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John Cowan

U.S. House District 11

2026 Georgia U.S. House — District 11 — General Election · November 3, 2026

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Last reviewed September 23, 2026

Overview

Current race
2026 Georgia U.S. House — District 11 — General Election on November 3, 2026
Official candidacy
U.S. House District 11 · Republican · Candidate
VerifiedOfficial records: Georgia Secretary of State
Identity match
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Contest: US House of Representatives - District 11 - Rep

Candidate: John Cowan

Party: Republican

Votes: 44799

Result: highest vote total in the published runoff results, which the source currently labels unofficial

Official and campaign contacts

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FEC committee ID: C00938175

FEC committee name: FRIENDS OF JOHN COWAN

Published email: [email protected]

Published email: [email protected]

Published website: https://cowanforcongress.com/

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Dr. John Cowan Congress

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Experience

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Meet Dr. Cowan

Source-published biography

Dr. John Cowan is a neurosurgeon, a small business owner, and a lifelong conservative with ties to the 11th District that go back generations. His family has been part of the Bartow County community since the 1930s — his father serving the community as a physician and his mother as a career schoolteacher. He grew up on his family farm, graduated from Cartersville High School, and has spent decades caring for patients across Georgia’s 11th District.

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Dr. John Cowan is a neurosurgeon, a small business owner, and a lifelong conservative with ties to the 11th District that go back generations. His family has been part of the Bartow County community since the 1930s — his father serving the community as a physician and his mother as a career schoolteacher. He grew up on his family farm, graduated from Cartersville High School, and has spent decades caring for patients across Georgia’s 11th District.

Neurosurgeon. Small Business Owner. Conservative Outsider.

Source-published biography

I’m Dr. John Cowan – As a doctor and a small business owner, I’ve spent my life solving serious problems — not creating them. My career has been spent in operating rooms where there’s no room for excuses. You find solutions when lives are on the line.

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I’m Dr. John Cowan – As a doctor and a small business owner, I’ve spent my life solving serious problems — not creating them. My career has been spent in operating rooms where there’s no room for excuses. You find solutions when lives are on the line.

Neurosurgeon. Small Business Owner. Conservative Outsider.

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Small Business Owner. Conservative Outsider.

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Small Business Owner. Conservative Outsider.

Positions and priorities

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An Economy That Works For American Families

Candidate position

Get real results on affordability by delivering meaningful tax relief for families and small businesses, investing in American workers, and strengthening domestic industries — not selling our future to foreign adversaries.

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Get real results on affordability by delivering meaningful tax relief for families and small businesses, investing in American workers, and strengthening domestic industries — not selling our future to foreign adversaries.

Elections Americans Can Trust

Candidate position

Require proof of citizenship to vote, secure our election infrastructure, and demand full transparency in how ballots are cast and counted — make it easy to vote and impossible to cheat.

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Require proof of citizenship to vote, secure our election infrastructure, and demand full transparency in how ballots are cast and counted — make it easy to vote and impossible to cheat.

Freedoms That Define America

Candidate position

Preserve and protect our constitutional rights to free speech, freedom of worship, and the right to bear arms.

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Preserve and protect our constitutional rights to free speech, freedom of worship, and the right to bear arms.

Lower Health-Insurance Premiums

Candidate position
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Lower health-insurance premiums while replacing policies the campaign attributes to the Affordable Care Act.

  • Preserve the cost objective without inventing a replacement plan.
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Expand Patient Health-Care Choices

Candidate position
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Expand patients' health-care choices.

  • Preserve the choice objective without inferring an insurance-market mechanism.
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Put Patients in Charge of Their Care

Candidate position
FactVote summary · Belief

Place patients, rather than government or insurers, in charge of their health-care decisions.

  • Preserve the campaign's patient-control principle.
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Provide Tax Relief for Families and Small Businesses

Candidate position
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Provide meaningful tax relief for families and small businesses.

  • The campaign names the beneficiaries but no rate or deduction.
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Invest in American Workers

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Invest in American workers.

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Strengthen Domestic Industries

Candidate position
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Strengthen domestic industries and reduce dependence on foreign adversaries.

  • Preserve the domestic-capacity objective and national-security rationale.
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Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote

Candidate position
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Require proof of United States citizenship to vote.

  • Preserve the explicit eligibility-verification mechanism.
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Secure Election Infrastructure

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Secure election infrastructure.

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Seek Transparency in Ballot Casting and Counting

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Says he will demand transparency in how ballots are cast and counted, without specifying a legal mandate.

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Protect Freedom of Speech

Candidate position
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Protect the constitutional right to free speech.

  • Preserve the individual constitutional right.
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Protect Freedom of Worship

Candidate position
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Protect the constitutional right to freedom of worship.

  • Preserve the individual constitutional right.
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Protect the Right to Bear Arms

Candidate position
FactVote summary · Belief

Protect the constitutional right to bear arms.

  • Preserve the individual constitutional right without inventing a regulatory position.
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Ban Congressional Stock Trading

Candidate position
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Ban members of Congress from trading stocks.

  • Preserve the explicit ethics restriction.
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Strengthen Federal Ethics Rules

Candidate position
FactVote summary · Policy

Strengthen federal ethics rules for public officials.

  • The campaign does not identify a specific disclosure or enforcement provision.
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Establish Congressional Term Limits

Candidate position
FactVote summary · Policy

Establish term limits for members of Congress.

  • No term length or retroactivity rule is specified.
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Public record

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Campaign finance

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FEC candidate totals January 1, 2026 through June 30, 2026.

Total receipts
$2,347,796.21
Total disbursements
$2,330,166.55
Cash on hand
$17,629.66
Committee debt
$1,774,961.67
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Candidate ID: H0GA14048

Name: COWAN, JOHN

Office: House

State: GA

District: 11

Coverage start: 2026-01-01

Coverage end: 2026-06-30

Total receipts: $2347796.21

Total disbursements: $2330166.55

Cash on hand: $17629.66

Debts owed by committee: $1774961.67

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Sources

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  1. Election record

    2026 Georgia election placement — John Cowan

    Georgia Secretary of State

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  5. Official campaign contact filing

    FRIENDS OF JOHN COWAN — current FEC Statement of Organization

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  6. Campaign-finance record

    John Cowan — official FEC candidate totals

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