2022 Georgia gubernatorial election

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2022 Georgia gubernatorial election
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Nominee Brian Kemp Stacey Abrams
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,111,5721,813,673
Percentage53.41%45.88%
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Kemp:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Abrams:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
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Governor before election

Brian Kemp
Republican

Elected Governor

Brian Kemp
Republican

The 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Georgia. Incumbent Republican Governor Brian Kemp won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams in a rematch. Abrams conceded on election night. [1] The primary occurred on May 24, 2022. [2] Kemp was sworn in for a second term on January 9, 2023.

Contents

Kemp was endorsed by former vice president Mike Pence and former president George W. Bush. He faced a primary challenge from former U.S. Senator David Perdue, who was endorsed by former president Donald Trump after Kemp refused to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Trump ultimately gave Kemp a last-minute endorsement in the general election. [3]

Stacey Abrams, the former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives and founder of Fair Fight Action who was narrowly defeated by Kemp in the 2018 gubernatorial election, was once again the Democratic nominee for the governorship. This was Georgia's first gubernatorial rematch since 1950. [4]

Libertarian Shane T. Hazel, the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020, also declared he would run. [5] This race was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Kemp won his first term by a narrow 55,000-vote margin (1.4%) in 2018, which was Georgia's closest gubernatorial election since 1966. In 2022, however, pre-election forecasting showed a solid lead for Kemp throughout and he ultimately won re-election by nearly 300,000 votes (7.5%) - the largest raw vote victory for a Georgia governor since 2006. The race was seen as a potential benefit to Herschel Walker, who ran in the concurrent Senate race, as it was speculated Kemp's strong performance could help Walker avoid a runoff. He underperformed compared to Kemp, however, and narrowly lost to incumbent Democratic senator Raphael Warnock in the December 6 runoff election. [6]

Republican primary

Incumbent governor Brian Kemp faced criticism from former president Donald Trump for his refusal to overturn the results of the 2020 United States presidential election. Kemp was booed at the Georgia Republican Convention in June 2021, [7] and in December former senator David Perdue announced a primary challenge to Kemp and was promptly endorsed by Trump. Initial polling showed a competitive race, however, Kemp significantly outraised his opponent and signed conservative legislation such as permitless carry of firearms and a temporary suspension of the gas tax that shored up his position among voters, and on election day, he won by over 50 points, a margin far larger than predicted. [8] [9] [10]

Candidates

Nominee

Former U.S. Senator David Perdue finished second in the primary. David Perdue, Official Portrait, 114th Congress (cropped).jpg
Former U.S. Senator David Perdue finished second in the primary.

Eliminated in primary

  • Catherine Davis, HR professional [13]
  • David Perdue, former U.S. senator from Georgia (2015–2021) [14] [15] [16] [3]
  • Kandiss Taylor, conservative commentator, host of the "Jesus, Guns, and Babies" show, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020 [17]
  • Tom Williams, civil service retiree [18]

Withdrawn

Declined

Debates

2022 Georgia gubernatorial Republican primary election debates
No.DateOrganizerLocation P  Participant  A  Absent (invited)  I  Invited  N  Not invitedSource
Catherine Davis Brian Kemp David Perdue Kandiss Taylor Tom Williams
1April 24, 2022 WSB-TV Atlanta NPPNN [24]
2April 28, 2022 WTOC-TV Savannah NPPNN [25]
3May 2, 2022Atlanta Press Club,
Georgia Public Broadcasting 		AtlantaPPPPP [18] [26]

Endorsements

Vernon Jones (withdrew)

Executive Branch officials

Local officials

Individuals

Brian Kemp

Executive Branch officials

U.S. Governors

State officials

Municipal officials

Organizations

David Perdue

Executive Branch officials

Governors

U.S. representatives

State legislators

Kandiss Taylor

Organizations

Individuals

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of April 30, 2022
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Brian Kemp (R)$22,427,829$11,687,287$10,740,541
David Perdue (R)$3,475,864$2,577,546$898,318
Source: Georgia Campaign Finance Commission [46]

Polling

Graphical summary

Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregation		Dates
administered		Dates
updated		Brian
Kemp		David
Perdue		Kandiss
Taylor		Other
[a] 		Margin
Real Clear Politics [47] May 20–23, 2022May 24, 202254.7%35.3%5.3%4.7%Kemp +19.4
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Brian
Kemp		Vernon
Jones		David
Perdue		Kandiss
Taylor		OtherUndecided
The Trafalgar Group (R) [48] May 21–23, 20221,074 (LV)± 2.9%52%–38%5%1% [c] 4%
Landmark Communications (R) [49] May 22, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%60%–30%5%1% [d] 4%
InsiderAdvantage (R) [50] May 20–21, 2022750 (LV)± 3.6%52%–38%6%1% [e] 4%
Fox News [51] May 12–16, 20221,004 (LV)± 3.0%60%–28%6%2% [f] 3%
ARW Strategies (R) [52] April 30 – May 1, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%59%–22%7%2% [g] 11%
InsiderAdvantage (R) [53] April 28 – May 1, 2022750 (LV)± 3.6%54%–38%4%2% [h] 2%
SurveyUSA [54] April 22–27, 2022559 (LV)± 4.9%56%–31%3%2% [i] 8%
University of Georgia [55] April 10–22, 2022886 (LV)± 3.3%53%–27%4%1% [j] 15%
Guidant Polling & Strategy (R) [56] [A] April 18–21, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%57%–31%––12%
Landmark Communications (R) [57] April 9–10, 2022660 (LV)± 3.8%52%–28%10%1% [k] 10%
Spry Strategies (R) [58] April 6–10, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%47%–35%3%1% [l] 14%
University of Georgia [59] March 20 – April 8, 2022~329 (LV)± 5.4%48%–37%2%1% [m] 12%
Emerson College [60] April 1–3, 2022509 (LV)± 4.3%43%–32%2%6% [n] 17%
Cygnal (R) [61] [B] March 30–31, 2022825 (LV)± 3.4%49%–33%5%1% [o] 12%
BK Strategies (R) [62] March 6–8, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%48%–33%–4%14%
Fox News [63] March 2–6, 2022914 (LV)± 3.0%50%–39%–4%6%
American Viewpoint (R) [64] March 1–3, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%51%–35%–6%8%
InsiderAdvantage (R) [65] February 28 – March 1, 2022750 (LV)± 3.6%44%–35%3%3% [p] 15%
The Trafalgar Group (R) [66] February 11–13, 20221,072 (LV)± 3.0%49%–40%3%1% [q] 8%
February 7, 2022Jones withdraws from the race
Quinnipiac University [67] January 19–24, 2022666 (LV)± 3.8%43%10%36%4%1% [r] 5%
InsiderAdvantage (R) [68] December 6, 2021500 (LV)± 4.4%41%11%22%4%–23%
American Viewpoint (R) [69] [C] December 1–6, 20211,050 (LV)± 3.0%54%12%22%–3%7%
The Trafalgar Group (R) [70] September 2–4, 20211,076 (LV)± 3.0%48%25%–7%1% [s] 19%
Fabrizio Lee (R) [71] [D] August 11–12, 2021500 (LV)± 4.4%41%19%16%3%<1% [t] 20%
Hypothetical polling

Runoff polling
Doug Collins vs. Brian Kemp

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Doug
Collins		Brian
Kemp		Undecided
UNLV Business School [72] December 30, 2020 – January 3, 2021209 (LV)± 7.0%29%48%23%
The Trafalgar Group (R) [73] December 25–27, 2020– (LV)–53%32%16%

Marjorie Taylor Greene vs. Brian Kemp

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Marjorie Taylor
Greene		Brian
Kemp		Undecided
UNLV Business School [72] December 30, 2020 – January 3, 2021209 (LV)± 7.0%14%60%26%

Brian Kemp vs. David Perdue

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Brian
Kemp		David
Perdue		Undecided
Emerson College [60] April 1–3, 2022509 (LV)± 4.3%44%39%16%
Cygnal (R) [61] [B] March 30–31, 2022825 (LV)± 3.4%52%37%10%
Fabrizio Lee (R) [74] [E] December 7–9, 2021800 (LV)± 3.5%44%47%9%
Fabrizio Lee (R) [71] [D] August 11–12, 2021500 (LV)± 4.4%46%40%14%

Brian Kemp vs. Herschel Walker

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Brian
Kemp		Herschel
Walker		Undecided
UNLV Business School [72] December 30, 2020 – January 3, 2021209 (LV)± 7.0%50%25%25%

Results

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Results by county:
  Kemp
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Republican primary results [75]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Kemp (incumbent) 888,078 73.72%
Republican David Perdue 262,38921.78%
Republican Kandiss Taylor41,2323.42%
Republican Catherine Davis9,7780.81%
Republican Tom Williams3,2550.27%
Total votes1,204,742 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Declined

Endorsements

Stacey Abrams

U.S. senators

State officials

Labor unions

Organizations

Results

Democratic primary results [75]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stacey Abrams 727,168 100.0%
Total votes727,168 100.0%

Independent and third-party candidates

The Libertarian nominee, Shane Hazel Shane Hazel at GA-07 Debate (cropped).jpg
The Libertarian nominee, Shane Hazel

Declared

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [90] Lean RJuly 22, 2022
Inside Elections [91] Lean RNovember 3, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [92] Likely RNovember 7, 2022
Politico [93] Lean ROctober 3, 2022
RCP [94] Lean RSeptember 20, 2022
Fox News [95] Lean RSeptember 20, 2022
FiveThirtyEight [96] Likely ROctober 27, 2022
Elections Daily [97] Likely RNovember 7, 2022

Debates

2022 Georgia gubernatorial debates
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic Libertarian
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Non-invitee  I Invitee  W  Withdrawn
Brian Kemp Stacey Abrams Shane Hazel
1Oct. 17, 2022 11 Alive PPP
2Oct. 30, 2022 WSB-TV PPN

Endorsements

Brian Kemp (R)
Executive Branch officials

U.S. senators

U.S. representatives

U.S. Governors

State officials

State officials

Municipal officials

Individuals

Organizations

Stacey Abrams (D)

Executive Branch officials

U.S. senators

U.S. representatives

U.S. Governors

State officials

Labor unions

Organizations

Individuals

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2022
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Brian Kemp (R)$44,593,500$40,666,892$3,926,608
Stacey Abrams (D)$54,021,428$53,951,027$70,400
Source: Georgia Campaign Finance Commission [46]

Polling

Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregation		Dates
administered		Dates
updated		Brian
Kemp (R)		Stacey
Abrams (D)		Other
[u] 		Margin
Real Clear Politics [133] November 1–7, 2022November 8, 202252.8%44.5%2.7%Kemp +8.3
FiveThirtyEight [134] February 6 – November 8, 2022November 8, 202252.2%44.4%3.4%Kemp +7.8
270ToWin [135] November 7, 2022November 8, 202252.2%45.0%4.5%Kemp +6.3
Average52.4%44.6%3.0%Kemp +7.8

Graphical summary

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Brian
Kemp (R)		Stacey
Abrams (D)		OtherUndecided
Landmark Communications [136] November 4–7, 20221,214 (LV)± 2.8%52%46%2% [v] 1%
InsiderAdvantage (R) [137] November 6, 2022550 (LV)± 4.2%50%45%1% [w] 4%
Research Co. [138] November 4–6, 2022450 (LV)± 4.6%51%44%1% [x] 4%
The Trafalgar Group (R) [139] November 4–6, 20221,103 (LV)± 2.9%53%44%2% [y] 1%
Data for Progress (D) [140] November 2–6, 20221,474 (LV)± 3.0%54%45%2% [z] –
Targoz Market Research [141] November 2–6, 2022579 (LV)± 4.0%56%42%3% [aa] –
East Carolina University [142] November 2–5, 20221,077 (LV)± 3.5%53%46%1% [ab] 1%
Amber Integrated (R) [143] November 1–2, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%52%43%1% [ac] 3%
Remington Research Group (R) [144] November 1–2, 20221,150 (LV)± 2.8%55%41%1% [ad] 3%
Echleon Insights [145] October 31 – November 2, 2022550 (LV)± 5.4%50%43%3% [ae] 4%
Marist College [146] October 31 – November 2, 20221,168 (RV)± 3.9%51%45%<1% [af] 4%
1,009 (LV)± 4.2%53%45%–2%
SurveyUSA [147] October 29 – November 2, 20221,171 (LV)± 3.7%52%45%1% [ag] 2%
Patinkin Research Strategies (D) [148] [F] October 30 – November 1, 2022700 (RV)± 3.7%49%47%2% [ah] 2%
Emerson College [149] October 28–31, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%52%46%2% [ai] 1%
52%46%2% [aj] –
Seven Letter Insight [150] October 24–31, 2022762 (LV)± 3.6%49%44%4% [ak] 4%
Fox News [151] October 26–30, 20221,002 (RV)± 3.0%49%43%3% [al] 5%
InsiderAdvantage (R) [152] October 27, 2022550 (LV)± 4.2%52%43%1% [am] 5%
Siena College/NYT [153] October 24–27, 2022604 (LV)± 4.8%50%45%1% [an] 4%
University of Georgia [154] October 16–27, 20221,022 (LV)± 3.1%51%44%2% [ao] 3%
Rasmussen Reports (R) [155] October 23–24, 20221,053 (LV)± 3.0%51%41%––
The Trafalgar Group (R) [156] [G] October 21–23, 20221,076 (LV)± 2.9%52%45%3% [ap] –
East Carolina University [157] October 13–18, 2022905 (LV)± 3.8%51%44%2% [aq] 3%
Landmark Communications [158] October 15–17, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%51%45%2% [ar] 2%
Data for Progress (D) [159] October 13–17, 2022984 (LV)± 3.0%53%43%1% [as] 4%
InsiderAdvantage (R) [160] October 16, 2022550 (LV)± 4.2%50%43%2% [at] 5%
Wick Insights [161] October 8–14, 20221,018 (LV)± 3.1%52%43%2% [au] 3%
Civiqs [162] October 8–11, 2022717 (LV)± 4.6%51%46%1% [av] 1%
The Trafalgar Group (R) [163] October 8–11, 20221,084 (LV)± 2.9%53%44%2% [aw] 2%
Quinnipiac University [164] October 7–10, 20221,157 (LV)± 2.9%50%49%1% [ax] 1%
Emerson College [165] October 6–7, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%51%46%1% [ay] 2%
InsiderAdvantage (R) [166] October 4, 2022550 (LV)± 4.2%50%45%2% [az] 3%
SurveyUSA [167] September 30 – October 4, 20221,076 (LV)± 3.7%47%45%3% [ba] 5%
University of Georgia [168] September 25 – October 4, 20221,030 (LV)± 3.1%51%41%2% [bb] 6%
Fox News [169] September 22–26, 20221,011 (RV)± 3.0%50%43%4% [bc] 4%
Data for Progress (D) [170] September 16–20, 20221,006 (RV)± 3.0%51%44%3% [bd] 2%
YouGov/CBS News [171] September 14–19, 20221,178 (RV)± 4.0%52%46%2% [be] 0%
Patinkin Research Strategies (D) [172] [F] September 14–18, 2022600 (RV)± 4.0%50%47%2%2%
University of Georgia [173] September 5–16, 2022861 (LV)± 3.3%50%42%2%6%
Marist College [174] September 12–15, 20221,202 (RV)± 3.6%50%44%2% [bf] 4%
992 (LV)± 4.0%53%42%2% [bg] 2%
Survey Monkey (D) [175] [H] September 9–12, 2022949 (RV)± 3.0%45%46%–9%
542 (LV)± 3.0%49%47%–5%
Quinnipiac University [176] September 8–12, 20221,278 (LV)± 2.7%50%48%1%1%
InsiderAdvantage (R) [177] September 6–7, 2022550 (LV)± 4.2%50%42%2% [bh] 6%
Echelon Insights [178] August 31 – September 7, 2022751 (LV)± 4.4%47%48%–5%
Emerson College [179] August 28–29, 2022600 (LV)± 3.9%48%44%6%2%
TargetSmart (D) [180] [I] August 22–29, 20222,327 (LV)± 3.1%48%46%2% [bi] 3%
The Trafalgar Group (R) [163] August 24–27, 20221,079 (LV)± 2.9%51%44%2% [bj] 4%
Phillips Academy [181] August 3–7, 2022971 (RV)± 3.1%51%44%–5%
Research Affiliates (D) [182] [J] July 26 – August 1, 2022420 (LV)± 4.8%47%47%–6%
InsiderAdvantage (R) [183] July 26–27, 2022750 (LV)± 3.6%49%44%5% [bk] 2%
Fox News [184] July 22–26, 2022901 (RV)± 3.0%47%44%1%7%
SurveyUSA [185] July 21–24, 2022604 (LV)± 5.3%45%44%4%7%
University of Georgia [186] July 14–22, 2022902 (LV)± 3.3%48%43%2% [bl] 7%
Beacon Research (D) [187] [K] July 5–20, 20221,003 (RV)± 3.1%45%44%1%7%
602 (LV)± 4.0%51%43%1%5%
Fabrizio Ward (R)/Impact Research (D) [188] July 5–11, 20221,197 (LV)± 4.4%52%45%–3%
Cygnal (R) [189] [C] July 5–7, 20221,200 (LV)± 2.7%50%45%–5%
Data for Progress (D) [190] July 1–6, 20221,131 (LV)± 3.0%53%44%–3%
Change Research (D) [191] [L] June 24–27, 2022704 (LV)± 3.7%49%47%–4%
Quinnipiac University [192] June 23–27, 20221,497 (RV)± 2.5%48%48%1%3%
Moore Information Group (R) [193] [M] June 11–16, 2022800 (LV)± 3.0%51%44%–5%
East Carolina University [194] June 6–9, 2022868 (RV)± 3.9%51%45%2%2%
TargetSmart (D) [195] [I] Late May 2022– (LV)–51%43%2%4%
SurveyUSA [196] April 22–27, 20221,278 (LV)± 3.4%50%45%–5%
Cygnal (R) [197] [B] April 6–9, 2022800 (LV)± 3.4%50%44%–6%
Emerson College [60] April 1–3, 20221,013 (RV)± 3.0%51%44%–5%
Wick [198] February 2–6, 20221,290 (LV)± 2.7%49%44%–7%
Quinnipiac University [67] January 19–24, 20221,702 (RV)± 2.4%49%47%–3%
University of Georgia [199] January 13–24, 2022872 (RV)± 3.3%48%41%1%8%
Redfield & Wilton Strategies [200] November 9, 2021753 (RV)± 3.6%44%41%3%6%
733 (LV)47%44%3%4%
UNLV Business School [72] December 30, 2020 – January 3, 2021550 (LV)± 4.0%44%40%–16%
Hypothetical polling

Vernon Jones vs. Stacey Abrams

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Vernon
Jones (R)		Stacey
Abrams (D)		OtherUndecided
Redfield & Wilton Strategies [200] November 9, 2021753 (RV)± 3.6%37%42%2%12%
733 (LV)40%45%2%9%

Doug Collins vs. Stacey Abrams

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Doug
Collins (R)		Stacey
Abrams (D)		Undecided
UNLV Business School [72] December 30, 2020 – January 3, 2021550 (LV)± 4.0%44%42%14%

David Perdue vs. Stacey Abrams

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		David
Perdue (R)		Stacey
Abrams (D)		OtherUndecided
SurveyUSA [196] April 22–27, 20221,278 (LV)± 3.4%49%46%–5%
Cygnal (R) [197] [B] April 6–9, 2022800 (LV)± 3.4%47%48%–5%
Emerson College [60] April 1–3, 20221,013 (RV)± 3.0%49%44%–7%
Wick [198] February 2–6, 20221,290 (LV)± 2.7%47%45%–8%
Quinnipiac University [67] January 19–24, 20221,702 (RV)± 2.4%48%48%1%3%
University of Georgia [199] January 13–24, 2022872 (RV)± 3.3%47%43%2%6%

Marjorie Taylor Greene vs. Stacey Abrams

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Marjorie Taylor
Greene (R)		Stacey
Abrams (D)		Undecided
UNLV Business School [72] December 30, 2020 – January 3, 2021550 (LV)± 4.0%41%42%16%

Herschel Walker vs. Stacey Abrams

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Herschel
Walker (R)		Stacey
Abrams (D)		Undecided
UNLV Business School [72] December 30, 2020 – January 3, 2021550 (LV)± 4.0%43%41%16%

Results

2022 Georgia gubernatorial election swing map by county.svg
2022 Georgia gubernatorial election trend map by county.svg
2022 Georgia gubernatorial election [201]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Brian Kemp (incumbent) 2,111,572 53.41% +3.19%
Democratic Stacey Abrams 1,813,67345.88%−2.95%
Libertarian Shane T. Hazel28,1630.71%−0.24%
Total votes3,953,408 100.00%
Turnout 3,964,92657.02%
Registered electors 6,953,485
Republican hold

By county

By county
County Brian Kemp
Republican 		Stacey Abrams
Democratic 		Shane Hazel
Libertarian 		MarginTotal votes
#%#%#%#%
Appling 5,55282.831,13116.87200.304,42165.966,703
Atkinson 1,76778.6746720.79120.531,30057.882,246
Bacon 3,31289.0139310.56160.432,91978.453,721
Baker 75560.0250039.7530.2425520.271,258
Baldwin 7,98753.246,91346.081020.681,0747.1615,002
Banks 6,65190.796078.29680.936,04482.507,326
Barrow 21,83374.197,30924.842880.9814,52449.3529,430
Bartow 31,52878.838,13720.343320.8323,39158.4939,997
Ben Hill 3,41266.671,68032.83260.511,73233.845,118
Berrien 5,20986.5477212.83380.634,43773.716,019
Bibb 22,39641.3231,51458.142900.54-9,11816.8254,200
Bleckley 3,88680.8788318.38360.753,00362.494,805
Brantley 5,41692.443936.71500.853,02385.735,859
Brooks 3,64464.591,95934.72390.691,68329.875,642
Bryan 12,18871.674,67627.501420.837,51269.1717,006
Bulloch 16,06768.117,35231.161720.738,71536.9523,591
Burke 4,68555.333,72043.94620.7396511.398,467
Butts 7,22374.502,42024.96520.544,80349.549,695
Calhoun 79346.2491953.5930.17-1267.351,715
Camden 12,49469.625,26429.331871.047,23040.2917,945
Candler 2,66674.8588524.85110.311,78150.003,562
Carroll 32,09573.4011,25825.753740.8620,83747.6543,727
Catoosa 20,00981.664,25517.372390.9815,75464.2924,503
Charlton 2,65477.9472821.38230.681,92656.563,405
Chatham 46,59343.8258,97855.477580.71-12,38511.65106,329
Chattahoochee 58357.1642741.86100.9815615.301,020
Chattooga 6,47183.911,19215.46490.645,27968.457,712
Cherokee 89,32274.2029,89324.831,1590.9659,42949.37120,374
Clarke 13,09132.4726,90166.733240.80-13,81034.2640,316
Clay 57050.6255349.1130.27171.511,126
Clayton 11,30613.4472,39986.054310.51-61,09372.6184,136
Clinch 1,66878.9043320.48130.611,23558.422,114
Cobb 147,69847.31161,87251.852,6450.85-14,1744.54312,215
Coffee 8,81874.073,02125.38660.555,79748.6911,905
Colquitt 9,86078.272,68421.30540.437,17656.9712,598
Columbia 43,43767.2720,61731.935180.8022,82035.3464,572
Cook 4,13874.461,38724.96320.582,75149.505,557
Coweta 45,37671.2017,84728.015030.7927,52943.1963,726
Crawford 3,63375.141,17124.22310.642,46250.924,835
Crisp 4,29667.952,01331.84130.212,28336.116,322
Dade 4,96985.0380713.81681.164,16271.225,844
Dawson 12,01085.921,82713.071411.0110,18372.8513,978
Decatur 5,65963.713,19135.92330.372,46827.798,883
DeKalb 54,52218.28241,90181.111,8060.61-187,37962.83298,229
Dodge 5,08776.731,51822.90250.383,56953.836,630
Dooly 1,86056.601,41643.09100.3044413.513,286
Dougherty 8,52431.9118,09167.73940.35-9,56735.8226,709
Douglas 19,71937.2532,85862.083530.67-13,13924.8352,930
Early 2,32159.391,57640.33110.2874519.063,908
Echols 95689.77948.83151.4186280.941,065
Effingham 19,55376.995,60322.062420.9513,95054.9325,398
Elbert 5,36973.311,91626.16390.533,45347.157,324
Emanuel 5,50572.802,02426.77330.443,48146.037,562
Evans 2,46773.4088226.24120.361,58547.163,361
Fannin 10,75285.081,79614.21890.708,95670.8712,637
Fayette 34,11656.5325,76942.704610.768,34713.8360,346
Floyd 23,93074.607,85524.492930.9116,07550.1132,078
Forsyth 74,11672.3527,43426.788960.8746,68245.57102,446
Franklin 7,73488.5094810.85570.656,78677.658,739
Fulton 128,16730.52289,08568.852,6320.63-160,91838.33419,884
Gilmer 11,95284.852,01014.271240.889,94270.5814,086
Glascock 1,21192.80896.8250.381,12285.981,305
Glynn 22,24566.8410,77932.392550.7711,46634.4533,279
Gordon 16,00384.642,74314.511610.8513,26070.1318,907
Grady 5,88470.542,42229.04350.423,46241.508,341
Greene 7,40270.443,06029.12460.444,34241.3210,508
Gwinnett 133,07644.44164,05154.782,3550.79-30,97510.34299,482
Habersham 14,51385.422,32213.671550.9112,19171.7516,990
Hall 56,57376.9516,29922.176440.8840,27454.7873,516
Hancock 1,07331.542,31367.99160.47-1,24036.453,402
Haralson 10,39889.251,16610.01870.759,23279.2411,651
Harris 12,92475.854,00823.521070.638,91652.3317,039
Hart 8,42679.792,03919.31950.906,38760.4810,560
Heard 3,85886.4456812.73370.833,29073.714,463
Henry 36,39238.0858,64361.365330.56-22,25123.2895,568
Houston 34,84258.8423,92840.414400.7410,91418.4359,210
Irwin 2,69578.8570220.54210.611,99358.313,418
Jackson 26,22382.255,42017.002380.7520,80365.2531,881
Jasper 5,23779.661,28619.56510.783,95160.106,574
Jeff Davis 3,86585.0864614.22320.703,21970.864,543
Jefferson 3,16250.373,08949.20270.43731.176,278
Jenkins 1,89368.2487131.40100.361,02236.842,774
Johnson 2,50474.0286725.63120.351,63748.393,383
Jones 8,58369.713,65729.70720.584,92640.0112,312
Lamar 5,73673.971,96325.31560.723,77348.667,755
Lanier 1,93273.2469126.19150.571,24147.052,638
Laurens 12,50867.435,97332.20690.376,53535.2318,550
Lee 10,09474.293,41325.12800.596,68149.1713,587
Liberty 6,06939.379,23559.911110.72-3,16620.5415,415
Lincoln 2,96674.4999224.91240.601,97449.583,982
Long 2,94466.521,44332.60390.881,50133.924,426
Lowndes 21,25661.1513,27538.192290.667,98122.9634,760
Lumpkin 10,52582.632,07016.251421.118,45566.3812,737
Macon 1,55141.052,20958.47180.48-65817.423,778
Madison 9,95579.302,50019.91990.797,45559.3912,554
Marion 1,86865.6495433.52240.8491432.122,846
McDuffie 5,28363.522,97835.81560.672,30527.718,317
McIntosh 3,57064.711,92334.86240.441,64729.855,517
Meriwether 5,70464.033,16035.47440.492,54428.568,908
Miller 1,68978.0546221.35130.601,22756.702,164
Mitchell 4,19759.522,82940.12260.371,36819.407,052
Monroe 10,31475.193,31524.17890.656,99951.0213,718
Montgomery 2,54578.8967020.77110.341,87558.123,226
Morgan 7,76475.192,47323.95890.865,29151.2410,326
Murray 10,29089.221,16010.06830.729,13079.1611,533
Muscogee 23,92540.2435,14959.113880.65-11,22418.8759,462
Newton 19,09444.5323,53154.882510.59-4,43710.3542,876
Oconee 16,55373.645,78325.731420.6310,77047.9122,478
Oglethorpe 4,99873.381,76625.93470.693,23247.456,811
Paulding 43,99265.6622,42733.475850.8721,56532.1967,004
Peach 5,54255.204,43144.14660.661,11111.0610,039
Pickens 12,93785.762,04113.531080.7210,89672.2315,086
Pierce 6,46290.046749.39410.575,78880.657,177
Pike 8,30388.041,07511.40530.567,22876.649,431
Polk 11,11781.502,42717.79960.708,69063.7113,640
Pulaski 2,45272.6790526.82170.501,54745.853,374
Putnam 7,68975.112,49724.39510.505,19250.7210,237
Quitman 55561.2635038.6310.1120522.63906
Rabun 6,76681.891,41517.13810.985,35164.768,262
Randolph 1,24348.461,31751.3550.19-742.892,565
Richmond 21,60233.6742,13065.674240.66-20,52832.0064,156
Rockdale 9,93828.4724,75670.922140.61-14,81842.4534,908
Schley 1,52681.3433918.07110.591,18763.271,876
Screven 3,42264.411,87235.23190.361,55029.185,313
Seminole 2,25574.0677325.39170.561,48248.673,045
Spalding 15,09061.869,14637.491590.655,94424.3724,395
Stephens 7,81883.171,50115.97810.866,31767.209,400
Stewart 67342.7889556.9050.32-22214.121,573
Sumter 4,92151.234,65048.41340.352712.829,605
Talbot 1,21442.391,62856.84220.77-41414.452,864
Taliaferro 32740.5247759.1130.37-15018.59807
Tattnall 5,12378.491,35920.82450.693,76457.676,527
Taylor 2,13766.451,06933.24100.311,06833.213,216
Telfair 2,43371.2996028.13200.591,47343.163,413
Terrell 1,79549.101,84050.33210.57-451.233,656
Thomas 11,06263.996,13835.51870.504,92428.4817,287
Tift 9,41872.203,54627.18800.615,87245.0213,044
Toombs 6,52276.861,92022.63440.524,60254.238,486
Towns 6,06684.481,05214.65620.865,01469.837,180
Treutlen 1,76472.0367727.6480.331,08744.392,449
Troup 14,86463.918,26235.531300.566,60228.3823,256
Turner 1,99464.341,08334.95220.7191129.393,099
Twiggs 1,98055.931,54243.56180.5143812.373,540
Union 12,12384.712,07014.461190.8310,05370.2514,312
Upson 7,09670.012,96929.29700.694,12740.7210,135
Walker 18,41483.263,50515.851980.9014,90967.4122,117
Walton 32,56776.719,57322.553120.7322,99454.1642,452
Ware 7,85573.062,82826.30690.645,02746.7610,752
Warren 1,06349.281,08150.12130.60-180.842,157
Washington 4,09852.583,66547.02310.404335.567,794
Wayne 8,17081.501,79617.92590.596,37463.5810,025
Webster 70862.3242537.4130.2628324.911,136
Wheeler 1,31872.1850127.4470.3881744.741,826
White 10,99986.401,61812.711130.899,38173.6912,730
Whitfield 20,91977.445,87421.742210.8215,04555.7027,014
Wilcox 1,99876.2361323.39100.381,38552.842,621
Wilkes 2,54561.351,58338.16200.4896223.194,148
Wilkinson 2,36658.331,67341.25170.4269317.084,056
Worth 5,64976.391,71623.20300.413,93353.197,395
Totals2,111,57253.411,813,67345.8828,1630.71297,8997.533,953,408

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Kemp won 9 of 14 congressional districts. [202]

DistrictKempAbramsRepresentative
1st 60%39% Buddy Carter
2nd 48%52% Sanford Bishop
3rd 68%31% Drew Ferguson
4th 23%77% Hank Johnson
5th 19%80% Nikema Williams
6th 63%36% Lucy McBath (117th Congress)
Rich McCormick (118th Congress)
7th 41%58% Carolyn Bourdeaux (117th Congress)
Lucy McBath (118th Congress)
8th 68%32% Austin Scott
9th 74%25% Andrew Clyde
10th 65%35% Jody Hice (117th Congress)
Mike Collins (118th Congress)
11th 62%37% Barry Loudermilk
12th 59%40% Rick Allen
13th 19%80% David Scott
14th 72%28% Marjorie Taylor Greene

Analysis

Voter demographics

Voter demographic data was collected by CNN. The voter survey is based on exit polls. [203]

2022 Georgia gubernatorial election (CNN) [203]
Demographic subgroupKempAbrams % of
total vote
Ideology
Liberals 69318
Moderates 376141
Conservatives 901041
Party
Democrats 49635
Republicans 98141
Independents 494824
Age
18–24 years old33666
25–29 years old44556
30–39 years old465314
40–49 years old475117
50–64 years old584232
65 and older623725
Gender
Men584047
Women485153
Marital status
Married603962
Unmarried395938
Race/ethnicity
White 742562
Black 99028
Latino 43556
Asian 46542
Other47473
Gender by race
White men762331
White women722730
Black men148411
Black women69317
Latino men44553
Latino women43554
Other racial/ethnic groups47504
Education
Never attended college 613816
Some college education534727
Associate degree 524716
Bachelor's degree 554323
Advanced degree435617
Education by race
White college graduates633627
White no college degree831734
Non-white college graduates237513
Non-white no college degree178225
Education by gender/race
White women with college degrees603913
White women without college degrees811817
White men with college degrees663314
White men without college degrees841618
Non-white197938
Issue regarded as most important
Crime 524713
Inflation 772236
Immigration 86137
Gun policy 425710
Abortion 247426
Abortion should be
Legal287153
Illegal891043
2020 presidential vote
Biden 69442
Trump 97248
Confident your state's elections are accurate
Very confident435634
Somewhat confident574242
Not very confident693015
Not at all confident79196
Biden legitimately won in 2020
Yes247458
No94538
Area type
Urban346520
Suburban534653
Rural673227

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ↑ Davis with 1%
  4. ↑ Davis with 1%
  5. ↑ Davis with 1%
  6. ↑ Davis with 1%, "Other" (volunteered response) with 1%
  7. ↑ Davis with 1%, Williams with 0%
  8. ↑ Davis and Williams with 1%
  9. ↑ Davis and Williams with 1%
  10. ↑ Davis with 1%, Williams with 0%
  11. ↑ Davis with 1%
  12. ↑ Davis with 1%
  13. ↑ Davis with 1%, Williams with 0%
  14. ↑ Davis with 5% and Williams with 1%
  15. ↑ Davis with 1% and Williams with 0%
  16. ↑ "Other" with 2%, Davis with 1%
  17. ↑ Garcia with 1%
  18. ↑ Davis with 1%
  19. ↑ Garcia with 1%
  20. ↑ Garcia with <1%
  21. ↑ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  22. ↑ Hazel (L) with 2%
  23. ↑ Hazel (L) with 1%
  24. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 1%
  25. ↑ Hazel (L) with 2%
  26. ↑ Hazel (L) with 2%
  27. ↑ Hazel (L) with 1%; "All others" with 2%
  28. ↑ Hazel (L) with 1%
  29. ↑ Hazel (L) with 1%
  30. ↑ Hazel (L) with 1%
  31. ↑ Hazel (L) with 3%
  32. ↑ "Another party's candidate" with <1%
  33. ↑ Hazel (L) with 1%
  34. ↑ Hazel (L) with 2%
  35. ↑ Hazel (L) with 1%; "Someone else" with 1%
  36. ↑ Hazel (L) with 1%; "Someone else" with 1%
  37. ↑ Hazel (L) with 4%
  38. ↑ "Other" with 2%; "Wouldn't vote" with 1%
  39. ↑ Hazel (L) with 1%
  40. ↑ Hazel (L) with 1%
  41. ↑ Hazel (L) with 2%
  42. ↑ Hazel (L) with 3%
  43. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 2%
  44. ↑ Hazel (L) with 2%
  45. ↑ Hazel (L) with 1%
  46. ↑ Hazel (L) with 1%; "Other" with 0%
  47. ↑ "Someone else" with 2%
  48. ↑ "Someone else" with 1%
  49. ↑ Hazel (L) with 2%
  50. ↑ "Refused" with 1%
  51. ↑ Hazel (L) with 1%; "Someone else" with <1%
  52. ↑ Hazel (L) with 2%; "Other" with <1%
  53. ↑ "Other candidate" with 3%
  54. ↑ Hazel (L) with 2%
  55. ↑ "Other" with 2%; "Wouldn't vote" with 2%
  56. ↑ Hazel (L) with 3%
  57. ↑ "Someone else" with 2%
  58. ↑ Hazel (L) with 2%
  59. ↑ Hazel (L) with 2%
  60. ↑ Hazel with 3%
  61. ↑ Hazel and "Other" with 1%
  62. ↑ Hazel with 2%; "Other" with 0%
  63. ↑ Hazel with 3%, "Other" with 2%
  64. ↑ Bartell and Hazel with 1%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ This poll was sponsored by the Georgia Leadership Coalition.
  2. 1 2 3 4 This poll was sponsored by Hardworking Georgians, which supports Kemp.
  3. 1 2 This poll was sponsored by Kemp's campaign.
  4. 1 2 This poll was sponsored by Save America PAC.
  5. ↑ This poll was sponsored by Perdue's campaign.
  6. 1 2 This poll was sponsored by Progress Georgia, an organization affiliated with the Georgia Democratic Party.
  7. ↑ This poll was sponsored by The Daily Wire .
  8. ↑ This poll was sponsored by Center Street PAC, which opposes Kemp.
  9. 1 2 This poll was sponsored by Abrams's campaign.
  10. ↑ This poll was sponsored by Charlie Bailey's campaign for lieutenant governor.
  11. ↑ This poll was sponsored by the Environmental Voter Project.
  12. ↑ This poll was sponsored by Future Majority and America’s Future Majority Fund.
  13. ↑ Poll sponsored by Walker's campaign for U.S. Senate

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The 2022 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. It coincided with various other statewide elections, including for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and Governor of Georgia. Georgia is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Georgia Attorney General election</span>

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. Carr ran for a second full term in office. Carr won re-election over state senator Jen Jordan by a margin of 5.3 points.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greg Bluestein</span> American journalist

Greg Bluestein is an American journalist, author and TV analyst who covers Georgia politics for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has also written about former President Jimmy Carter and covered regional and national news as an Atlanta-based journalist for The Associated Press. He contributes to the Political Insider blog, is an MSNBC and NBC News contributor, and is host of the Politically Georgia podcast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2026 Georgia gubernatorial election</span>

The 2026 Georgia gubernatorial election will take place on November 3, 2026 to elect the governor of Georgia. Incumbent Republican Governor Brian Kemp will be term-limited by the Georgia Constitution in 2026, and cannot seek re-election to a third consecutive term.

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