2014 Georgia State Senate election

2014 Georgia State Senate election

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All 56 seats in the Georgia State Senate 28 (with Lt. Gov.) seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader David Shafer Steve Henson Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 14, 2013 June 20, 2011 Leader's seat District 48 District 41 Last election 38 18 Seats after 38 18 Seat change Popular vote 1,374,263 833,090 Percentage 62.26% 37.74%
President Pro Tempore before election David Shafer Republican Elected President Pro Tempore David Shafer Republican

The 2014 Georgia State Senate election was held on November 4, 2014, to determine which party would control the Georgia State Senate for the following two years in the 153rd Georgia General Assembly. All 56 seats in the Georgia State Senate were up for election and the primary occurred on May 20, 2014. Prior to the election, 38 seats were held by Republicans and 18 seats were held by Democrats. The general election saw neither party gain nor lose any seats, meaning that Republicans retained their majority in the State Senate. ^{[1] [2]}

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing [3]	Safe R	October 20, 2014

Retirements

Democrats

1. District 22: Hardie Davis retired to successfully run for Mayor of Augusta-Richmond County.
2. District 42: Jason Carter retired to unsuccessfully run for Governor of Georgia.

Republicans

1. District 1: Buddy Carter retired to successfully run for Georgia's 1st congressional district.
2. District 8: Tim Golden retired.
3. District 13: John Crosby retired.
4. District 16: Ronnie Chance retired.
5. District 18: Cecil Staton retired.

Defeated incumbents

In primary

Democrats

1. District 33: Steve Thompson lost renomination to Michael Rhett.

Republicans

1. District 9: Don Balfour lost renomination to P. K. Martin IV.
2. District 27: Jack Murphy lost renomination to Michael Williams.

Results

District 1

District 1 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Watson	35,707	100.0%
Total votes			35,707	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 2

District 2 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lester Jackson (incumbent)	31,447	100.0%
Total votes			31,447	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 3

District 3 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Ligon (incumbent)	30,485	100.0%
Total votes			30,485	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 4

District 4 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Hill (incumbent)	30,345	100.0%
Total votes			30,345	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 5

District 5 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Curt Thompson (incumbent)	17,974	100.0%
Total votes			17,974	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 6

District 6 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hunter Hill (incumbent)	29,383	60.85%
	Democratic	Antron D. Johnson	18,904	39.15%
Total votes			48,287	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 7

District 7 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tyler Harper (incumbent)	28,190	100.0%
Total votes			28,190	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 8

District 8 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	C. Ellis Black	21,345	61.36%
	Democratic	Bikram K. Mohanty	13,441	38.64%
Total votes			34,786	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 9

District 9 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	P. K. Martin IV	36,764	66.94%
	Democratic	Timothy Andrew Swiney	18,155	33.06%
Total votes			54,919	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 10

District 10 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emanuel Jones (incumbent)	49,120	100.0%
Total votes			49,120	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 11

District 11 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dean Burke (incumbent)	29,867	100.0%
Total votes			29,867	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 12

District 12 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Freddie Sims (incumbent)	34,419	100.0%
Total votes			34,419	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 13

District 13 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Kirk	32,601	100.0%
Total votes			32,601	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 14

District 14 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Thompson (incumbent)	37,011	100.0%
Total votes			37,011	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 15

District 15 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Harbison (incumbent)	27,469	100.0%
Total votes			27,469	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 16

District 16 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marty Harbin	44,647	100.0%
Total votes			44,647	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 17

District 17 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Jeffares (incumbent)	40,436	100.0%
Total votes			40,436	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 18

District 18 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John F. Kennedy	40,313	100.0%
Total votes			40,313	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 19

District 19 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tommie Williams (incumbent)	27,053	100.0%
Total votes			27,053	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 20

District 20 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ross Tolleson (incumbent)	32,726	70.19%
	Democratic	Sheikh M. Rahman	13,902	29.81%
Total votes			46,628	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 21

District 21 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brandon Beach (incumbent)	47,179	100.0%
Total votes			47,179	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 22

District 22 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold V. Jones II	32,914	100.0%
Total votes			32,914	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 23

District 23 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jesse Stone (incumbent)	27,374	61.09%
	Democratic	Diane Brack Evans	17,434	38.91%
Total votes			44,808	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 24

District 24 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Jackson (incumbent)	37,836	70.94%
	Democratic	Brenda J. Jordan	15,501	29.06%
Total votes			53,337	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 25

District 25 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Burt Jones (incumbent)	39,607	100.0%
Total votes			39,607	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 26

District 26 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Lucas (incumbent)	31,606	100.0%
Total votes			31,606	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 27

District 27 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Williams	49,624	100.0%
Total votes			49,624	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 28

District 28 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Crane (incumbent)	35,440	72.42%
	Democratic	Cynthia Conradt Bennett	13,497	27.58%
Total votes			48,937	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 29

District 29 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joshua McKoon (incumbent)	30,394	65.98%
	Democratic	Brian P. Roslund	15,668	34.02%
Total votes			46,062	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 30

District 30 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Dugan (incumbent)	31,122	72.51%
	Democratic	James Harrison Nixon	11,801	27.49%
Total votes			42,923	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 31

District 31 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Heath (incumbent)	29,647	73.02%
	Democratic	Charles L. R. Winter	10,952	26.98%
Total votes			40,599	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 32

District 32 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Judson Hill (incumbent)	55,758	100.0%
Total votes			55,758	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 33

District 33 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Rhett	30,951	100.0%
Total votes			30,951	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 34

District 34 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Valencia Seay (incumbent)	36,219	100.0%
Total votes			36,219	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 35

District 35 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donzella James (incumbent)	36,530	74.83%
	Republican	Francisco X. R. Artley	12,285	25.17%
Total votes			48,815	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 36

District 36 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nan Orrock (incumbent)	39,501	100.0%
Total votes			39,501	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 37

District 37 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lindsey Tippins (incumbent)	44,825	100.0%
Total votes			44,825	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 38

District 38 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Horacena Tate (incumbent)	42,492	100.0%
Total votes			42,492	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 39

District 39 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vincent Fort (incumbent)	38,714	83.51%
	Republican	Robert W. Tindall	7,642	16.49%
Total votes			46,356	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 40

District 40 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fran Millar (incumbent)	30,705	62.61%
	Democratic	Tamara Y. Johnson	18,339	37.39%
Total votes			49,044	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 41

District 41 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Henson (incumbent)	32,378	100.0%
Total votes			32,378	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 42

District 42 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elena Parent	39,791	74.42%
	Republican	Gregory E. Williams	13,680	25.58%
Total votes			53,471	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 43

District 43 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald Ramsey Sr. (incumbent)	38,812	100.0%
Total votes			38,812	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 44

District 44 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gail Davenport (incumbent)	45,385	100.0%
Total votes			45,385	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 45

District 45 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Renee Unterman (incumbent)	39,361	100.0%
Total votes			39,361	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 46

District 46 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Cowsert (incumbent)	38,846	100.0%
Total votes			38,846	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 47

District 47 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Ginn (incumbent)	33,936	100.0%
Total votes			33,936	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 48

District 48 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Shafer (incumbent)	30,445	100.0%
Total votes			30,445	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 49

District 49 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Butch Miller (incumbent)	37,782	100.0%
Total votes			37,782	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 50

District 50 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Wilkinson (incumbent)	36,833	100.0%
Total votes			36,833	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 51

District 51 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Gooch (incumbent)	44,589	100.0%
Total votes			44,589	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 52

District 52 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Hufstetler (incumbent)	30,959	100.0%
Total votes			30,959	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 53

District 53 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Mullis (incumbent)	28,771	100.0%
Total votes			28,771	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 54

District 54 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charlie Bethel (incumbent)	25,016	100.0%
Total votes			25,016	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 55

District 55 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloria Butler (incumbent)	44,687	100.0%
Total votes			44,687	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 56

District 56 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Albers (incumbent)	34,734	69.72%
	Democratic	Akhtar Sadiq	15,087	30.28%
Total votes			49,821	100.0%
	Republican hold

References

1. "Georgia State Senate elections, 2014". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved December 13, 2025.
2. "State Election Results". results.sos.ga.gov. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2025.
3. Luzer, Daniel (October 20, 2014). "Only a Few 2014 Legislative Races Are Competitive". Governing. Retrieved December 13, 2025.