The 2026 elections for the Georgia Senate will take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, to elect state senators from all 56 districts.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution identified Senate District 48 among five districts most likely to flip from Republican to Democratic control in 2026.
The first Senate district is in Southeast Georgia encompassing most of Savannah's southern and eastern suburbs, as well as a sliver of Savannah itself. The district includes all of Bryan and Liberty counties. The district also includes coastal and southwestern Chatham County.
The incumbent for this seat is Ben Watson, a Republican, first elected in 2014, winning the general election unopposed. He is running for re-election. Republican nominee Donald Trump won this district with 56.8 percent of the vote at the 2024 presidential election.