2024 Georgia State Senate election

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2024 Georgia State Senate election
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  2022 November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)2026 

All 56 seats in the Georgia State Senate
29 [lower-alpha 1] seats needed for a majority
  Georgia State Senator Steve Gooch (cropped).png Gloria Butler.jpg
Leader Steve Gooch Gloria Butler (retiring)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat30th55th
Last election3323
Seats neededSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 5

Incumbent Majority leader

Steve Gooch
Republican



Elections to the Georgia State Senate will be held on November 5, 2024, alongside the other 2024 United States elections. All 56 seats are up for election. [1]

Contents

Retirements

Democrats

  1. District 34: Valencia Seay retired.
  2. District 38: Horacena Tate retired.
  3. District 55: Gloria Butler retired.

Republicans

  1. District 49: Shelly Echols retired.

Special Elections

District 11

Dean Burke, first elected in 2012, resigned on December 31, 2022 to be a chief medical officer of the Georgia Department of Community Health. [2]

Georgia's 11th Senate district, 2023 special election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sam Watson 10,099 76.04
Democratic Mary Weaver-Anderson3,04822.95
Libertarian John H. Monds1351.01
Total votes13,282 100.0
Republican hold

District 30

Mike Dugan, first elected in 2012, resigned on January 3rd, 2024 to run for Georgia's 3rd Congressional District for 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia. [4]

Georgia's 30th Senate district, 2024 special election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Bearden 4,548 58.87
Democratic Ashley Kecskes Godwin1,32717.18
Republican Robert Bob Smith98912.80
Republican Renae Bell86211.16
Total votes7,726 100.0
Republican hold

Predictions

Results summary

District2020 Pres. [6] IncumbentCandidates [7] Result
MemberPartyFirst electedRunning
1R +13.0 Ben Watson Republican2015Yes
  • TBD (Republican)
Republican primary
  • Ben Watson (Republican)
  • Beth Majeroni (Republican)
Republican hold
2D +45.4 Derek Mallow Democratic2023Yes
Democratic hold
3R +31.6 Mike Hodges Republican2023Yes
Republican hold
4R +32.7 Billy Hickman Republican2020Yes
Republican hold
5D +46.4 Sheikh Rahman Democratic2019Yes
6R +40.6 Matt Brass Republican2017Yes
  • Matt Brass (Republican)
  • Jenny Enderlin (Democratic)
7D +16.8 Nabilah Islam Democratic2023Yes
Republican primary
  • Fred Clayton (Republican)
  • J. Gregory Howard (Republican)
  • Louis Ligon (Republican)
  • Clara Richardson-Olguin (Republican)
8R +29.3 Russ Goodman Republican2021Yes
Republican hold
9D +20.4 Nikki Merritt Democratic2021Yes
10D +69.9 Emanuel Jones Democratic2005Yes
11R +29.2 Sam Watson Republican2023Yes
Republican hold
12D +16.2 Freddie Sims Democratic2009Yes
Democratic hold
13R +40.4 Carden Summers Republican2020Yes
Republican hold
14D +19.9 Josh McLaurin Democratic2023Yes
Democratic hold
15D +33.2 Ed Harbison Democratic1993Yes
Democratic hold
16R +27.9 Marty Harbin Republican2015Yes
17D +48.4 Gail Davenport Democratic2011Yes
Democratic hold
18R +22.2 John F. Kennedy Republican2015Yes
Republican hold
19R +49.3 Blake Tillery Republican2017Yes
Republican hold
20R +31.0 Larry Walker III Republican2015Yes
  • TBD (Republican)
Republican primary
Republican hold
21R +32.2 Brandon Beach Republican2013Yes
Democratic primary
  • Lillia Michelle Lionel (Democratic)
  • Tracey Verhoeven (Democratic)
22D +41.9 Harold V. Jones II Democratic2015Yes
Democratic hold
23R +14.7 Max Burns Republican2021Yes
  • Max Burns (Republican)
  • Shayna Boston (Democratic)
24R +34.1 Lee Anderson Republican2017Yes
Republican hold
25R +23.7 Rick Williams Republican2023Yes
  • TBD (Republican)
Republican primary
  • Rick Williams (Republican)
  • Leland Jake Olinger (Republican)
Republican hold
26D +28.4 David Lucas Democratic2013Yes
Democratic hold
27R +37.9 Greg Dolezal Republican2019Yes
28D +48.7 Donzella James Democratic2009Yes
  • TBD (Democratic)
Democratic primary
  • Donzella James (Democratic)
  • Terracia Tee Wilkinson (Democratic)
Democratic hold
29R +24.7 Randy Robertson Republican2019Yes
30R +29.2 Tim Bearden Republican2024Yes
  • Tim Bearden (Republican)
  • Wanda Cooper (Democratic)
31R +33.0 Jason Anavitarte Republican2021Yes
Republican hold
32R +12.7 Kay Kirkpatrick Republican2017Yes
  • TBD (Republican)
Republican primary
Republican hold
33D +30.2 Michael Rhett Democratic2015Yes
  • TBD (Democratic)
Democratic primary
Democratic hold
34D +64.7 Valencia Seay Democratic2003No
  • TBD (Democratic)
  • Andrew E. Honeycutt (Republican)
Democratic primary
  • Herman "Drew" Andrews (Democratic)
  • Tyriq T Jackson (Democratic)
  • Xe Ross (Democratic)
  • Valencia Stovall (Democratic)
  • Melody Totten (Democratic)
  • Kenya Wicks (Democratic)
  • Daymetrie Williams (Democratic)
35D +57.1 Jason Esteves Democratic2023Yes
Democratic hold
36D +78.2 Nan Orrock Democratic2007Yes
  • TBD (Democratic)
Democratic primary
  • Nan Orrock (Democratic)
  • Michel Powell (Democratic)
Democratic hold
37R +10.7 Ed Setzler Republican2023Yes
Democratic primary
  • Sadia Ali (Democratic)
  • Vanessa Ella Parker (Democratic)
38D +56.4 Horacena Tate Democratic1999No
  • TBD (Democratic)
Democratic primary
  • Nate Green (Democratic)
  • Rashaun Kemp (Democratic)
  • Nkoyo Effiong Lewis (Democratic)
  • Ralph Long Iii (Democratic)
  • Darryl "Dj" Terry Ii (Democratic)
  • Richard N Wright (Democratic)
Democratic hold
39D +71.1 Sonya Halpern Democratic2021Yes
Democratic hold
40D +29.3 Sally Harrell Democratic2019Yes
  • TBD (Democratic)
  • Amelia K. Siamomua (Republican)
Democratic primary
41D +68.8 Kim Jackson Democratic2021Yes
  • TBD (Democratic)
  • Jeff Newlin (Republican)
Democratic primary
  • Kim Jackson (Democratic)
  • Tyion Fields (Democratic)
42R +18.4 Brian Strickland Republican2018Yes
43D +49.3 Tonya Anderson Democratic2017Yes
Democratic hold
44D +79.0 Elena Parent Democratic2015Yes
  • TBD (Democratic)
Democratic primary
  • Elena Parent (Democratic)
  • Nadine Thomas (Democratic)
Democratic hold
45R +16.9 Clint Dixon Republican2021Yes
Republican hold
46R +18.2 Bill Cowsert Republican2007Yes
47R +18.3 Frank Ginn Republican2011Yes
  • TBD (Republican)
  • Conolus Scott (Democratic)
Republican primary
  • Frank Ginn (Republican)
  • Ross Harvin (Republican)
48R +3.2 Shawn Still Republican2023Yes
  • Shawn Still (Republican)
  • Ashwin Ramaswami (Democratic)
49R +44.1 Shelly Echols Republican2023No
  • TBD (Republican)
Republican primary
  • Josh Clark (Republican)
  • Drew Echols (Republican)
Republican hold
50R +62.2 Bo Hatchett Republican2021Yes
51R +64.2 Steve Gooch Republican2011Yes
Republican hold
52R +46.2 Chuck Hufstetler Republican2013Yes
Republican hold
53R +58.9 Colton Moore Republican2023Yes
  • TBD (Republican)
  • Bart Alexander Bryant (Democratic)
Republican primary
54R +52.5 Chuck Payne Republican2017Yes
Republican hold
55D +56.0 Gloria Butler Democratic1999No
  • TBD (Democratic)
  • Mary Williams Benefield (Republican)
Democratic primary
  • Robin Biro (Democratic)
  • Iris Hamilton (Democratic)
  • Randal Mangham (Democratic)
  • Osborn Murray Iii (Democratic)
  • Verdaillia Turner (Democratic)
56R +12.3 John Albers Republican2011Yes

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Notes

  1. Because the Lieutenant Governor has the power to break ties in the Senate, a Senate majority requires either 29 seats or 28 seats with control of the Lieutenant Governor's office.

See also