The lakeside pavilion in deep-red Forsyth County rang with the familiar GOP rallying cries of the past few blockbuster political campaigns: The Democrats are woke, socialist and dead set on importing California’s liberal policies to Georgia.

But this wasn’t a rally for next year’s governor or Senate race. Republicans were leaning hard into the red-meat playbook to defend two little-known Public Service Commission members they’re terrified could lose next month.

Interviews with more than a dozen senior GOP leaders revealed deep anxiety that Democrats could flip both seats in the Nov. 4 vote, scoring an upset that would jolt Georgia politics ahead of the 2026 midterms.

“If we don’t put a stake in the ground in November, there’s going to be blood in the water,” said Republican state Sen.

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