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On October 28, 2025, Wiedower resigned from representing the 121st district.<ref name=”wiedower-resigns”>{{cite news |title=Wiedower resigns, special election to be held in Dec.|work=[[The Oconee Enterprise]] |date=October 28, 2025 |url=https://www.oconeeenterprise.com/2025/10/28/wiedower-resigns-special-election-to-be-held-in-dec/ |access-date=October 31, 2025}}</ref> Gisler, having already filed to run for the district again in 2026,<ref name=”wiedower-resigns” /> ran in the special election to succeed Wiedower. Gisler narrowly defeated his Republican opponent Mack Guest IV on December 9, flipping the seat.<ref name=”flagpole-gisler-flips”>{{cite news |last1=Aued |first1=Blake |title=Democrat Eric Gisler Flips Republican-Held Athens Area State House Seat |url=https://flagpole.com/featured/2025/12/09/democrat-eric-gisler-flips-republican-held-athens-area-state-house-seat/ |access-date=December 10, 2025 |work=[[Flagpole Magazine|Flagpole]] |date=December 9, 2025}}</ref> |
On October 28, 2025, Wiedower resigned from representing the 121st district.<ref name=”wiedower-resigns”>{{cite news |title=Wiedower resigns, special election to be held in Dec.|work=[[The Oconee Enterprise]] |date=October 28, 2025 |url=https://www.oconeeenterprise.com/2025/10/28/wiedower-resigns-special-election-to-be-held-in-dec/ |access-date=October 31, 2025}}</ref> Gisler, having already filed to run for the district again in 2026,<ref name=”wiedower-resigns” /> ran in the special election to succeed Wiedower. Gisler narrowly defeated his Republican opponent Mack Guest IV on December 9, flipping the seat.<ref name=”flagpole-gisler-flips”>{{cite news |last1=Aued |first1=Blake |title=Democrat Eric Gisler Flips Republican-Held Athens Area State House Seat |url=https://flagpole.com/featured/2025/12/09/democrat-eric-gisler-flips-republican-held-athens-area-state-house-seat/ |access-date=December 10, 2025 |work=[[Flagpole Magazine|Flagpole]] |date=December 9, 2025}}</ref> |
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Gisler lives in [[Watkinsville, Georgia|Watkinsville]]. He has two children.<ref name=”oe-will-challenge” /> |
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Latest revision as of 03:12, 10 December 2025
Eric Gisler is a politician who is the member-elect from Georgia’s 121st House of Representatives district. A Democrat, he flipped the seat in a 2025 special election.[1]
In 2024, Gisler was the Democratic Party‘s nominee for Georgia’s 121st House of Representatives district. Courtney Frisch had originally won the Democratic nomination unopposed on May 21, but withdrew from the race after the primary. The Democratic Party appointed Gisler as its nominee on June 2.[2] Gisler lost the election to incumbent Republican Marcus Wiedower.[3]
On October 28, 2025, Wiedower resigned from representing the 121st district.[4] Gisler, having already filed to run for the district again in 2026,[4] ran in the special election to succeed Wiedower. Gisler narrowly defeated his Republican opponent Mack Guest IV on December 9, flipping the seat.[5]
Gisler lives in Watkinsville. He has two children.[2]
- ^ Cohen, Ethan (10 December 2025). “Georgia Democrat flips a state House seat in district Trump won by double digits, CNN projects”. CNN. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ a b Prochaska, Michael (June 19, 2024). “Gisler (D) will challenge incumbent Wiedower (R)”. The Oconee Enterprise. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
- ^ “2024 GA General Election Results – State House District 121”. USA Today. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ a b “Wiedower resigns, special election to be held in Dec”. The Oconee Enterprise. October 28, 2025. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ Aued, Blake (December 9, 2025). “Democrat Eric Gisler Flips Republican-Held Athens Area State House Seat”. Flagpole. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
