2022 Georgia state elections

2022 Georgia elections

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Several elections are planned to take place in the U.S. state of Georgia in 2022. The general election will be held on November 8, 2022, with runoffs to be held at a later date for those races which are not yet decided by majority vote. All of Georgia's executive officers and legislative seats, as well as one seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission, will be up for election as well as one of Georgia's seats in the United States Senate and all of Georgia's seats in the United States House of Representatives.

This will be the first election following the 2020 United States redistricting cycle.

Federal offices[]

United States House of Representatives[]

Following the 2020 election, Democrats held their largest share of Georgia congressional seats since 2008 (and largest in the post-2010 redistricting cycle), with the gain of the 7th district by Carolyn Bourdeaux. In addition, the number of women representing Georgia grew from 1 to 4 with the re-election of Democrat Lucy McBath and the elections of Democrats Bordeaux, Nikema Williams and Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, resulting in the first Georgia delegation with more than one woman in membership.

United States Senate[]

Incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock won the 2020–2021 special election against incumbent Republican Kelly Loeffler to fill the remainder of former Sen. Johnny Isakson's term. (Isakson had resigned at the end of 2019, and Loeffler was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp following Isakson's resignation.) No candidate in the open election on November 3 received the 50% required by Georgia law to avoid a runoff, a type of election colloquially known as a "jungle primary"^[1]—Warnock received just 32.9% of the vote—and so a runoff election between Warnock and Loeffler was held on January 5, 2021, which Warnock won with 51% of the vote.

Former Republican senator David Perdue, who lost his race to Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff in 2021, filed paperwork to run for this seat.^[2] A week after filing the paperwork, however, Perdue announced that he would not pursue another race for the Senate.^[3] Loeffler is considering running again, while former U.S. Representative Doug Collins declined to run after heavy speculation that he would enter the race.^[4][5] Herschel Walker, a professional football player, announced in August 2021 that he would join the Republican primary.^[6]

State offices[]

Governor[]

Governor Brian Kemp was elected in 2018 with 50.2% of the vote. He is running for re-election,^[7] facing primary challenges from former Democratic State Representative Vernon Jones^[8] and former U.S. Senator David Perdue.^[9]

Stacey Abrams, former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives and Democratic nominee for governor in 2018, is running for the Democratic nomination.^[10]

Lieutenant Governor[]

Republican incumbent Geoff Duncan has declined to run for a second term.^[11] Republican State Senators Butch Miller^[12] and Burt Jones^[13] have declared their candidacy, as well as Republican activist Jeanne Seaver.^[14]

Democratic State Representatives Erick Allen,^[15][16] Derrick Jackson,^[17] and Renitta Shannon^[18] have all declared their candidacy, as well as Charlie Bailey, the 2018 Democratic nominee for Georgia Attorney General.^[19]

Secretary of State[]

Incumbent Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is running for re-election,^[20] facing primary challenges from Republican Congressman Jody Hice^[21] and former Alpharetta mayor David Belle Isle.^[22]

State Representative Bee Nguyen,^[23] former Darton State College professor Manswell Peterson,^[24] and former Fulton County Commission Chair John Eaves^[25] have declared their candidacies for the Democratic nomination.

Attorney General[]

Republican incumbent Attorney General Chris Carr is running for re-election.^[26]

State Senator Jen Jordan is running for the Democratic nomination.^[27] Charlie Bailey, former Fulton County Senior Assistant District Attorney and 2018 Democratic nominee for Attorney General, withdrew as a candidate in this race to run for Lieutenant Governor.^[28][29]

Labor Commissioner[]

Mark Butler (R) is the Republican incumbent Labor Commissioner. Republican State Senator Bruce Thompson has filed paperwork to run for the position.^[30]

Declared Democratic candidates for Labor Commissioner include State Representative William Boddie,^[31] State Senator Lester Jackson,^[32] and entrepreneur and activist Nicole Horn.^[33]

State Superintendent of Schools[]

Incumbent Republican Superintendent Richard Woods is running.^[34]

Insurance and Fire Commissioner[]

Incumbent Republican Insurance Commissioner John King is running. ^[35]

Democratic State Representative Matthew Wilson^[36] has declared his candidacy.

Agriculture Commissioner[]

Incumbent Republican Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black has declined to run for re-election to run for the U.S. Senate. Republican State Senator Tyler Harper has declared his candidacy to run. Farmer Nakita Hemingway has declared her candidacy for the Democratic nomination.^[37]

Public Service Commission Seat 2[]

Incumbent Republican Commissioner Tim Echols is running for another term.^[38]

Consumer advocate and consultant Patty Durand is running for the Democratic nomination.^[39]

Public Service Commission Seat 3 (Special)[]

On July 21, 2021, Republican Fitz Johnson was appointed by Governor Kemp to fill a vacancy. Johnson, now incumbent, will run in a special election to serve the remainder of that term. ^[40]

General Assembly[]

All 56 State Senate and 180 State House seats are up for election.

District Attorneys[]

9 out of 49 judicial circuits will hold elections for district attorney.

Judicial elections[]

Three seats on the Supreme Court of Georgia will be up for nonpartisan statewide election to succeed justices David Nahmias, Carla W. McMillian and Shawn Ellen LaGrua.

Local elections[]

During the regular primary, most counties and several consolidated city-county governments will hold nonpartisan elections for mayor, select city council or county commission seats, and select board of education seats, including Columbus, Athens, and Augusta.

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