Elvis Casely

Republican

State House of Representatives 35 · Cobb County, Georgia · November 3, 2026

Also on the ballot: Lisa Gayle Campbell (Democrat)

Elvis Casely is a Kennesaw marketing/production professional with no prior elected office who briefly ran for Georgia's 14th Congressional District before switching to challenge Democratic incumbent Lisa Campbell in House District 35. He ran unopposed in the May 2026 Republican primary and campaigns mainly on eliminating the state income tax and property taxes.

What this office decides

A Georgia state representative votes on the state budget, tax policy, and laws on schools, health coverage, criminal justice, guns, and voting procedures. The office also affects business regulation and environmental permitting statewide. The winner casts one of 180 votes in the state House.

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Dossier

Researched 2026-09-22 · Claude Code research agent with web search

Donald Trump: nothing found. No statement by or about Donald Trump regarding Casely's House District 35 campaign was found; his campaign site does not mention Trump.

Who they are

Elvis Casely is a Kennesaw, Georgia Republican who works in marketing and production and holds a business degree; he has not previously held elected office (Ballotpedia). In early 2026 he was a candidate for Georgia's 14th Congressional District special election but withdrew, saying "For the sake of holding the U.S. House, I am stepping away from the GA-14 race and encouraging Republicans to unite behind one strong candidate," and then entered the House District 35 race (Dalton Daily Citizen, Feb. 3, 2026).

Positions

Taxes & spending: Supports eliminating the state income tax and eliminating property taxes, replacing the revenue with "fairer, more transparent alternatives" (candidate's own campaign site) (elvisforga.com).
Crime & policing: Wants the most severe child sexual-abuse crimes made punishable by death in Georgia (candidate's own campaign site) (elvisforga.com).
Schools, Personal freedom, Health care, Business & regulation, Voting rules: No public position found.

Record

Casely has never held elected office. He ran unopposed and won the Republican primary for HD 35 on May 19, 2026, with 2,359 votes (Ballotpedia).

Money

Ballotpedia's campaign-finance summary (sourced to OpenSecrets/FEC data) shows $0 in recorded contributions for the 2026 cycle as of this research; state-level Georgia Ethics Commission filings were not independently located (Ballotpedia).

What we couldn't find

Detailed positions on education, health care, business regulation, or voting rules.
Verified 2026 state campaign-finance totals from ethics.ga.gov.
Any Marietta Daily Journal coverage (article was paywalled).
Any statement by or about Donald Trump regarding this race.

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