Carolyn Tatum Roddy

Special Advisor, Federal Communications Commission in Marietta, GA

Carolyn Tatum Roddy is a candidate for Public Service Commissioner District 5 in Statewide, Georgia — 2026 Primary Election.

Also running: Bobby Mehan, Joshua Aaron Tolbert, Angelia Pressley, Craig L Cupid, Shelia Edwards.

Carolyn Tatum Roddy is a lifelong Georgian and Republican attorney running for the Georgia Public Service Commission, District 5, in the 2026 Primary Election. An alumna of the University of Georgia, she brings extensive experience in utility regulation, having served nearly 18 years at the Federal Communications Commission as a Special Advisor. Roddy also held roles as a Trump administration appointee at the USDA Rural Utilities Service and was an aide to former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich. She advocates for protecting ratepayers, modernizing the grid, and holding monopolies accountable, prioritizing the scrutiny of rate cases to halt runaway rate hikes.