2022 Georgia Attorney General election

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2022 Georgia Attorney General election
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Candidate Chris Carr Jen Jordan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,032,5001,826,437
Percentage51.86%46.60%
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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

Incumbent Republican Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr faced criticism from former president Donald Trump and other Republican officials for his refusal to pursuit a lawsuit over the disputed results of the 2020 United States presidential election in Georgia. [3] He was faced in the primary by businessman John Gordon, who Trump subsequently endorsed.

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • John Gordon, businessman and lawyer [4]

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

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Results by county
  Carr
  •   50–60%
      60–70%
      70–80%
      80–90%
Republican primary results [6]
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 [8]

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary results [6]
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 [18] Lean RNovember 3, 2022
Elections Daily [19] 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 [23]
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

By congressional district

Carr won 9 of 14 congressional districts. [24]

DistrictCarrJordanRepresentative
1st 59%40% Buddy Carter
2nd 47%52% Sanford Bishop
3rd 67%32% Drew Ferguson
4th 22%77% Hank Johnson
5th 18%81% Nikema Williams
6th 61%37% Lucy McBath (117th Congress)
Rich McCormick (118th Congress)
7th 39%59% Carolyn Bourdeaux (117th Congress)
Lucy McBath (118th Congress)
8th 67%32% Austin Scott
9th 72%27% Andrew Clyde
10th 63%35% Jody Hice (117th Congress)
Mike Collins (118th Congress)
11th 60%38% Barry Loudermilk
12th 58%41% Rick Allen
13th 19%80% David Scott
14th 70%29% Marjorie Taylor Greene

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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