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Chatham County, Georgia, elections, 2022
Chatham County, Georgia, held elections for local offices in 2022. Click the links below to learn more:
- County election candidates
- School board election candidates
- Judicial election candidates
- How to vote in the election
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County elections and candidates
November 8, 2022 (General)
May 24, 2022 (Primary)
School board elections and candidates
June 21, 2022 (Primary Runoff)
May 24, 2022 (Primary)
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Savannah-Chatham County Board of Public Education District 8
Savannah-Chatham County Public School System school board District 8
- Tonia Howard-Hall (Nonpartisan)
- Jasmine Polley (Nonpartisan)
- Tonia Howard-Hall (Nonpartisan)
Judicial elections and candidates
May 24, 2022 (Primary)
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Georgia
Demographics
| Demographic Data for Chatham County, Georgia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chatham County | Georgia | |
| Population | 265,128 | 9,687,653 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 433 | 57,716 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 52.7% | 58.6% |
| Black/African American | 39.9% | 31.6% |
| Asian | 2.6% | 4% |
| Native American | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Other (single race) | 1.5% | 2.8% |
| Multiple | 2.9% | 2.6% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 6.4% | 9.5% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 89.9% | 87.1% |
| College graduation rate | 33.6% | 31.3% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $56,842 | $58,700 |
| Persons below poverty level | 15.1% | 15.1% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019). | ||
| **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 election results by county, 2012-2020
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
| County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
Following the 2020 presidential election, 45.4% of Georgians lived in one of the state's 122 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 35.4% lived in one of 27 Solid Democratic counties. Overall, Georgia was New Democratic, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Georgia following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.
| Georgia county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid Republican | 122 | 45.4% | |||||
| Solid Democratic | 27 | 35.4% | |||||
| Trending Democratic | 3 | 18.3% | |||||
| Trending Republican | 6 | 0.6% | |||||
| New Republican | 1 | 0.2% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 30 | 53.8% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 129 | 46.2% | |||||
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