2011 to 2014; he apologized, but lost that race to Jen Jordan. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Dr. Jaha Howard wins Georgia Senate District 35 special election runoff, by Christopher Harris, at CBS News; published December 17, 2025; retrieved December 20, 2025
  2. ↑ Cobb school board member Jaha Howard runs for state superintendent; by Ty Tagami; published January 24, 2022; retrieved December 20, 2025
  3. ↑ "Georgia 6th District State Senate Results: Hunter Hill Wins". New York Times. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
  4. ↑ Howard wins Georgia Senate special election runoff to represent Atlanta district, by Maya Homan; at WABE-FM; published December 17, 2025; retrieved December 20, 2025
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