Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner

	Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner
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	General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$165,000
2025 FY Budget:	$243,417,883
Term limits:	None
	Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	Georgia Code, 25-2-3
Selection Method:	Elected
	Current Officeholder(s)
	Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John King; Republican Party; Assumed office: July 1, 2019
	Elections
Next election:	November 3, 2026
Last election:	November 8, 2022
	Other Georgia Executive Offices
	Governor•Lieutenant Governor•Secretary of State•Attorney General•Treasurer•Auditor•Superintendent of Schools•Agriculture Commissioner•Insurance Commissioner•Natural Resources Commissioner•Labor Commissioner•Public Service Commission

The Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner is a state executive position in the Georgia state government. The commissioner heads the Georgia Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner, which is responsible for regulating the state's insurance industry and ensuring fire safety in the state. The commissioner is elected to four-year terms in federal midterm election years.^[1]

Current officeholder

The current Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner is John King (R). King assumed office in 2019.

Authority

The office of insurance commissioner, though mentioned in the Georgia Constitution, is formally established in state law.^[2]

Georgia Code, 33-2-1

There is created the Insurance Department of the State of Georgia. The chief officer of such department shall be the Commissioner of Insurance.

Qualifications

Per Article V, Section 3, Paragraph II of the Georgia Constitution, the commissioner of insurance must, at the time of his election:

Have been a citizen of the U.S. for 10 years
A legal resident of Georgia for four years
25 years old

Georgia Constitution, Article V, Section 3, Paragraph II

(a) No person shall be eligible to the office of the Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School Superintendent, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Agriculture, or Commissioner of Labor unless such person shall have been a citizen of the United States for ten years and a legal resident of the state for four years immediately preceding election or appointment and shall have attained the age of 25 years by the date of assuming office. All of said officers shall take such oath and give bond and security, as prescribed by law, for the faithful discharge of their duties. ^[3]

Elections

Georgia state government organizational chart

The commissioner is elected "at the same time and hold[s] [his] office for the same term as the governor."

Georgia Constitution, Article V, Section 3, Paragraph I

The Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School Superintendent, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Commissioner of Labor shall be elected in the manner prescribed for the election of members of the General Assembly and the electors shall be the same. Such executive officers shall be elected at the same time and hold their offices for the same term as the Governor. ^[3]

Term limits

There are no term limits for the office of insurance commissioner.

2022

See also: Georgia Insurance Commissioner election, 2022

General election

General election for Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner

Incumbent John King defeated Janice Laws Robinson in the general election for Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	John King (R)	54.1	2,107,388
	Janice Laws Robinson (D)	45.9	1,788,136

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,895,524
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner

Janice Laws Robinson defeated Raphael Baker in the Democratic primary runoff for Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner on June 21, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Janice Laws Robinson	63.7	158,734
	Raphael Baker	36.3	90,317

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 249,051
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner

Janice Laws Robinson and Raphael Baker advanced to a runoff. They defeated Matthew Wilson in the Democratic primary for Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner on May 24, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Janice Laws Robinson	48.7	326,524
✔	Raphael Baker	33.1	221,783
	Matthew Wilson	18.2	122,192

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 670,499
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner

Incumbent John King defeated Patrick Witt and Ben Cowart in the Republican primary for Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John King	70.6	780,649
		Patrick Witt	16.7	185,257
	Submit photo	Ben Cowart	12.7	140,150

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,106,056
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