Georgia Secretary of State election, 2018

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Georgia Secretary of State election, 2018
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  2014 November 6, 2018 and December 4, 20182022 
  Brad Raffensperger.jpg John Barrow Official Headshot.jpg
Nominee Brad Raffensperger John Barrow
Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Secretary of State

Brian Kemp
Republican


The 2018 Georgia Secretary of State election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Secretary of State 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. Because no candidate received the requisite 50 percent plus one vote, the top two candidates (Democrat John Barrow and Republican Brad Raffensperger) will proceed to a runoff on December 4, 2018. [1]

Contents

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp chose not to run for re-election in order to run for governor. [2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

David Belle Isle

[10]

Buzz Brockway
State Representatives

Results

Republican primary results [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brad Raffensperger185,11534.97
Republican David Belle Isle 151,02628.53
Republican Joshua McKoon 111,90521.14
Republican Buzz Brockway 81,27215.35
Total votes529,318100

Runoff

Candidates

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
David
Belle Isle
Brad
Raffensperger
Undecided
Rosetta Stone June 7, 2018400± 4.9%24%42%34%

Results

Republican primary runoff results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brad Raffensperger 329,66761.8
Republican David Belle Isle 204,15938.2
Total votes533,826100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Barrow264,01951.52%
Democratic Dee Dawkins-Haigler151,26029.51%
Democratic RJ Hadley97,22618.97%
Total votes512,505100%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declined

  • Beth Pollack, business development manager

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Brad
Raffensperger (R)
John
Barrow (D)
Smythe
DuVal (L)
Undecided
20/20 Insights (D-Southern Majority October 31 – November 2, 2018614± 4.0%42%48%3%7%
Cygnal (R) October 27–30, 2018467± 4.4%47%45%6%2%
University of Georgia September 30 – October 9, 20181,232± 2.8%41%37%6%15%
Public Policy Polling October 5–6, 2018729± 3.0%43%41%16%
Gravis Marketing July 27–29, 2018650± 3.8%41%45%15%

Results

General election results [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brad Raffensperger1,906,58849.09
Democratic John Barrow1,890,31048.67
Libertarian Smythe DuVal86,6962.23
Total votes3,883,594100.00

Runoff

General election runoff results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brad Raffensperger
Democratic John Barrow
Total votes

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