2022 Georgia Attorney General election

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2022 Georgia Attorney General election
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  2018 November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)2026 
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Candidate Chris Carr Jen Jordan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,032,5001,826,437
Percentage51.9%46.6%

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Carr:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Jordan:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%

Attorney General before election

Chris Carr
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Chris Carr
Republican

The 2022 Georgia Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Georgia. Incumbent Republican attorney general Christopher M. Carr was appointed to the office on November 1, 2016, following the resignation of Sam Olens to become the president of Kennesaw State University. [1] Carr ran for a second full term in office. [2] Carr won re-election over state senator Jen Jordan by a margin of 5.3 points.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • John Gordon, businessman and lawyer [3]

Endorsements

John Gordon
U.S. Executive Branch officials

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Chris
Carr
John
Gordon
Undecided
Landmark Communications May 22, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%49%24%27%
ARW Strategies (R) April 30 – May 1, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%25%9%66%
Landmark Communications April 9–10, 2022660 (LV)± 3.8%32%17%52%

Results

Results by county
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Carr
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
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Results by county
  Carr
  •   50–60%
      60–70%
      70–80%
      80–90%
Republican primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris Carr (incumbent) 834,383 73.75%
Republican John Gordon297,03726.25%
Total votes1,131,420 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Christian Wise Smith, lawyer [7]

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jen Jordan 533,266 77.60%
Democratic Christian Wise Smith153,92822.40%
Total votes687,194 100.0%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [17] Lean RNovember 3, 2022
Elections Daily [18] Likely RNovember 1, 2022

Endorsements

Polling

Graphical summary
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Chris
Carr (R)
Jen
Jordan (D)
OtherUndecided
Landmark Communications November 4–7, 20221,214 (LV)± 2.8%47%43%6% [lower-alpha 2] 4%
The Trafalgar Group (R) November 4–6, 20221,103 (LV)± 2.9%51%42%3% [lower-alpha 3] 3%
The Trafalgar Group (R) October 8–11, 20221,084 (LV)± 2.9%46%37%4% [lower-alpha 4] 13%
SurveyUSA September 30 – October 4, 20221,076 (LV)± 3.7%40%36%4%20%
University of Georgia September 5–16, 2022861 (LV)± 3.3%45%35%5%16%
The Trafalgar Group (R) August 24–27, 20221,079 (LV)± 2.9%48%40%4%8%
SurveyUSA July 21–24, 2022604 (LV)± 5.3%38%34%4%24%

Results

2022 Georgia Attorney General election [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Chris Carr (incumbent) 2,032,500 51.86% +0.56%
Democratic Jen Jordan 1,826,43746.60%-2.10%
Libertarian Martin Cowen60,1071.53%N/A
Total votes3,919,044 100.0%
Republican hold

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Cowen with 6%
  3. Cowen with 3%
  4. Cowen with 4%

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