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Democratic Party primaries in Georgia, 2022
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| Democratic Party primaries, 2022 |
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| Primary Date |
| May 24, 2022 |
| Primary Runoff Date |
| June 21, 2022 |
| Federal elections |
| Democratic primaries for U.S. House |
| State party |
| Democratic Party of Georgia |
| State political party revenue |
This page focuses on the Democratic primaries that took place in Georgia on May 24, 2022.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Georgia utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Federal elections
U.S. Senate
The 2022 U.S. Senate elections in Georgia took place on November 8, 2022. Voters elected one candidate to serve in the U.S. Senate.
Democratic primary candidates
- Raphael Warnock (Incumbent) ✔
- Tamara Johnson-Shealey
U.S. House
District 1
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 2
Democratic primary candidates- Sanford Bishop Jr. (Incumbent) ✔
- Joseph O'Hara
District 3
Democratic primary candidates
District 4
Democratic primary candidates- Hank Johnson (Incumbent) ✔
District 5
Democratic primary candidates- Nikema Williams (Incumbent) ✔
- Charlotte Macbagito
- Valencia Stovall
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 6
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 7
Democratic primary candidates- Carolyn Bourdeaux (Incumbent)
- Lucy McBath (Incumbent) ✔
- Donna McLeod
District 8
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 9
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 10
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 11
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 12
Democratic primary candidates
District 13
Democratic primary candidates- David Scott (Incumbent) ✔
- Mark Baker
- Shastity Driscoll
- Vincent Fort
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 14
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyState elections
State Senate
- See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2022
Georgia State Senate elections, 2022 |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2022 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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State executive offices
Eight state executive offices were up for election in Georgia in 2022:[3]
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Agriculture Commissioner
Labor Commissioner
Insurance Commissioner
Governor
Democratic primary candidates
Lieutenant Governor
Democratic primary candidates- Erick Allen
- Charlie Bailey ✔
- Tyrone Brooks Jr.
- Tony Brown
- Kwanza Hall ✔
- Jason Hayes
- Derrick Jackson
- Rashid Malik
- Renitta Shannon
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyAttorney General
Democratic primary candidatesSecretary of State
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveySuperintendent of Schools
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyAgriculture Commissioner
Democratic primary candidates
Labor Commissioner
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyInsurance Commissioner
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyPublic Service Commissioner
District 2
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyPrimary election competitiveness
This section contains information about the primary election competitiveness of election in Georgia. For more information about this data, click here.
U.S. Senate competitiveness
U.S. House competitiveness
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Georgia in 2022. Information below was calculated on May 19, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Eighty-two candidates filed to run in Georgia’s 14 U.S. House districts, including 31 Democrats and 51 Republicans. That’s 5.86 candidates per district, more than the 5.5 candidates per district in 2020 and the 3.42 in 2018. This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Georgia was apportioned 14 districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census.
The 82 candidates who ran this year were the most candidates running for Georgia's U.S. House seats since at least 2012, the earliest year for which we have data.
Two seats — the 6th and the 10th — were open, meaning no incumbents filed to run. That’s one less than in 2020, when three seats were open. There were no open seats in 2018, one in 2016, and three in 2014. Rep. Jody Hice (R), who represented the 10th district, ran for Georgia Secretary of State. Thirteen candidates — five Democrats and eight Republicans — ran to replace him, the most candidates running for a seat this year.
Rep. Lucy McBath (D), who represented the 6th district, ran in the 7th district. She was the only incumbent running in a different district than the one she represented. Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux (D), the incumbent in the 7th district, ran for re-election. That made the 7th district the only district featuring two incumbents running against each other.
There were eight contested Democratic primaries this year, the same number as in 2020 and 2018, and nine contested Republican primaries, one more than in 2020 and the highest number since at least 2012. There were eight incumbents in contested primaries, the most since at least 2012.
Five incumbents did not face any primary challengers. Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all 14 districts, so no seats were guaranteed to either party this year. The last year in which a party was guaranteed a seat because no candidate from the other party filed was 2018, when then-incumbent Rep. John Lewis (D) ran unopposed in the general election for the 5th district.
State executive competitiveness
State legislative competitiveness
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Georgia in 2022. Information below was calculated on May 19, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Sixty-three of the 188 Georgia state legislators who filed for re-election in 2022—27 Democrats and 36 Republicans—faced contested primaries. That equals 34% of incumbents who filed for re-election, the highest rate since 2014. The remaining 66% of incumbents did not face primary challengers.
A contested primary is one where more candidates are running than there are nominations available. After redistricting, it is common to see primaries where two incumbents run against one another. This can happen if a district's lines are redrawn to place two incumbents in the same district.
In 2022, there were three incumbent versus incumbent primaries in Georgia. In these races, since only one candidate can win the nomination, one incumbent was guaranteed to lose:
- House District 100: Reps. David Clark (R) and Bonnie Rich (R), from House Districts 98 and 97, respectively, filed to run against one another.
- House District 106: Rep. Shelly Hutchinson (D), from House District 107, filed to run against Rep. Rebecca Mitchell (D).
- House District 149: Rep. Danny Mathis (R), from House District 144, filed to run against Rep. Robert Pruitt (R).
The total number of contested primaries—including those without incumbents—also reached its highest point since 2014. With 236 districts, there are 472 possible primaries every election cycle.
In 2022, there were 104 contested primaries—51 Democratic primaries and 53 for Republicans. For Democrats, this was up from 49 in 2020, a 4% increase. For Republicans, that number increased 71%, from 31 in 2020 to 53 in 2022.
This was also the state's first cycle since 2016 with more Republican primaries than those for Democrats.
Overall, 495 major party candidates filed to run in 2022: 238 Democrats and 257 Republicans. That equals 2.1 candidates per district, up from 2.0 in 2020 and 1.9 in 2018.
Context of the 2022 elections
Georgia Party Control: 1992-2025
Eleven years of Democratic trifectas • Twenty-one years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
State party overview
Democratic Party of Georgia
- See also: Democratic Party of Georgia
State political party revenue
State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Democratic state party affiliates.
Voter information
How the primary works
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Georgia utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[4][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Poll times
In Georgia, polls are open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Eastern Time. In cities with a population greater than 300,000 people, polls remain open until 8 p.m. An individual who is in line at the time polls close must be allowed to vote.[5]
Registration requirements
- Check your voter registration status here.
To vote in Georgia, one must be a citizen of the United States and a legal resident of their county. The voter must be at least 17.5 years of age at the time of registration and 18 at the time of the election, and not serving a sentence for a felony conviction.[6][7]
The deadline to register to vote is 29 days prior to the election. Registration can be completed online, in person, or by mail.[6]
Automatic registration
In Georgia, eligible voters are automatically registered to vote when they conduct transactions at the Department of Driver Services. This automatic registration program began in 2016.[8][9]
Online registration
- See also: Online voter registration
Georgia has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.
Same-day registration
Georgia does not allow same-day voter registration.
Residency requirements
To register to vote in Georgia, you must be a resident of the state. State law does not specify a length of time for which you must have been a resident to be eligible.
Verification of citizenship
A Georgia state law, passed in 2009, required voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote. However, as of June 2025, the law had not been implemented.[10][11][12]
In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states cannot require proof of citizenship with federal registration forms. That meant states would need to create a separate registration system for state elections in order to require proof of citizenship.
In Georgia, an individual must attest that they are a U.S. citizen when registering to vote. According to the state's voter registration application, a voter who provides false information on a voter registration application is guilty of a felony.[13] [12]
All 49 states with voter registration systems require applicants to declare that they are U.S. citizens in order to register to vote in state and federal elections, under penalty of perjury or other punishment.[14] Seven states — Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming — have laws requiring verification of citizenship at the time of voter registration, whether in effect or not. In three states — California, Maryland, and Vermont — at least one local jurisdiction allows noncitizens to vote in some local elections. Noncitizens registering to vote in those elections must complete a voter registration application provided by the local jurisdiction and are not eligible to register as state or federal voters.
Verifying your registration
The site My Voter Page, run by the Georgia Secretary of State's office, allows residents to check their voter registration status online.
Voter ID requirements
Georgia requires voters to present photo identification while voting in person or by mail/absentee.[15]
The following list of accepted ID was current as of August 2024. Click here for the Georgia Secretary of State's page on accepted ID to ensure you have the most current information.
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Voters can obtain a free voter ID card from any county registrar's office or Department of Driver Services Office. Click here for more information on obtaining a free voter ID card in Georgia.
Early voting
Georgia permits early voting. Learn more by visiting this website.
Early voting permits citizens to cast ballots in person at a polling place prior to an election. In states that permit no-excuse early voting, a voter does not have to provide an excuse for being unable to vote on Election Day. States that allow voters to cast no-excuse absentee/mail-in ballots in person are counted as no-excuse early voting states.
Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia permit no-excuse early voting.
Absentee voting
All voters are eligible to vote absentee/by-mail in Georgia. There are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee. The ballot application deadline is 11 days before Election Day. A completed ballot must be received by 7 p.m. on Election Day.[18]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Five of 159 Georgia counties—3.14 percent—are pivot counties. These are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 pivot counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
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| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Baker County, Georgia | 8.68% | 0.57% | 1.07% | ||||
| Dooly County, Georgia | 2.05% | 6.98% | 3.53% | ||||
| Peach County, Georgia | 2.91% | 7.48% | 6.75% | ||||
| Quitman County, Georgia | 10.92% | 9.04% | 7.90% | ||||
| Twiggs County, Georgia | 1.58% | 8.64% | 6.97% | ||||
In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Georgia with 50.8 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 45.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Georgia voted Democratic 63.33 percent of the time and Republican 36.67 percent of the time. Georgia voted Republican in every presidential election from 2000 to 2016.
Presidential results by legislative district
The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Georgia. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[19][20]
| In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 64 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 45.5 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 74 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 42.3 points. Clinton won 14 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections. |
| In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 116 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 36.6 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 106 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 36.8 points. Trump won four districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections. |
| 2016 presidential results by state House district | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | Party Control |
| 1 | 24.59% | 73.49% | R+48.9 | 18.33% | 78.10% | R+59.8 | R |
| 2 | 22.14% | 76.22% | R+54.1 | 15.51% | 81.50% | R+66 | R |
| 3 | 23.05% | 75.08% | R+52 | 18.64% | 77.94% | R+59.3 | R |
| 4 | 32.11% | 66.73% | R+34.6 | 33.09% | 63.58% | R+30.5 | R |
| 5 | 20.99% | 77.56% | R+56.6 | 17.38% | 79.95% | R+62.6 | R |
| 6 | 22.66% | 75.78% | R+53.1 | 19.28% | 78.15% | R+58.9 | R |
| 7 | 18.83% | 79.93% | R+61.1 | 16.26% | 81.63% | R+65.4 | R |
| 8 | 19.75% | 78.79% | R+59 | 17.01% | 80.65% | R+63.6 | R |
| 9 | 15.29% | 83.06% | R+67.8 | 14.76% | 81.57% | R+66.8 | R |
| 10 | 16.34% | 82.49% | R+66.1 | 14.77% | 82.43% | R+67.7 | R |
| 11 | 17.74% | 80.81% | R+63.1 | 14.12% | 83.40% | R+69.3 | R |
| 12 | 25.59% | 72.86% | R+47.3 | 20.35% | 77.06% | R+56.7 | R |
| 13 | 35.70% | 62.94% | R+27.2 | 33.39% | 63.13% | R+29.7 | R |
| 14 | 20.15% | 78.39% | R+58.2 | 17.29% | 79.95% | R+62.7 | R |
| 15 | 26.96% | 71.58% | R+44.6 | 24.54% | 72.30% | R+47.8 | R |
| 16 | 23.79% | 74.95% | R+51.2 | 18.10% | 79.74% | R+61.6 | R |
| 17 | 23.36% | 75.50% | R+52.1 | 23.02% | 73.98% | R+51 | R |
| 18 | 29.93% | 68.66% | R+38.7 | 26.14% | 70.83% | R+44.7 | R |
| 19 | 29.46% | 69.22% | R+39.8 | 31.16% | 65.71% | R+34.6 | R |
| 20 | 23.09% | 75.03% | R+51.9 | 26.37% | 68.76% | R+42.4 | R |
| 21 | 19.48% | 78.70% | R+59.2 | 22.00% | 73.27% | R+51.3 | R |
| 22 | 16.80% | 81.60% | R+64.8 | 21.44% | 74.42% | R+53 | R |
| 23 | 20.52% | 77.66% | R+57.1 | 22.07% | 73.64% | R+51.6 | R |
| 24 | 17.81% | 80.67% | R+62.9 | 21.56% | 73.96% | R+52.4 | R |
| 25 | 21.70% | 77.05% | R+55.3 | 32.10% | 63.74% | R+31.6 | R |
| 26 | 14.56% | 83.89% | R+69.3 | 18.43% | 77.66% | R+59.2 | R |
| 27 | 15.62% | 83.00% | R+67.4 | 16.26% | 80.92% | R+64.7 | R |
| 28 | 17.56% | 81.23% | R+63.7 | 15.37% | 82.27% | R+66.9 | R |
| 29 | 31.73% | 66.98% | R+35.3 | 32.94% | 63.21% | R+30.3 | R |
| 30 | 21.69% | 76.74% | R+55 | 24.56% | 71.98% | R+47.4 | R |
| 31 | 16.84% | 81.82% | R+65 | 15.76% | 81.14% | R+65.4 | R |
| 32 | 24.07% | 74.41% | R+50.3 | 19.58% | 78.30% | R+58.7 | R |
| 33 | 31.40% | 67.45% | R+36.1 | 26.87% | 70.96% | R+44.1 | R |
| 34 | 33.92% | 64.28% | R+30.4 | 39.66% | 55.82% | R+16.2 | R |
| 35 | 38.10% | 60.28% | R+22.2 | 42.81% | 52.42% | R+9.6 | R |
| 36 | 24.38% | 74.30% | R+49.9 | 29.80% | 66.20% | R+36.4 | R |
| 37 | 43.83% | 54.52% | R+10.7 | 48.89% | 46.46% | D+2.4 | R |
| 38 | 60.41% | 38.62% | D+21.8 | 64.07% | 33.08% | D+31 | D |
| 39 | 75.10% | 23.95% | D+51.1 | 78.09% | 19.54% | D+58.5 | D |
| 40 | 45.00% | 53.24% | R+8.2 | 54.52% | 40.56% | D+14 | R |
| 41 | 62.15% | 36.51% | D+25.6 | 64.86% | 31.62% | D+33.2 | D |
| 42 | 68.42% | 29.97% | D+38.4 | 68.61% | 26.72% | D+41.9 | D |
| 43 | 38.77% | 59.40% | R+20.6 | 46.47% | 48.56% | R+2.1 | R |
| 44 | 33.75% | 63.93% | R+30.2 | 39.79% | 54.74% | R+14.9 | R |
| 45 | 30.98% | 67.21% | R+36.2 | 41.50% | 53.61% | R+12.1 | R |
| 46 | 27.84% | 70.25% | R+42.4 | 34.24% | 60.65% | R+26.4 | R |
| 47 | 28.08% | 70.51% | R+42.4 | 38.02% | 57.47% | R+19.4 | R |
| 48 | 37.71% | 60.31% | R+22.6 | 45.85% | 48.81% | R+3 | R |
| 49 | 34.61% | 63.82% | R+29.2 | 44.57% | 50.58% | R+6 | R |
| 50 | 35.98% | 62.65% | R+26.7 | 47.45% | 48.69% | R+1.2 | R |
| 51 | 41.99% | 56.48% | R+14.5 | 50.15% | 44.99% | D+5.2 | R |
| 52 | 36.77% | 61.94% | R+25.2 | 49.71% | 45.43% | D+4.3 | R |
| 53 | 73.52% | 25.53% | D+48 | 77.16% | 18.98% | D+58.2 | D |
| 54 | 40.58% | 58.07% | R+17.5 | 54.55% | 40.79% | D+13.8 | R |
| 55 | 83.91% | 15.09% | D+68.8 | 84.84% | 11.77% | D+73.1 | D |
| 56 | 87.70% | 11.09% | D+76.6 | 87.74% | 8.94% | D+78.8 | D |
| 57 | 82.83% | 15.94% | D+66.9 | 85.62% | 11.02% | D+74.6 | D |
| 58 | 87.26% | 11.21% | D+76.1 | 88.49% | 7.87% | D+80.6 | D |
| 59 | 87.41% | 10.84% | D+76.6 | 87.27% | 9.08% | D+78.2 | D |
| 60 | 88.96% | 10.53% | D+78.4 | 90.79% | 7.32% | D+83.5 | D |
| 61 | 82.95% | 16.50% | D+66.5 | 82.57% | 15.51% | D+67.1 | D |
| 62 | 81.40% | 18.05% | D+63.4 | 82.69% | 15.44% | D+67.3 | D |
| 63 | 71.58% | 27.78% | D+43.8 | 73.97% | 24.02% | D+49.9 | D |
| 64 | 69.30% | 30.15% | D+39.1 | 70.36% | 27.44% | D+42.9 | D |
| 65 | 80.57% | 18.97% | D+61.6 | 81.08% | 17.15% | D+63.9 | D |
| 66 | 53.46% | 45.64% | D+7.8 | 56.72% | 40.59% | D+16.1 | D |
| 67 | 31.46% | 67.23% | R+35.8 | 31.50% | 65.51% | R+34 | R |
| 68 | 27.70% | 71.08% | R+43.4 | 26.14% | 70.90% | R+44.8 | R |
| 69 | 25.45% | 73.10% | R+47.7 | 23.33% | 73.96% | R+50.6 | R |
| 70 | 31.26% | 67.48% | R+36.2 | 31.56% | 64.90% | R+33.3 | R |
| 71 | 21.50% | 77.16% | R+55.7 | 22.29% | 73.84% | R+51.5 | R |
| 72 | 22.11% | 76.41% | R+54.3 | 25.46% | 70.56% | R+45.1 | R |
| 73 | 34.83% | 64.14% | R+29.3 | 37.99% | 59.21% | R+21.2 | R |
| 74 | 86.99% | 12.68% | D+74.3 | 86.51% | 11.95% | D+74.6 | D |
| 75 | 83.95% | 15.53% | D+68.4 | 83.71% | 14.28% | D+69.4 | D |
| 76 | 80.47% | 19.06% | D+61.4 | 80.34% | 17.67% | D+62.7 | D |
| 77 | 90.59% | 9.03% | D+81.6 | 89.32% | 9.13% | D+80.2 | D |
| 78 | 75.77% | 23.63% | D+52.1 | 77.40% | 20.70% | D+56.7 | D |
| 79 | 41.91% | 56.52% | R+14.6 | 52.42% | 42.92% | D+9.5 | R |
| 80 | 42.54% | 55.68% | R+13.1 | 54.21% | 40.41% | D+13.8 | R |
| 81 | 51.71% | 46.40% | D+5.3 | 59.53% | 35.29% | D+24.2 | D |
| 82 | 61.00% | 37.01% | D+24 | 71.24% | 24.55% | D+46.7 | D |
| 83 | 86.80% | 12.13% | D+74.7 | 88.45% | 8.62% | D+79.8 | D |
| 84 | 86.06% | 12.96% | D+73.1 | 88.43% | 8.98% | D+79.5 | D |
| 85 | 85.47% | 13.30% | D+72.2 | 86.00% | 10.70% | D+75.3 | D |
| 86 | 77.13% | 21.82% | D+55.3 | 79.72% | 17.14% | D+62.6 | D |
| 87 | 83.03% | 16.15% | D+66.9 | 83.50% | 14.06% | D+69.4 | D |
| 88 | 77.84% | 21.44% | D+56.4 | 79.10% | 18.35% | D+60.8 | D |
| 89 | 89.42% | 9.07% | D+80.3 | 90.41% | 6.40% | D+84 | D |
| 90 | 76.41% | 23.09% | D+53.3 | 76.26% | 22.14% | D+54.1 | D |
| 91 | 71.58% | 27.81% | D+43.8 | 73.80% | 24.25% | D+49.5 | D |
| 92 | 81.39% | 18.08% | D+63.3 | 81.15% | 16.93% | D+64.2 | D |
| 93 | 76.70% | 22.66% | D+54 | 78.87% | 19.09% | D+59.8 | D |
| 94 | 79.72% | 19.56% | D+60.2 | 80.73% | 17.01% | D+63.7 | D |
| 95 | 42.53% | 55.99% | R+13.5 | 49.81% | 45.53% | D+4.3 | R |
| 96 | 56.53% | 41.64% | D+14.9 | 61.84% | 34.14% | D+27.7 | D |
| 97 | 32.15% | 66.25% | R+34.1 | 41.38% | 54.28% | R+12.9 | R |
| 98 | 30.33% | 68.23% | R+37.9 | 34.80% | 61.14% | R+26.3 | R |
| 99 | 71.34% | 27.36% | D+44 | 74.04% | 22.41% | D+51.6 | D |
| 100 | 75.08% | 23.78% | D+51.3 | 76.18% | 20.68% | D+55.5 | D |
| 101 | 47.33% | 51.24% | R+3.9 | 54.22% | 41.58% | D+12.6 | D |
| 102 | 38.64% | 59.59% | R+20.9 | 45.67% | 49.43% | R+3.8 | R |
| 103 | 22.68% | 75.95% | R+53.3 | 26.93% | 69.29% | R+42.4 | R |
| 104 | 30.82% | 67.93% | R+37.1 | 40.21% | 56.12% | R+15.9 | R |
| 105 | 50.77% | 48.36% | D+2.4 | 52.14% | 44.88% | D+7.3 | R |
| 106 | 42.29% | 56.44% | R+14.1 | 49.74% | 47.07% | D+2.7 | R |
| 107 | 45.20% | 53.22% | R+8 | 53.78% | 42.22% | D+11.6 | R |
| 108 | 38.64% | 59.72% | R+21.1 | 48.10% | 47.65% | D+0.5 | R |
| 109 | 38.25% | 60.84% | R+22.6 | 43.64% | 53.70% | R+10.1 | R |
| 110 | 38.67% | 60.44% | R+21.8 | 38.94% | 58.73% | R+19.8 | R |
| 111 | 49.19% | 49.81% | R+0.6 | 50.02% | 47.45% | D+2.6 | R |
| 112 | 30.34% | 68.53% | R+38.2 | 28.46% | 69.09% | R+40.6 | R |
| 113 | 70.01% | 29.34% | D+40.7 | 70.93% | 27.16% | D+43.8 | D |
| 114 | 24.42% | 74.28% | R+49.9 | 27.08% | 69.78% | R+42.7 | R |
| 115 | 25.05% | 73.96% | R+48.9 | 21.86% | 75.71% | R+53.8 | R |
| 116 | 22.38% | 75.96% | R+53.6 | 21.50% | 74.72% | R+53.2 | R |
| 117 | 43.85% | 54.33% | R+10.5 | 46.06% | 49.44% | R+3.4 | D |
| 118 | 70.03% | 27.73% | D+42.3 | 72.30% | 23.85% | D+48.4 | D |
| 119 | 39.17% | 58.60% | R+19.4 | 43.90% | 51.13% | R+7.2 | D |
| 120 | 37.24% | 61.81% | R+24.6 | 35.23% | 62.85% | R+27.6 | R |
| 121 | 34.55% | 64.38% | R+29.8 | 33.78% | 63.33% | R+29.6 | R |
| 122 | 25.27% | 73.58% | R+48.3 | 27.39% | 68.99% | R+41.6 | R |
| 123 | 30.23% | 68.67% | R+38.4 | 32.20% | 64.30% | R+32.1 | R |
| 124 | 68.87% | 30.10% | D+38.8 | 67.16% | 29.95% | D+37.2 | D |
| 125 | 64.05% | 35.27% | D+28.8 | 61.49% | 36.47% | D+25 | D |
| 126 | 71.14% | 28.33% | D+42.8 | 67.70% | 30.69% | D+37 | D |
| 127 | 71.70% | 27.73% | D+44 | 69.62% | 28.60% | D+41 | D |
| 128 | 58.68% | 40.74% | D+17.9 | 53.91% | 45.01% | D+8.9 | D |
| 129 | 34.82% | 64.33% | R+29.5 | 30.56% | 67.28% | R+36.7 | R |
| 130 | 41.36% | 57.52% | R+16.2 | 38.50% | 59.23% | R+20.7 | R |
| 131 | 30.10% | 69.02% | R+38.9 | 26.45% | 71.84% | R+45.4 | R |
| 132 | 52.31% | 46.76% | D+5.5 | 47.39% | 50.36% | R+3 | D |
| 133 | 26.96% | 72.09% | R+45.1 | 26.40% | 71.27% | R+44.9 | R |
| 134 | 32.39% | 66.58% | R+34.2 | 33.09% | 63.59% | R+30.5 | R |
| 135 | 75.20% | 24.15% | D+51.1 | 71.83% | 25.62% | D+46.2 | D |
| 136 | 76.64% | 22.90% | D+53.7 | 74.36% | 23.45% | D+50.9 | D |
| 137 | 61.33% | 38.05% | D+23.3 | 57.56% | 40.47% | D+17.1 | D |
| 138 | 49.61% | 49.57% | D+0 | 44.79% | 53.44% | R+8.7 | D |
| 139 | 62.73% | 36.73% | D+26 | 56.98% | 41.79% | D+15.2 | D |
| 140 | 42.66% | 56.37% | R+13.7 | 36.47% | 61.24% | R+24.8 | R |
| 141 | 33.52% | 65.50% | R+32 | 35.91% | 61.38% | R+25.5 | R |
| 142 | 72.69% | 26.82% | D+45.9 | 69.80% | 28.67% | D+41.1 | D |
| 143 | 72.80% | 26.38% | D+46.4 | 72.74% | 24.59% | D+48.2 | D |
| 144 | 37.33% | 61.88% | R+24.5 | 33.67% | 64.40% | R+30.7 | R |
| 145 | 49.55% | 49.52% | D+0 | 45.42% | 52.08% | R+6.7 | R |
| 146 | 33.17% | 65.78% | R+32.6 | 33.28% | 63.67% | R+30.4 | R |
| 147 | 42.82% | 55.88% | R+13.1 | 45.91% | 50.87% | R+5 | R |
| 148 | 36.88% | 62.49% | R+25.6 | 32.66% | 65.69% | R+33 | R |
| 149 | 34.99% | 64.01% | R+29 | 28.75% | 69.67% | R+40.9 | R |
| 150 | 38.10% | 61.18% | R+23.1 | 34.09% | 64.38% | R+30.3 | R |
| 151 | 56.09% | 43.44% | D+12.7 | 52.05% | 46.87% | D+5.2 | R |
| 152 | 27.10% | 72.15% | R+45 | 24.18% | 74.01% | R+49.8 | R |
| 153 | 65.09% | 34.35% | D+30.7 | 64.29% | 34.03% | D+30.3 | D |
| 154 | 64.12% | 35.37% | D+28.7 | 61.05% | 37.84% | D+23.2 | D |
| 155 | 32.85% | 66.34% | R+33.5 | 27.89% | 70.48% | R+42.6 | R |
| 156 | 27.90% | 71.11% | R+43.2 | 23.40% | 75.08% | R+51.7 | R |
| 157 | 31.00% | 68.11% | R+37.1 | 25.57% | 72.59% | R+47 | R |
| 158 | 40.23% | 59.08% | R+18.8 | 34.85% | 63.53% | R+28.7 | R |
| 159 | 36.50% | 62.45% | R+25.9 | 31.08% | 66.39% | R+35.3 | R |
| 160 | 34.41% | 64.13% | R+29.7 | 30.97% | 65.40% | R+34.4 | R |
| 161 | 30.32% | 68.49% | R+38.2 | 31.61% | 65.21% | R+33.6 | R |
| 162 | 71.15% | 27.88% | D+43.3 | 69.50% | 27.89% | D+41.6 | D |
| 163 | 72.75% | 26.10% | D+46.7 | 73.06% | 23.61% | D+49.4 | D |
| 164 | 41.85% | 57.06% | R+15.2 | 41.94% | 54.18% | R+12.2 | R |
| 165 | 66.44% | 32.76% | D+33.7 | 68.06% | 29.12% | D+38.9 | D |
| 166 | 29.14% | 69.78% | R+40.6 | 31.24% | 65.39% | R+34.2 | R |
| 167 | 32.87% | 66.15% | R+33.3 | 30.01% | 67.57% | R+37.6 | R |
| 168 | 64.64% | 34.46% | D+30.2 | 59.49% | 37.96% | D+21.5 | D |
| 169 | 31.08% | 67.86% | R+36.8 | 25.60% | 72.82% | R+47.2 | R |
| 170 | 30.62% | 68.45% | R+37.8 | 26.38% | 71.80% | R+45.4 | R |
| 171 | 41.06% | 58.25% | R+17.2 | 36.53% | 62.23% | R+25.7 | R |
| 172 | 35.73% | 63.65% | R+27.9 | 31.21% | 67.02% | R+35.8 | R |
| 173 | 43.69% | 55.72% | R+12 | 40.54% | 57.80% | R+17.3 | R |
| 174 | 30.98% | 68.00% | R+37 | 26.14% | 71.93% | R+45.8 | R |
| 175 | 32.86% | 66.33% | R+33.5 | 36.55% | 61.37% | R+24.8 | R |
| 176 | 33.55% | 65.50% | R+32 | 29.41% | 68.46% | R+39.1 | R |
| 177 | 66.82% | 32.35% | D+34.5 | 51.94% | 45.63% | D+6.3 | D |
| 178 | 16.00% | 82.80% | R+66.8 | 12.05% | 86.54% | R+74.5 | R |
| 179 | 42.01% | 57.11% | R+15.1 | 39.66% | 57.92% | R+18.3 | R |
| 180 | 33.80% | 64.90% | R+31.1 | 30.05% | 66.93% | R+36.9 | R |
| Total | 45.51% | 53.33% | R+7.8 | 45.89% | 51.05% | R+5.2 | - |
| Source: Daily Kos | |||||||
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Justia, "2023 Georgia Code § 21-2-224 - Registration deadlines; restrictions on voting in primaries; official list of electors; voting procedure when portion of county changed from one county to another," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ Two Public Service Commissioner were scheduled to be on the ballot in 2022, but were removed from the general election ballot following a U.S. District Court decision.
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ State of Georgia, "Vote in Person on Election Day," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "How-to Guide: Registering to Vote," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ Georgia.gov, "Registering to Vote," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Georgia Automatic Voter Registration Surges After Web Fix," May 24, 2022
- ↑ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Automatic registration leads to surge of new Georgia voters," April 29, 2019
- ↑ Justia, "Georgia Code, Section 21-2-216," accessed July 2, 2025
- ↑ AP News, "Kansas hopes to resurrect proof-of-citizenship voting law," accessed October 6, 2019
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Pew Trusts, "'Proof of Citizenship' Voting Laws May Surge Under Trump," November 16, 2017
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Georgia Voter Registration Application," accessed November 14, 2024
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "Georgia Voter Identification Requirements," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ This includes colleges, universities, and technical colleges.
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Georgia.gov, "Vote by Absentee Ballot," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
