Georgia Commissioner of Labor

	Georgia Commissioner of Labor
	; ; ;
	General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$138,000
2025 FY Budget:	$54,060,312
Term limits:	None
	Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	Georgia Code, 34-2-3
Selection Method:	Elected
	Current Officeholder(s)
	Georgia Commissioner of Labor Barbara Rivera Holmes; Republican Party; Assumed office: April 4, 2024
	Elections
Next election:	2026
Last election:	2022
	Other Georgia Executive Offices
	Governor•Lieutenant Governor•Secretary of State•Attorney General•Treasurer•Auditor•Superintendent of Schools•Agriculture Commissioner•Insurance Commissioner•Natural Resources Commissioner•Labor Commissioner•Public Service Commission

The Georgia Commissioner of Labor is a state executive position in the Georgia state government. The commissioner is responsible for implementing the state's labor regulations, operating its unemployment insurance and rehabilitation programs and producing statistics and research covering the Georgia labor market.^[1]

Current officeholder

The current Georgia Commissioner of Labor is Barbara Rivera Holmes (R). Holmes assumed office in 2024.

Authority

The office of labor commissioner is established by state law.^[2]

Georgia Code, 34-2-3

(a) The Department of Labor shall be under the direction and supervision of a commissioner to be known as the Commissioner of Labor.

Qualifications

Per Article V, Section 3, Paragraph II of the Georgia Constitution, the commissioner of labor must, at the time of his election:

Have been a citizen of the U.S. for 10 years
A legal resident of Georgia for four years
25 years old

Georgia Constitution, Article V, Section 3, Paragraph II

(a) No person shall be eligible to the office of the Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School Superintendent, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Agriculture, or Commissioner of Labor unless such person shall have been a citizen of the United States for ten years and a legal resident of the state for four years immediately preceding election or appointment and shall have attained the age of 25 years by the date of assuming office. All of said officers shall take such oath and give bond and security, as prescribed by law, for the faithful discharge of their duties. ^[3]

Elections

The commissioner is elected "at the same time and hold[s] [his] office for the same term as the governor."

Georgia Constitution, Article V, Section 3, Paragraph I

The Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School Superintendent, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Commissioner of Labor shall be elected in the manner prescribed for the election of members of the General Assembly and the electors shall be the same. Such executive officers shall be elected at the same time and hold their offices for the same term as the Governor. ^[3]

Term limits

There are no term limits for the office of labor commissioner.

Election results

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

General election

General election for Georgia Commissioner of Labor

Bruce Thompson (R) defeated William Boddie (D) and Emily Anderson (L) in the general election for Georgia Commissioner of Labor on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Bruce Thompson (R)	52.1	2,030,170
	William Boddie (D)	45.3	1,766,894
	Emily Anderson (L)	2.6	100,960

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,898,024
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Democratic primary runoff

Democratic primary runoff for Georgia Commissioner of Labor

William Boddie (D) defeated Nicole Horn (D) in the Democratic primary runoff for Georgia Commissioner of Labor on June 21, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	William Boddie	62.3	157,153
	Nicole Horn	37.7	95,262

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 252,415
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for Georgia Commissioner of Labor

William Boddie (D) and Nicole Horn (D) advanced to a runoff. They defeated Lester Jackson (D), Nadia Surrency (D), and Thomas Dean (D) in the Democratic primary for Georgia Commissioner of Labor on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		William Boddie	27.7	184,446
✔		Nicole Horn	25.1	167,442
		Lester Jackson	19.4	129,109
		Nadia Surrency	17.9	119,582
	Submit photo	Thomas Dean	9.9	66,107

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 666,686
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Republican primary

Republican primary for Georgia Commissioner of Labor

Bruce Thompson (R) defeated Mike Coan (R) and Kartik Bhatt (R) in the Republican primary for Georgia Commissioner of Labor on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bruce Thompson	62.7	637,857
		Mike Coan	30.7	312,842
	Submit photo	Kartik Bhatt	6.6	67,407

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,018,106
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