After Democratic gains, Georgia’s Brian Jack will lead GOP push to win back House

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — One of Georgia’s newly reelected congressmen has a heck of a job in front of him: increasing the number of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives after one of the GOP’s worst electoral drubbings in memory.

U.S. Rep. Brian Jack, whose solidly red 3rd district covers portions of west-central Georgia, has been elected chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee. He replaces outgoing U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, who lost his North Carolina seat in the Nov. 3 midterms.

Democrats seized control of both chambers of Congress by flipping more than 40 House seats and at least seven Senate seats in the midterms.

Jack has represented Georgia’s third congressional district since 2025, after he won an open election when then-incumbent Drew Ferguson did not run for reelection. Jack won the seat in 2024 with 66% of the vote.

Jack was reelected last week to a second term in Congress, defeating Democrat Maura Keller with 59% of the vote.

He previously served as White House director of political affairs during Trump’s first term and was a senior adviser to the president’s 2024 campaign. Over the past two years, Jack served as the NRCC’s recruitment chair, leading to his current position.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio is Jack’s counterpart from the other side of Capitol Hill.

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