Brad Raffensperger

Bradford Jay Raffensperger (born May 18, 1955) is an American politician serving as the secretary of state of Georgia since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 50.

Raffensperger rose to national prominence in the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in which incumbent president Donald Trump lost. Trump refused to accept defeat, made claims of fraud, and launched an unsuccessful protracted campaign to overturn the election results. As part of this campaign, Trump made a recorded phone call on January 2, 2021, in which he attempted to persuade Raffensperger to change the election results in Georgia in Trump's favor. Raffensperger refused to do so, and said the outgoing president's claims were based on falsehoods.

Raffensperger was reelected in the 2022 Georgia Secretary of State election, after defeating Trump-endorsed challenger Jody Hice in the Republican primary and Democratic challenger Bee Nguyen in the general election.

In September 2025, Raffensperger announced his candidacy for Governor of Georgia in the 2026 Georgia gubernatorial election. He did not advance to the Republican primary runoff.