.png){kind=link}
Rick Jackson
American businessman and politician (born 1954)
.png){kind=link}
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Cherie Martin · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Races
- 2026 · Governor, GA · General · Republican · on the ballot
Background
Richard Lee Jackson is an American business executive and politician. He is the founder and CEO of Jackson Healthcare, a healthcare staffing and services company based in Alpharetta, Georgia.
More
He is the Republican nominee in the 2026 Georgia gubernatorial election, after defeating President Trump-endorsed lieutenant governor Burt Jones in a primary runoff.
In the news
Headlines from outlets across the political spectrum, linked to the publisher. Vugol.me doesn’t write or endorse them. How we choose them · News about this race
Website and social
Sources
- Portrait — Cherie Martin · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons (file page)
- Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-26 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Jackson_(businessman)
- Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138543331
- Roster — Wikipedia (secondary source) — https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_Georgia_gubernatorial_election&oldid=1375702779
- photo_headshot — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rick_Jackson_(cropped).png
- photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rick_Jackson_(4x3).png
- photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rick_Jackson.png
Is this you?
If you are Rick Jackson (or their campaign), sign in to claim this profile free and add your photo, bio and platform.
Sign in with your campaign email address — the one published for this campaign, or any address on your campaign website’s domain — and your claim is verified instantly. Other claims are identity-checked by our staff first.