Rick Jackson, the Republican nominee for governor of Georgia, supports the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which Energy Innovation projects will cost 760,000 jobs nationwide by 2030 through its energy provisions; his campaign told Fox News on April 27, 2026 that he supports the bill, "Period." He also said in March 2026 that he supports the president's tariffs and the war in Iran.
In Georgia, the Georgia Farm Bureau, using a University of Georgia budget tool loaded with current diesel and crop prices, found that a typical row-crop farm projects a 2026 loss. Asked at a Canton farm event in September 2026 about the tariffs squeezing Georgia farmers, Jackson would not criticize Washington, Atlanta News First reported.
Rick Jackson's Statements on the Law, the Tariffs and the War That Cost Georgia Jobs
- Jackson Backs the Law Projected to Cost 760,000 Jobs by 2030. Rick Jackson's campaign spokesman, Mike Schrimpf, told Fox News Digital on April 27, 2026: "Rick supports the Big Beautiful Bill. Period." That support covers the law's repeal of clean energy tax credits. Energy Innovation projects the law's energy provisions will cost 760,000 jobs by 2030 nationwide and $980 billion in lost economic output over the ten-year budget window, as fewer solar farms, battery plants and power projects get built.
- Jackson Said He Supports the President's Tariffs, Which Raise Prices for Georgia Businesses and Shoppers. Fox News reported on April 27, 2026 that Rick Jackson, praising the president's tariff policies, said in March: "So I support." The Yale Budget Lab estimated in August 2026 that the tariffs in place under current law will raise consumer prices by about 0.7 percent and take in about $1.9 trillion over ten years, and it notes that the tariffs also reduce economic output.
- Jackson Backed the Iran War as a Blockade in the Strait of Hormuz Left Farmers Short of Fertilizer. At a LaGrange chamber of commerce event reported on March 31, 2026, Rick Jackson said: "I completely support what he's doing in Iran." On April 8, 2026, he posted that Americans "should all trust him" on Iran. With roughly one-third of global fertilizer shipments moving through the Strait of Hormuz, an American Farm Bureau Federation survey found 70 percent of farmers could not afford all the fertilizer they needed, WABE reported in May 2026. Georgia diesel reached $5.64 a gallon on May 4, 2026, up from the $3 the University of Georgia assumed in January, the Georgia Farm Bureau reported.
- Jackson's Own Company Warned the Law's Coverage Losses Could Freeze Health Care Hiring. While Rick Jackson's campaign says he supports the law, Jackson Physician Search, part of the Jackson Healthcare company he founded, wrote in March 2026 that when coverage losses put financial pressure on hospitals, "healthcare organizations may delay service expansions, reduce hiring plans, or freeze recruitment altogether." The same firm warned in September 2025 that, under the law, some health care organizations must "adapt or close their doors."
- Jackson Would Not Criticize the Federal Tariffs Squeezing Georgia's Largest Industry, in September 2026. Asked at a Canton farm event on September 24, 2026 whether he backs the federal tariffs that are cutting into farm margins, Rick Jackson said, Atlanta News First reported: "I never grew up blaming other people and becoming a victim." Agriculture is Georgia's top industry, and the station reported that it was bracing for harvest losses as diesel passed $6 a gallon and tariffs compressed margins.
What the Policies Rick Jackson Supports Mean for Georgia Workers and Farms
- A typical Georgia row-crop farm is projected to lose money in 2026. At current diesel and commodity prices, the University of Georgia's 2026 crop budget tool projects that a typical Georgia farm growing cotton, peanuts, corn and soybeans will lose $28,178 with irrigation and $32,268 without, the Georgia Farm Bureau reported, losses that fall on farm families and on the Georgia towns that sell them seed, equipment and fuel.
Frequently Asked Questions About Rick Jackson on Economy and jobs
What is Rick Jackson's record on the economy and jobs under Trump?
Rick Jackson supports the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a law whose repeal of clean energy credits means fewer jobs building solar farms, battery plants and power lines, and he has spoken in support of the president's tariffs and of the Iran war. The war raised fuel and fertilizer costs for Georgia farms, and his own company's recruiting firm warned that the law's coverage losses could lead hospitals to freeze hiring.
What did Rick Jackson's company say the law would do to health care jobs?
Rick Jackson's recruiting firm, Jackson Physician Search, wrote in March 2026 that in rural areas, coverage losses under the law add to uncompensated care and can lead hospitals to cut back hiring; a senior recruiter wrote that clients across the Midwest face department closures if they cannot hire a physician.
What has Rick Jackson said about the tariffs' effect on Georgia farmers?
Asked at a farm event in September 2026 whether he supports the federal tariffs squeezing Georgia farmers, Rick Jackson declined to criticize them and said he was "not going to be blaming the federal government for everything," Atlanta News First reported. Six months earlier he had praised the president's tariff policy, saying, "I believe in fairness," Fox News reported.
Last updated: 2026-10-26