2018 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2018 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Nominee Geoff Duncan Sarah Riggs Amico
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,949,4561,823,118
Percentage51.63%48.37%
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Duncan     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%     >90%
Amico:     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%     >90%
Tie:     50%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Casey Cagle
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Geoff Duncan
Republican

The 2018 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the lieutenant governor of Georgia, concurrently with the 2018 gubernatorial election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Contents

Then-incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Casey Cagle chose to not run for re-election in order to run for governor. [1]

Republican primary

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

Defeated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Geoff Duncan

U.S. senators

State representatives

Individuals

Rick Jeffares

U.S. representatives

State senators

State representatives

  • Dave Belton, state representative [7]
  • Shaw Blackmon, state representative [7]
  • Geoff Cauble, state representative [7]
  • John Corbett, state representative [7]
  • Robert Dickey, state representative [7]
  • Matt Hatchett, state representative [7]
  • David Knight, state representative [7]
  • Dominic LaRiccia, state representative [7]
  • Jodi Lott, state representative [7]
  • Karen Mathiak, state representative [7]
  • John Meadows III, state representative [7]
  • Chad Nimmer, state representative [7]
  • Jay Powell, state representative [7]
  • Trey Rhodes, state representative [7]
  • Dale Rutledge, state representative [7]
  • Jason Shaw, state representative [7]
  • Andy Welch, state representative [7]
  • Bill Werkheiser, state representative [7]
David Shafer

U.S. senators

U.S. representatives

State senators

State representatives

Statewide officials

Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Geoff
Duncan		Rick
Jeffares		David
Shafer		Undecided
University of Georgia [38] April 19–26, 2018507± 4.4%12%7%14%65%
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Shafer
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Duncan
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
Jeffares
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%

Results

Duncan 50-60% 60-70% Shafer 50-60% 60-70% 2018 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial Republican primary runoff results map by county.svg
Duncan
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Shafer
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Republican primary results [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Shafer 268,221 48.91
Republican Geoff Duncan 146,163 26.65
Republican Rick Jeffares134,04724.44
Total votes548,431 100.0

Runoff

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Geoff
Duncan		David
Shafer		Undecided
Rosetta Stone [40] June 7, 2018400± 4.9%19%46%35%

Results

Republican primary runoff results [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Geoff Duncan 280,465 50.14
Republican David Shafer278,86849.86
Total votes559,333 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Sarah Riggs Amico, businesswoman [42]
  • Triana Arnold James, small business owner and veteran [43]

Declined

Endorsements

Sarah Riggs Amico

Individuals

Organizations

Triana Arnold James
Amico 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% James 50-60% 60-70% 2018 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial Democratic primary results map by county.svg
Amico
  •   50-60%
  •   60-70%
  •   70-80%
  •   80-90%
James
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Sarah
Amico		Triana
James		Undecided
University of Georgia [52] April 12–18, 2018473± 4.5%10%20%70%

Results

Democratic primary results [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sarah Riggs Amico 278,662 55.24
Democratic Triana Arnold James225,75844.76
Total votes504,420 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Geoff Duncan (R)

State politicians

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Geoff
Duncan (R)		Sarah Riggs
Amico (D)		Undecided
University of Georgia [55] September 30 – October 9, 20181,232± 2.8%45%39%15%
Landmark Communications [56] October 1, 2018964± 3.2%48%46%6%
Gravis Marketing [57] July 27–29, 2018650± 3.8%41%43%15%

Results

2018 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Geoff Duncan 1,951,738 51.63% –6.36
Democratic Sarah Riggs Amico1,828,56648.37%+6.36
Total votes3,780,304 100.00%
Republican hold

By congressional district

Duncan won nine of 14 congressional districts. [59]

DistrictDuncanRiggs AmicoRepresentative
1st 58%42% Buddy Carter
2nd 45%55% Sanford Bishop
3rd 65%35% Drew Ferguson
4th 21%79% Hank Johnson
5th 13%87% John Lewis
6th 49.9%50.1% Lucy McBath
7th 51%49% Rob Woodall
8th 65%35% Austin Scott
9th 80%20% Doug Collins
10th 63%37% Jody Hice
11th 61%39% Barry Loudermilk
12th 59%41% Rick W. Allen
13th 24%76% David Scott
14th 76%24% Tom Graves

Irregularities

There was a significant drop-off in votes between the election for governor, which counted 3,939,409 votes, to the lieutenant governor election, with 3,780,304 votes. The undervote, larger than that seen in other statewide races, was found by the Coalition for Good Governance to have occurred in predominantly African American neighborhoods, but only with touchscreen voting machines, not absentee ballots. The change in votes was statistically significant compared to the typical smaller undervote in white areas. [60] [61]

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