Candidate Profile

Bárbara Rivera Holmes

Party: Republican Running for: Commissioner of Labor Currently serving: Commissioner of Labor Incumbent

Bárbara Rivera Holmes is the incumbent Republican Commissioner of Labor of Georgia, appointed by Governor Brian Kemp in April 2025 and seeking a full term in 2026. She previously worked as a journalist and in chamber-of-commerce leadership, and is Georgia's first Latina to hold a statewide constitutional office.