Georgia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)

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Georgia's 2nd Congressional District
Democratic primary Republican primary Republican primary runoff General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 8, 2024
Primary: May 21, 2024 Primary runoff: June 18, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 General runoff: December 3, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Georgia
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic DDHQ and The Hill: Likely Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
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A Republican Party primary took place on May 21, 2024, in Georgia's 2nd Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.

A. Wayne Johnson and Chuck Hand advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 2.

All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies. As of June 2024, 45 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 55.0%-45.0%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 54.7%-44.4%.

Georgia conducted redistricting between the 2022 and 2024 elections. As a result, district lines in this state changed. To review how redistricting took place in Georgia and to see maps of the new districts, click here. For a list of all states that drew new district lines between 2022 and 2024, click here.

Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
March 8, 2024	May 21, 2024	November 5, 2024

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.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

• Georgia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary runoff)
• Georgia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)
• Georgia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

Candidates and election results

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 2

A. Wayne Johnson and Chuck Hand advanced to a runoff. They defeated Michael Nixon and Regina Liparoto in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 2 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		A. Wayne Johnson	44.6	14,152
✔		Chuck Hand	32.0	10,136
		Michael Nixon	18.7	5,924
	Submit photo	Regina Liparoto	4.7	1,493

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,705
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tracy Taylor (R)

Candidate profiles

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Michael Nixon

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "I am focused on fighting for quality education, economic growth, and protecting the next generation. I'm passionate about a balanced budget and fighting to rein in federal spending. These are not just empty promises, but goals that we will work tirelessly to achieve. I believe in the power of unity and collaboration, and I am eager to listen to your ideas, concerns, and aspirations. I believe in transparency in government."

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Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

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Fiscal Responsibility

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Transparency in Government

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America First

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Georgia District 2 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Georgia

Election information in Georgia: May 21, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: April 22, 2024
• By mail: Received by April 22, 2024
• Online: April 22, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

• In-person: May 10, 2024
• By mail: Received by May 10, 2024
• Online: May 10, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

• In-person: May 21, 2024
• By mail: Received by May 21, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

April 29, 2024 to May 17, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (EST)

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Chuck Hand	Republican Party	$57,889	$57,889	$0	As of September 11, 2024
A. Wayne Johnson	Republican Party	$599,567	$598,266	$1,861	As of December 31, 2024
Regina Liparoto	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Michael Nixon	Republican Party	$45,779	$40,087	$5,943	As of May 1, 2024
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

• District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting ahead of the 2024 election.
• Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
• State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

• District map
• Competitiveness
• Presidential elections
• State party control

Below is the district map used in the 2022 election next to the map in place for the 2024 election. Click on a map below to enlarge it.

2022

2024

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Georgia.

Georgia U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Year	Districts/ offices	Seats	Open seats	Candidates	Possible primaries	Contested Democratic primaries	Contested Republican primaries	% of contested primaries	Incumbents in contested primaries	% of incumbents in contested primaries
2024	14	14	1	54	28	8	4	42.9%	3	23.1%
2022	14	14	2	82	28	8	9	60.7%	8	61.5%
2020	14	14	3	77	28	8	8	57.1%	5	45.5%
2018	14	14	0	48	28	8	5	46.4%	5	35.7%
2016	14	14	1	44	28	2	7	32.1%	5	38.5%
2014	14	14	3	49	28	3	8	39.3%	5	45.5%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Georgia in 2024. Information below was calculated on April 2, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Fifty-five candidates ran for Georgia’s 14 U.S. House districts, including 30 Democrats and 25 Republicans. That’s 3.9 candidates per district, lower than the 5.9 candidates per district in 2022 and the 5.5 in 2020.

This was the first election to take place after Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) signed revised congressional maps into law on Dec. 8, 2023.

The 3rd Congressional District was the only open district in 2024, meaning no incumbents filed to run. That’s one less than in 2022, when two seats were open. There were three open seats in 2020, none in 2018, one in 2016, and three in 2014.

Incumbent Drew Ferguson (R-3rd) did not run for re-election because he retired from public office.

As a result of redistricting in Georgia, two incumbents ran for re-election in different districts than the ones they represented. Lucy McBath (D-7th) ran in the 6th Congressional District and Rich McCormick (R-6th) ran in the 7th Congressional District.

Nine candidates—seven Democrats and two Republicans—ran for the 13th Congressional District, the most candidates that ran for a seat in 2024.

Twelve primaries—eight Democratic and four Republican—were contested in 2024. Seventeen primaries were contested in 2022, 16 primaries were contested in 2020, and 13 were in 2018.

Three incumbents—two Democrats and one Republican—were in contested primaries, the fewest this decade.

Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all 14 districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Georgia's 2nd the 185th most Democratic district nationally.

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Georgia's 2nd based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
54.7%	44.4%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district. The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline	Republican Baseline	Difference
51.2	48.1	R+3.1

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Georgia, 2020

Georgia presidential election results (1900-2020)

• 20 Democratic wins
• 10 Republican wins
• 1 other win

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	AI	R	D	D	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D

See also: Party control of Georgia state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Georgia's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Georgia
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	5	7
Republican	0	9	9
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	14	16

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Georgia's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Georgia, May 2024
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Brian Kemp
Lieutenant Governor	Burt Jones
Secretary of State	Brad Raffensperger
Attorney General	Chris Carr

State legislature

Georgia State Senate

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	23
	Republican Party	32
	Other	0
	Vacancies	1
Total		56

Georgia House of Representatives

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	78
	Republican Party	100
	Independent	0
	Other	0
	Vacancies	2
Total		180

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Georgia Party Control: 1992-2024
Eleven years of Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty 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
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
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
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

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Georgia in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Georgia, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Georgia	U.S. House	Ballot-qualified party	N/A	$5,220.00	3/8/2024	Source
Georgia	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	27,992	$5,220.00	7/9/2024	Source

See also

• Georgia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)
• Georgia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
• United States House elections in Georgia, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primaries)
• United States House elections in Georgia, 2024 (May 21 Republican primaries)
• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2024
• United States House Republican Party primaries, 2024
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2024
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2024

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Footnotes

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Georgia's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jon Ossoff (D)

Raphael Warnock (D)

Representatives

District 1

Earl Carter (R)

District 2

Sanford Bishop (D)

District 3

Brian Jack (R)

District 4

Hank Johnson (D)

District 5

Nikema Williams (D)

District 6

Lucy McBath (D)

District 7

Rich McCormick (R)

District 8

Austin Scott (R)

District 9

Andrew Clyde (R)

District 10

Mike Collins (R)

District 11

Barry Loudermilk (R)

District 12

Rick Allen (R)

District 13

David Scott (D)

District 14

Marjorie Greene (R)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (7)

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