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Georgia Secretary of State election, 2022 (June 21 Democratic primary runoff)
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| Filing deadline: March 11, 2022 |
| Primary: May 24, 2022 Primary runoff: June 21, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 Pre-election incumbent(s): Brad Raffensperger (Republican) |
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| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Georgia |
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A Democratic Party primary runoff took place on June 21, 2022, in Georgia to determine which candidate would earn the right to run as the party's nominee in the state's Secretary of State election on November 8, 2022.
Bee Nguyen advanced from the Democratic primary runoff for Georgia Secretary of State.
This page focuses on Georgia's Democratic Party Secretary of State primary runoff. For more in-depth information on the Republican primary, Democratic primary, and general election, see the following pages:
- Georgia Secretary of State election, 2022 (May 24 Republican primary)
- Georgia Secretary of State election, 2022 (May 24 Democratic primary)
- Georgia Secretary of State election, 2022
Candidates and election results
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Georgia Secretary of State
Bee Nguyen defeated Dee Dawkins-Haigler in the Democratic primary runoff for Georgia Secretary of State on June 21, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bee Nguyen | 77.0 | 198,511 |
 | Dee Dawkins-Haigler | 23.0 | 59,310 | |
| Total votes: 257,821 | |||
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State profile
| Demographic data for Georgia | ||
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| Georgia | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 10,199,398 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 57,513 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 60.2% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 30.9% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 3.6% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 2.1% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 9.1% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 85.4% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 28.8% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $49,620 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 21.1% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Georgia. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Georgia
Georgia voted Republican in six out of the seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, five are located in Georgia, accounting for 2.43 percent of the total pivot counties.[1]
Pivot Counties (2020)
In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Georgia had five Retained Pivot Counties, 2.76 percent of all Retained Pivot Counties.
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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