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Georgia District 5 · U.S. House · 2026

Seat U.S. House, Georgia District 5

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U.S. House, Georgia District 5 · Incumbent running
DEMNominee
Nikema Williams incumbent
>99%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
REPNominee
John Bongo Salvesen
<1%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentNikema Williams

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
>99% Nikema Williams · DemocratChance to win the seat, including a runoff if no one reaches a majority
DEM Nikema Williams >99%
REP John Bongo Salvesen <1%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Seat lean (Hume PVI) D+35 as of cycle 2020
Prior result, this seat DEM 85.7% 2024 general · margin 71.4%

Side by side

2 candidates · 5 measures
FEC summary through 2026-10-14
MeasureDEMWilliamsREPSalvesen
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
Nikema Williams$772,833.35
John Bongo SalvesenNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
Nikema Williams$722,967.68
John Bongo SalvesenNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
Nikema Williams$63,107.32
John Bongo SalvesenNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Latest pollpercent, as stored
Nikema WilliamsNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
John Bongo SalvesenNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
Nikema WilliamsD+35seat-level
John Bongo SalvesenD+35seat-level
Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

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Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.

    Seat lean · Hume PVI

    as of cycle 2020
    D+35
    Lean (D minus R, points)
    +34.936

    Hume PVI is Hidden Levers' own two-party presidential-lean index for the district, computed on the district's current lines, not the Cook PVI.

    Prior result, this seat

    election returns

    2024 general

    CandidatePartyVotes% of total
    Nikema WilliamsDEM294,47085.68%
    John “Bongo” SalvesenREP49,22114.32%

    Total votes 343,691 · winning margin 71.36% of total (margin computed here from the cited vote counts)

    Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Prior result: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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