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2018 Georgia gubernatorial election

February 15, 2024

For related races, see 2018 United States gubernatorial elections.

The 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, concurrently with other statewide and local elections to elect the next governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp won the election, defeating Democratic former State Representative Stacey Abrams.

2018 Georgia gubernatorial election
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Turnout56.80% 14.55pp
 
Nominee Brian Kemp Stacey Abrams
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,978,408 1,923,685
Percentage 50.2% 48.8%
Kemp:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Abrams:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
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The primary elections were held on May 22, 2018, and a primary runoff was held on July 24, 2018, between Republican candidates Kemp and Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle; Kemp prevailed. Incumbent Republican governor Nathan Deal was term-limited and thus could not seek a third consecutive term. Abrams won the Democratic primary with over 75% of the vote, allowing her to avoid a runoff. Kemp was the sitting Secretary of State at the time of the election. Kemp's position led to accusations of a conflict of interest, as Kemp oversaw the administration of an election in which he was the candidate.

On November 7, Kemp declared victory over Abrams. The following morning, Kemp resigned as Secretary of State.[1] On November 16, every county certified their votes with Kemp leading by roughly 55,000 votes.[2] Shortly after the election certification, Abrams suspended her campaign; she accepted Kemp as the legal winner of the election while refusing to say that the election was legitimate.[3][4] Abrams has since claimed numerous[5] instances of election activity that allegedly unfairly affected the results. Following the election, Abrams and her organization Fair Fight filed a number of lawsuits challenging the constitutionality and Voting Rights Act compliance of Georgia's voting laws.[6]

Kemp prevailed by 54,723 votes, defeating Abrams 50.2–48.8%. The 2018 gubernatorial election was the closest governor's race in Georgia since 1966.[7]

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Nominated edit

Eliminated in the runoff edit

Eliminated in the primary edit

Withdrew edit

Declined edit

Endorsements edit

Casey Cagle
Governors
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
State Senators
State Representatives
Individuals
Organizations
Hunter Hill
U.S. Senators
State Representatives
U.S. Reps
Clay Tippins
State Representatives
Michael Williams
Individuals

First round edit

Polling edit

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Casey
Cagle 		Hunter
Hill 		Brian
Kemp 		Clay
Tippins 		Michael
Williams 		Other Undecided
Opinion Savvy May 15–16, 2018 515 ± 4.3% 31% 14% 20% 12% 5% 4% 15%
SurveyUSA May 10–15, 2018 558 ± 5.1% 35% 10% 17% 8% 3% – 27%
April 19–26, 2018 507 ± 4.4% 41% 9% 10% 4% 3% 1%[45] 33%
March 1 and 3–4, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 38% 10% 10% 3% 2% 3%[46] 35%
March 2–3, 2018 547 ± 4.5% 48% 21% 15% 8% 7% – –
Mason-Dixon February 20–23, 2018 500 ± 4.5% 27% 11% 13% 12% 5% 1%[47] 31%
February 6–7, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 31% 7% 12% 5% 2% 3% 40%
The Wickers Group (R-Kemp) October 21–24, 2017 400 ± 4.5% 34% 1% 13% 0% 1% – 48%
October 16–17, 2017 800 ± 3.5% 35% 9% 7% 1% 4% – 44%
September 28 – October 1, 2017 600 ± 4.0% 41% 4% 12% 2% 3% – 39%

Results edit

 
Initial primary results by county:
  Cagle—50–60%
  Cagle—40–50%
  Cagle—<40%
  Kemp—<40%
  Kemp—40–50%
  Kemp—50–60%
  Hill—<40%
  Tie
Republican primary results[48][49]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Casey Cagle 236,987 38.95
Republican Brian Kemp 155,189 25.51
Republican Hunter Hill 111,464 18.32
Republican Clay Tippins 74,182 12.19
Republican Michael Williams 29,619 4.87
Republican Eddie Hayes 939 0.15
Total votes 608,380 100

Runoff edit

Casey Cagle and Brian Kemp advanced to a runoff on July 24, 2018, since neither candidate amassed over 50% of the vote in the May 22 primary.[50] On July 18, 2018, President Trump tweeted his support for Kemp, and Vice President Pence traveled to Georgia to campaign with him on July 20, 2018.[51]

Polling edit

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Casey
Cagle 		Brian
Kemp 		Undecided
Trafalgar Group (R) July 21–22, 2018 1,177 ± 2.7% 41% 59% 0%
SurveyUSA July 15–19, 2018 688 ± 4.7% 34% 40% 26%
Opinion Savvy July 17–18, 2018 466 ± 4.5% 37% 55% 8%
July 5–12, 2018 769 ± 3.5% 41% 44% 15%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Kemp) June 26–28, 2018 500 ± 4.0% 45% 45% –
June 26–27, 2018 812 ± 3.4% 44% 43% 14%
Rosetta Stone June 7, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 48% 41% 12%
May 29–31, 2018 500 ± 4.5% 52% 42% 5%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Kemp)[permanent dead link] May 29–31, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 46% 45% 9%

Debates edit

Dates Location Kemp Cagle Link
July 6, 2018 Augusta, Georgia Participant Participant Full debate: Video on YouTube

Results edit

Brian Kemp easily won the runoff by nearly 40 points despite the latest polls having him up by no more than 18. Cagle won only two counties, Monroe and Stephens.[52]

 
Runoff results by county:
  Kemp—80–90%
  Kemp—70–80%
  Kemp—60–70%
  Kemp—50–60%
  Cagle—50–60%
  Cagle—60–70%
Republican primary runoff results[53]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Kemp 408,595 69.45
Republican Casey Cagle 179,712 30.55
Total votes 588,307 100.0

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Nominated edit

Eliminated in the primary edit

Declined edit

Endorsements edit

Stacey Abrams
Federal politicians
Statewide and local politicians
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Websites and newspapers
Stacey Evans
Federal politicians
Statewide Politicians
State Legislators
Local politicians

Polling edit

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Stacey
Abrams 		Stacey
Evans 		Undecided
Opinion Savvy May 15–16, 2018 522 ± 4.3% 58% 19% 23%
SurveyUSA May 10–15, 2018 475 ± 6.2% 43% 24% 33%
May 9–15, 2018 433 ± 5.4% 42% 34% 25%
April 12–18, 2018 473 ± 4.5% 33% 15% 52%
Mason-Dixon February 20–23, 2018 500 ± 4.5% 29% 17% 54%

Results edit

 
Primary results by county:
  Abrams—80–90%
  Abrams—70–80%
  Abrams—60–70%
  Abrams—50–60%
  Evans—50–60%
  Evans—60–70%
Democratic primary results[110]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stacey Abrams 424,305 76.44
Democratic Stacey Evans 130,784 23.56
Total votes 555,089 100.0

Libertarian primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

Withdrew edit

General election edit

If no candidate had gained a simple majority of the votes in the general election, a runoff election between the top two candidates would have been held on December 4, 2018.[114]

Debates edit

Dates Location Kemp Abrams Metz Link
October 23, 2018 Atlanta, Georgia Participant Participant Participant Full debate - C-SPAN
  • A second debate was scheduled for November 4, 2018 (2 days before Election Day), but it was canceled when Kemp pulled out of the schedule in order to attend a rally for President Donald Trump. The Kemp campaign sent multiple other dates but the Abrams campaign declined due to a full schedule.[115]

Predictions edit

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[116] Tossup October 26, 2018
The Washington Post[117] Tossup November 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight[118] Lean R November 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report[119] Tilt R November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[120] Tossup November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[121] Tossup November 4, 2018
Daily Kos[122] Tossup November 5, 2018
Fox News[123][a] Tossup November 5, 2018
Politico[124] Tossup November 5, 2018
Governing[125] Tossup November 5, 2018
Notes
  1. ^ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Endorsements edit

Stacey Abrams (D)
Former U.S. Executive Branch officials
Federal politicians
Statewide and local politicians
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Websites and newspapers
Brian Kemp (R)
U.S. executive branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S Representatives
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Organizations
Individuals
Newspapers

Polling edit

Graphical summary edit

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Brian
Kemp (R) 		Stacey
Abrams (D) 		Ted
Metz (L) 		Other Undecided
The Trafalgar Group (R) October 30 – November 3, 2018 2,171 ± 2.1% 52% 40% – 4% 4%
20/20 Insight (D-Southern Majority) October 31 – November 2, 2018 614 ± 4.0% 46% 50% 1% – 3%
Emerson College October 29–31, 2018 724 ± 3.7% 49% 47% 1% – 2%
Cygnal (R) October 27–30, 2018 504 ± 4.4% 49% 47% 4% – 0%
University of Georgia October 21–30, 2018 1,091 ± 3.0% 47% 47% 2% – 5%
Opinion Savvy October 28–29, 2018 623 ± 3.9% 47% 48% 2% – 3%
Opinion Savvy October 21–22, 2018 824 ± 3.4% 48% 48% 1% – 3%
Marist College October 14–18, 2018 554 LV ± 4.8% 46% 45% 4% <1% 4%
49% 47% – 1% 4%
864 RV ± 3.8% 44% 46% 4% <1% 6%
47% 47% – 1% 5%
Ipsos October 4–11, 2018 1,088 ± 3.4% 47% 46% 2% 1% 4%
University of Georgia September 30 – October 9, 2018 1,232 ± 2.8% 48% 46% 2% – 4%
SurveyUSA October 3–8, 2018 655 ± 4.9% 47% 45% – 2% 6%
Public Policy Polling (D-Georgia Engaged) October 5–6, 2018 729 ± 3.0% 46% 46% – – 7%
Landmark Communications October 1, 2018 964 ± 3.2% 48% 46% 2% – 3%
SurveyMonkey September 9–24, 2018 1,955 ± 3.0% 43% 43% – – 14%
Garin-Hart-Yang (D-Abrams) September 23, 2018, at the Wayback Machine September 17–20, 2018 603 ± 4.1% 42% 48% 3% – 7%
University of Georgia August 26 – September 4, 2018 1,020 ± 3.1% 45% 45% 2% – 8%
Gravis Marketing July 27–29, 2018 650 ± 3.8% 44% 46% – – 10%
SurveyUSA July 15–19, 2018 1,199 ± 4.3% 46% 44% – – 10%
Garin-Hart-Yang (D-Abrams)[permanent dead link] May 23–25, 2018 601 ± 4.0% 40% 49% – – –
Mason-Dixon February 20–23, 2018 625 ± 4.0% 37% 40% – – 23%
Hypothetical polling
with Casey Cagle
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Casey
Cagle (R) 		Stacey
Abrams (D) 		Undecided
SurveyUSA July 15–19, 2018 1,199 ± 4.3% 45% 43% 12%
Garin-Hart-Yang (D-Abrams)[permanent dead link] May 23–25, 2018 601 ± 4.0% 43% 48% –
SurveyUSA May 10–15, 2018 2,339 ± 3.5% 46% 41% 14%
Mason-Dixon February 20–23, 2018 625 ± 4.0% 45% 39% 16%
with Clay Tippins
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Clay
Tippins (R) 		Stacey
Abrams (D) 		Undecided
Mason-Dixon February 20–23, 2018 625 ± 4.0% 40% 41% 19%
with Hunter Hill
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Hunter
Hill (R) 		Stacey
Abrams (D) 		Undecided
Mason-Dixon February 20–23, 2018 625 ± 4.0% 37% 43% 20%
with Stacey Evans
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Casey
Cagle (R) 		Stacey
Evans (D) 		Undecided
SurveyUSA May 10–15, 2018 2,339 ± 3.5% 45% 41% 13%
Mason-Dixon February 20–23, 2018 625 ± 4.0% 47% 38% 15%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Brian
Kemp (R) 		Stacey
Evans (D) 		Undecided
Mason-Dixon February 20–23, 2018 625 ± 4.0% 42% 39% 19%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Clay
Tippins (R) 		Stacey
Evans (D) 		Undecided
Mason-Dixon February 20–23, 2018 625 ± 4.0% 41% 38% 21%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Hunter
Hill (R) 		Stacey
Evans (D) 		Undecided
Mason-Dixon February 20–23, 2018 625 ± 4.0% 35% 36% 29%
with Casey Cagle
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Casey
Cagle (R) 		Jason
Carter (D) 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling May 27–30, 2016 724 ± 3.6% 40% 39% 21%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Casey
Cagle (R) 		Kasim
Reed (D) 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling May 27–30, 2016 724 ± 3.6% 46% 33% 21%
with Brian Kemp
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Brian
Kemp (R) 		Jason
Carter (D) 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling May 27–30, 2016 724 ± 3.6% 38% 40% 22%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Brian
Kemp (R) 		Kasim
Reed (D) 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling May 27–30, 2016 724 ± 3.6% 43% 33% 24%

Results edit

2018 Georgia gubernatorial election[225]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Brian Kemp 1,978,408 50.22% -2.52%
Democratic Stacey Abrams 1,923,685 48.83% +3.95%
Libertarian Ted Metz 37,235 0.95% -1.41%
Write-in 81 0.00% -0.02%
Total votes 3,939,409 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

Results by county edit

All results from the office of the Secretary of State of Georgia.[226]

County Brian Kemp
Republican		 Stacey Abrams
Democratic		 Ted Metz
Libertarian		 Total
votes
% # % # % #
Appling 79.72% 5,428 19.94% 1,358 0.34% 23 6,809
Atkinson 74.39% 1,876 25.26% 637 0.36% 9 2,522
Bacon 86.71% 3,321 12.77% 489 0.52% 20 3,830
Baker 58.24% 753 41.38% 535 0.39% 5 1,293
Baldwin 49.47% 7,735 49.84% 7,793 0.69% 108 15,636
Banks 89.75% 6,150 9.41% 645 0.83% 57 6,852
Barrow 73.57% 20,162 25.18% 6,900 1.25% 343 27,405
Bartow 76.09% 28,425 22.82% 8,524 1.10% 410 37,359
Ben Hill 63.80% 3,539 35.75% 1,983 0.45% 25 5,547
Berrien 85.00% 5,314 14.40% 900 0.61% 38 6,252
Bibb 38.27% 23,225 61.07% 37,066 0.66% 401 60,692
Bleckley 78.52% 3,816 20.62% 1,002 0.86% 42 4,860
Brantley 91.29% 5,198 8.10% 461 0.61% 35 5,694
Brooks 61.36% 3,511 38.24% 2,188 0.40% 23 5,722
Bryan 70.12% 10,507 28.78% 4,313 1.10% 165 14,985
Bulloch 62.69% 14,848 36.44% 8,630 0.87% 205 23,683
Burke 50.57% 4,410 48.95% 4,269 0.48% 42 8,721
Butts 71.74% 6,358 27.65% 2,451 0.61% 54 8,863
Calhoun 42.65% 810 57.08% 1,084 0.26% 5 1,899
Camden 65.29% 11,139 33.57% 5,727 1.14% 195 17,061
Candler 72.34% 2,560 27.21% 963 0.45% 16 3,539
Carroll 69.79% 29,204 29.11% 12,180 1.10% 459 41,843
Catoosa 79.47% 18,881 19.32% 4,590 1.21% 287 23,758
Charlton 75.08% 2,534 24.36% 822 0.56% 19 3,375
Chatham 40.01% 41,425 58.97% 61,059 1.02% 1,059 103,543
Chattahoochee 54.57% 603 44.71% 494 0.72% 8 1,105
Chattooga 79.85% 5,936 19.44% 1,445 0.71% 53 7,434
Cherokee 72.08% 76,700 26.36% 28,047 1.56% 1,664 106,411
Clarke 28.56% 12,365 70.27% 30,427 1.18% 510 43,402
Clay 45.19% 536 54.13% 642 0.67% 8 1,186
Clayton 11.79% 10,868 87.81% 80,971 0.40% 373 92,212
Clinch 76.04% 1,717 23.65% 534 0.31% 7 2,258
Cobb 44.53% 138,852 54.12% 168,767 1.35% 4,195 311,814
Coffee 70.78% 8,929 28.78% 3,630 0.44% 56 12,615
Colquitt 75.83% 9,830 23.56% 3,054 0.61% 79 12,963
Columbia 66.44% 40,947 32.49% 20,023 1.08% 664 61,634
Cook 70.93% 4,116 28.73% 1,667 0.34% 20 5,803
Coweta 69.69% 40,471 29.12% 16,908 1.19% 692 58,071
Crawford 72.86% 3,595 26.39% 1,302 0.75% 37 4,934
Crisp 63.05% 4,445 36.55% 2,577 0.40% 28 7,050
Dade 82.53% 4,508 16.18% 884 1.28% 70 5,462
Dawson 85.94% 9,953 13.12% 1,519 0.94% 109 11,581
Decatur 60.05% 5,492 39.53% 3,615 0.43% 39 9,146
DeKalb 15.64% 48,923 83.47% 261,042 0.89% 2,776 312,741
Dodge 73.93% 5,220 25.73% 1,817 0.34% 24 7,061
Dooly 52.73% 2,001 46.96% 1,782 0.32% 12 3,795
Dougherty 29.69% 9,330 69.94% 21,980 0.37% 115 31,425
Douglas 39.35% 21,744 59.82% 33,053 0.83% 458 55,255
Early 55.26% 2,285 44.50% 1,840 0.24% 10 4,135
Echols 88.19% 1,008 11.02% 126 0.79% 9 1,143
Effingham 76.89% 17,969 22.01% 5,145 1.10% 257 23,371
Elbert 69.73% 5,152 29.70% 2,194 0.57% 42 7,388
Emanuel 69.98% 5,400 29.52% 2,278 0.49% 38 7,716
Evans 69.39% 2,392 30.17% 1,040 0.44% 15 3,447
Fannin 82.96% 9,306 16.13% 1,809 0.92% 103 11,218
Fayette 56.03% 32,497 42.75% 24,796 1.22% 705 57,998
Floyd 71.10% 21,569 27.84% 8,445 1.07% 324 30,338
Forsyth 70.57% 65,845 27.97% 26,092 1.46% 1,361 93,298
Franklin 86.54% 7,051 12.71% 1,036 0.75% 61 8,148
Fulton 26.66% 112,991 72.34% 306,589 0.99% 4,208 423,788
Gilmer 83.70% 10,471 15.32% 1,917 0.98% 122 12,510
Glascock 91.39% 1,189 8.22% 107 0.38% 5 1,301
Glynn 63.54% 20,743 35.64% 11,636 0.82% 269 32,648
Gordon 81.93% 14,586 17.11% 3,046 0.97% 172 17,804
Grady 67.30% 5,633 32.31% 2,704 0.39% 33 8,370
Greene 65.10% 5,856 34.39% 3,093 0.51% 46 8,995
Gwinnett 42.23% 132,998 56.55% 178,097 1.21% 3,823 314,918
Habersham 83.51% 12,944 15.59% 2,417 0.90% 139 15,500
Hall 73.35% 49,442 25.50% 17,187 1.15% 777 67,406
Hancock 24.58% 872 75.14% 2,666 0.28% 10 3,548
Haralson 87.65% 9,278 11.52% 1,219 0.83% 88 10,585
Harris 74.03% 11,834 25.15% 4,021 0.82% 131 15,986
Hart 76.60% 7,370 22.64% 2,178 0.77% 74 9,622
Heard 83.21% 3,374 16.13% 654 0.67% 27 4,055
Henry 41.97% 41,364 57.31% 56,485 0.72% 709 98,558
Houston 57.93% 34,314 41.12% 24,358 0.95% 560 59,232
Irwin 75.83% 2,701 23.89% 851 0.28% 10 3,562
Jackson 81.60% 21,950 17.38% 4,674 1.02% 275 26,899
Jasper 74.52% 4,430 24.96% 1,484 0.52% 31 5,945
Jeff Davis 82.64% 3,979 16.91% 814 0.46% 22 4,815
Jefferson 46.95% 3,177 52.67% 3,564 0.38% 26 6,767
Jenkins 64.66% 1,857 34.96% 1,004 0.38% 11 2,872
Johnson 72.47% 2,524 27.22% 948 0.32% 11 3,483
Jones 67.82% 8,438 31.65% 3,938 0.52% 65 12,441
Lamar 69.39% 5,105 29.84% 2,195 0.77% 57 7,357
Lanier 71.24% 1,910 28.42% 762 0.34% 9 2,681
Laurens 65.87% 12,484 33.64% 6,375 0.49% 93 18,952
Lee 74.66% 10,120 24.76% 3,356 0.58% 79 13,555
Liberty 36.16% 5,557 63.09% 9,696 0.75% 115 15,368
Lincoln 69.44% 2,756 29.93% 1,188 0.63% 25 3,969
Long 64.81% 2,591 34.29% 1,371 0.90% 36 3,998
Lowndes 57.30% 20,488 42.02% 15,024 0.67% 241 35,753
Lumpkin 79.23% 9,157 19.28% 2,228 1.50% 173 11,558
Macon 36.90% 1,556 62.89% 2,652 0.21% 9 4,217
Madison 78.48% 9,181 20.67% 2,418 0.85% 100 11,699
Marion 63.87% 1,872 35.38% 1,037 0.75% 22 2,931
McDuffie 60.54% 5,323 38.98% 3,427 0.48% 42 8,792
McIntosh 59.50% 3,218 39.96% 2,161 0.54% 29 5,408
Meriwether 58.88% 5,093 40.47% 3,501 0.65% 56 8,650
Miller 77.88% 1,803 21.68% 502 0.43% 10 2,315
Mitchell 56.16% 4,187 43.53% 3,245 0.31% 23 7,455
Monroe 71.94% 9,308 27.18% 3,516 0.88% 114 12,938
Montgomery 76.13% 2,686 23.27% 821 0.60% 21 3,528
Morgan 71.22% 6,807 27.99% 2,675 0.80% 76 9,558
Murray 85.76% 9,512 13.43% 1,489 0.81% 90 11,091
Muscogee 38.48% 24,348 60.79% 38,462 0.73% 462 63,272
Newton 45.08% 19,449 54.27% 23,412 0.65% 280 43,141
Oconee 69.80% 14,480 29.00% 6,015 1.20% 249 20,744
Oglethorpe 70.44% 4,568 28.48% 1,847 1.08% 70 6,485
Paulding 66.53% 40,784 32.56% 19,959 0.92% 562 61,305
Peach 52.01% 5,432 47.54% 4,966 0.45% 47 10,445
Pickens 84.80% 11,331 14.23% 1,901 0.97% 130 13,362
Pierce 88.95% 6,123 10.72% 738 0.33% 23 6,884
Pike 85.71% 7,322 13.63% 1,164 0.67% 57 8,543
Polk 79.13% 10,177 20.12% 2,588 0.75% 96 12,861
Pulaski 69.77% 2,527 29.79% 1,079 0.44% 16 3,622
Putnam 71.82% 6,704 27.63% 2,579 0.56% 52 9,335
Quitman 55.53% 522 43.62% 410 0.85% 8 940
Rabun 80.01% 6,063 18.84% 1,428 1.15% 87 7,578
Randolph 45.07% 1,257 54.43% 1,518 0.50% 14 2,789
Richmond 31.47% 22,076 67.75% 47,531 0.78% 548 70,155
Rockdale 31.93% 11,703 67.45% 24,725 0.62% 227 36,655
Schley 80.96% 1,565 18.26% 353 0.78% 15 1,933
Screven 60.36% 3,268 39.36% 2,131 0.28% 15 5,414
Seminole 66.59% 2,149 32.88% 1,061 0.53% 17 3,227
Spalding 61.17% 14,937 37.92% 9,258 0.91% 222 24,417
Stephens 80.62% 7,326 18.62% 1,692 0.76% 69 9,087
Stewart 41.78% 760 57.89% 1,053 0.33% 6 1,819
Sumter 48.78% 5,149 50.78% 5,360 0.45% 47 10,556
Talbot 39.51% 1,167 59.75% 1,765 0.74% 22 2,954
Taliaferro 38.00% 350 61.67% 568 0.33% 3 921
Tattnall 76.32% 5,073 23.12% 1,537 0.56% 37 6,647
Taylor 62.81% 2,069 36.58% 1,205 0.61% 20 3,294
Telfair 66.77% 2,425 32.79% 1,191 0.44% 16 3,632
Terrell 45.70% 1,800 53.95% 2,125 0.36% 14 3,939
Thomas 61.22% 10,557 38.29% 6,602 0.49% 85 17,244
Tift 69.65% 9,523 29.77% 4,070 0.59% 80 13,673
Toombs 74.75% 6,623 24.84% 2,201 0.41% 36 8,860
Towns 81.69% 5,009 17.37% 1,065 0.95% 58 6,132
Treutlen 68.86% 1,800 30.83% 806 0.31% 8 2,614
Troup 60.77% 14,533 38.55% 9,218 0.68% 162 23,913
Turner 62.98% 2,062 36.65% 1,200 0.37% 12 3,274
Twiggs 52.72% 1,999 46.84% 1,776 0.45% 17 3,792
Union 83.43% 9,899 15.61% 1,852 0.96% 114 11,865
Upson 66.83% 7,063 32.58% 3,443 0.59% 62 10,568
Walker 80.97% 17,400 17.86% 3,838 1.17% 252 21,490
Walton 76.88% 29,742 22.43% 8,679 0.69% 265 38,686
Ware 71.66% 7,894 27.84% 3,067 0.50% 55 11,016
Warren 46.57% 1,053 53.07% 1,200 0.35% 8 2,261
Washington 50.53% 4,128 49.11% 4,012 0.36% 29 8,169
Wayne 80.15% 8,120 19.15% 1,940 0.70% 71 10,131
Webster 59.91% 659 40.00% 440 0.09% 1 1,100
Wheeler 71.05% 1,372 28.74% 555 0.21% 4 1,931
White 84.51% 9,667 14.40% 1,647 1.09% 125 11,439
Whitfield 72.30% 19,758 26.80% 7,323 0.90% 246 27,327
Wilcox 73.32% 2,064 26.47% 745 0.21% 6 2,815
Wilkes 58.90% 2,578 40.53% 1,774 0.57% 25 4,377
Wilkinson 55.64% 2,373 44.01% 1,877 0.35% 15 4,265
Worth 75.39% 5,915 24.14% 1,894 0.47% 37 7,846
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district edit

Kemp won 8 of 14 congressional districts. Abrams won the other 6, including one that elected a Republican.[227]

District Kemp Abrams Representative
1st 56.49% 42.61% Buddy Carter
2nd 43.62% 55.89% Sanford Bishop
3rd 64.21% 34.8% Drew Ferguson
4th 20.05% 79.28% Hank Johnson
5th 11.31% 87.89% John Lewis
6th 47.51% 50.97% Lucy McBath
7th 48.64% 50.03% Rob Woodall
8th 64.11% 35.22% Austin Scott
9th 78.82% 20.13% Doug Collins
10th 61.39% 37.74% Jody Hice
11th 59.33% 39.27% Barry Loudermilk
12th 57.69% 41.58% Rick W. Allen
13th 23.28% 75.99% David Scott
14th 75.38% 23.65% Tom Graves

Voter demographics edit

Edison Research exit poll
Demographic subgroup Abrams Kemp No
Answer 		% of
Voters
Gender
Men 46 52 2 46
Women 51 49 N/A 54
Age
18–24 years old 60 38 2 9
25–29 years old 72 26 2 5
30–39 years old 61 38 1 15
40–49 years old 49 50 1 19
50–64 years old 41 58 1 29
65 and older 40 60 N/A 22
Race
White 25 74 1 60
Black 93 6 1 30
Latino 62 37 1 5
Asian N/A N/A N/A 2
Other N/A N/A N/A 3
Race by gender
White men 25 73 2 28
White women 25 75 N/A 32
Black men 88 11 1 14
Black women 97 2 1 16
Latino men N/A N/A N/A 2
Latina women N/A N/A N/A 3
Others 54 44 2 5
Education
High school or less 38 61 1 30
Some college education 50 48 2 25
Associate degree 51 48 1 12
Bachelor's degree 54 45 1 21
Advanced degree 60 39 1 12
Education and race
White college graduates 40 59 1 22
White no college degree 17 82 1 39
Non-white college graduates 85 14 1 12
Non-white no college degree 84 15 1 28
Whites by education and gender
White women with college degrees 43 57 N/A 11
White women without college degrees 16 83 1 21
White men with college degrees 38 61 1 11
White men without college degrees 17 81 2 17
Non-whites 84 15 1 40
Income
Under $30,000 65 34 1 20
$30,000–49,999 38 60 2 20
$50,000–99,999 43 57 N/A 35
$100,000–199,999 41 58 1 18
Over $200,000 N/A N/A N/A 7
Party ID
Democrats 97 2 1 33
Republicans 3 97 N/A 38
Independents 54 44 2 28
Party by gender
Democratic men 96 3 1 12
Democratic women 98 2 n/a 21
Republican men 3 97 N/A 17
Republican women 3 97 N/A 21
Independent men 55 42 3 17
Independent women 53 45 2 12
Ideology
Liberals 88 11 1 20
Moderates 63 36 1 38
Conservatives 16 83 1 42
Marital status
Married 33 66 1 55
Unmarried 63 36 1 45
Gender by marital status
Married men 29 68 3 25
Married women 34 65 1 30
Unmarried men 58 41 1 21
Unmarried women 69 31 N/A 24
First-time midterm election voter
Yes 53 46 1 18
No 48 50 2 82
Most important issue facing the country
Health care 79 20 1 34
Immigration 9 90 1 32
Economy 43 57 N/A 23
Gun policy N/A N/A N/A 9
Area type
Urban 70 29 1 22
Suburban 43 56 1 63
Rural 42 58 N/A 15
Source: CNN[228]

Electoral controversies edit

Kemp retained his office as Georgia Secretary of State throughout the campaign, leading to allegations of a conflict of interest for overseeing an election in which he himself was a candidate. During the campaign, he was called upon by former president and former governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter[229] and the Georgia chapters of the NAACP and Common Cause to resign from the secretariat position. Kemp refused to do so[230] until after he claimed victory, two days following the election. Kemp also accused the state Democratic Party of hacking into the state's voter database a few days before the election; however, an email released shortly after the accusation was made showed the party warning election security experts, highlighting "massive" vulnerabilities within the state's My Voter Page and its online voter registration system, not an attempt to hack the database, as Kemp had claimed.[231]

Irregularities in voter registration occurred prior to the election. Between 2012 and 2018, Kemp's office canceled over 1.4 million voter registrations, with nearly 700,000 cancellations in 2017 alone.[232] Over 300,000 people were removed from the rolls on the grounds that they had moved to a new address when they actually had not.[233] On a single night in July 2017, half a million voters had their registrations canceled. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, election-law experts said that this "may represent the largest mass disenfranchisement in US history."[234] The registrations of 53,000 voters, disproportionately affecting black people, were delayed by Kemp's office for not exactly matching state driver records. After a lawsuit was filed, Kemp agreed to allow flagged voters to vote if they had identification.[235] These irregularities resulted in allegations that Kemp was using voter suppression to increase his chances of winning the contest.[235] Georgia election officials responded to these allegations by stating that any voter flagged for irregularities could still vote, receiving a regular ballot (not a provisional ballot), by providing ID at a valid polling place, as is required of all voters by state law.[236] Concerning the question of why the pending registration status mattered if those voters could vote normally at the polls, critics claimed that learning of this status might discourage those voters from turning out to the polls at all.[237]

The Washington Post reported that "more than 200 polling places" across Georgia were closed in the 2018 election, "primarily in poor and minority neighborhoods. Voters reported long lines, malfunctioning voting machines and other problems that delayed or thwarted voting in those areas."[238] (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found that "precinct closures and longer distances likely prevented an estimated 54,000 to 85,000 voters from casting ballots" on the 2018 Election Day.)[239] According to Richard L. Hasen, professor of law and political science at the University of California at Irvine, "there is no question that Georgia in general and Brian Kemp in particular took steps to make it harder for people to register and vote, and that those people tended to skew Democratic."[240]

On November 12, 2018 U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg ruled that Georgia’s secretary of state office must take steps to preserve provisional ballots and begin counting them.[241][242][243] On November 13, 2018, U.S. District Court Judge Leigh Martin May ruled that Gwinnett County violated the Civil Rights Act in rejecting absentee ballots with missing or incorrect specified year of birth of the absentee voter.[241]

On November 16, 2018, Abrams announced that she was ending her campaign. Abrams acknowledged that Kemp would be certified as victor, while emphasizing that her statement was not a concession, saying "I acknowledge that Secretary of State Brian Kemp will be certified as the victor of the 2018 gubernatorial election. [...] But let’s be clear, this is not a speech of concession because concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true or proper."[7][244][245][246][247] Abrams announced the creation of Fair Fight Action, a voting rights nonprofit organization that sued the secretary of state and state election board in federal court for voter suppression.[248] In February 2021, a federal judge ruled that Fair Fight's claims about voting machines, voter list security, and polling place issues were resolved by changes in Georgia's election law, or invalidated due to lack of standing to sue.[249][250] In April 2021, a judge allowed some claims in the legal challenge to proceed while rejecting others.[251] On September 30, 2022, a federal judge ruled against Fair Fight on the remaining claims, finding that Georgia's voting practices did not violate the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act.[252][253][254][255] According to the judge, the case "resulted in wins and losses for all parties over the course of the litigation and culminated in what is believed to have been the longest voting rights bench trial in the history of the Northern District of Georgia."[256][257][258]

Since losing the election, Abrams has repeatedly claimed that the election was not fairly conducted[259] and has declined to call Kemp the legitimate governor of Georgia.[260] Her position is that Kemp, who oversaw the election in his role as Secretary of State, had a conflict of interest and suppressed turnout by purging nearly 670,000 voter registrations in 2017, and that about 53,000 voter registrations were pending a month before the election.[259][261] She has said, "I have no empirical evidence that I would have achieved a higher number of votes. However, I have sufficient and I think legally sufficient doubt about the process to say that it was not a fair election."[259]

On November 9, 2018, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that its investigation of the 2018 statewide elections in Georgia had found "no evidence ... of systematic malfeasance – or of enough tainted votes to force a runoff election".[262] A follow-up analysis in December 2019 by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution found "an estimated 54,000 to 85,000 voters" were impacted by changes, such as precinct closures in the aftermath of Shelby County v. Holder. However, it found that Abrams would have need up to 67% of the votes at "ideal voting locations" for a runoff to occur.[239]

In his 2020 book, University of California law professor and election law expert Richard L. Hasen described Kemp as "perhaps the most incompetent state chief elections officer" in the 2018 elections and said it was "hard to tell" which of Kemp's "actions were due to incompetence and which were attempted suppression."[263]

According to Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler writing in September 2022, Abrams repeatedly falsely claimed that she "won" the election, that the election was "rigged", that it was "stolen", that it was not "free and fair", and that Kemp had "cheated". Kessler said that "Abrams played up claims the election was stolen until such tactics became untenable for anyone who claims to be an advocate for American democratic norms and values".[244]

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For related races see 2018 United States gubernatorial elections The 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 6 2018 concurrently with other statewide and local elections to elect the next governor of the U S state of Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp won the election defeating Democratic former State Representative Stacey Abrams 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election 2014 November 6 2018 2022 Turnout56 80 14 55pp Nominee Brian Kemp Stacey AbramsParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 1 978 408 1 923 685Percentage 50 2 48 8 County resultsCongressional district resultsPrecinct resultsKemp 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 Abrams 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Governor before electionNathan DealRepublican Elected Governor Brian KempRepublicanWikinews has related news Stacey Abrams becomes first black woman to gain major U S party nomination for governor of Georgia The primary elections were held on May 22 2018 and a primary runoff was held on July 24 2018 between Republican candidates Kemp and Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle Kemp prevailed Incumbent Republican governor Nathan Deal was term limited and thus could not seek a third consecutive term Abrams won the Democratic primary with over 75 of the vote allowing her to avoid a runoff Kemp was the sitting Secretary of State at the time of the election Kemp s position led to accusations of a conflict of interest as Kemp oversaw the administration of an election in which he was the candidate On November 7 Kemp declared victory over Abrams The following morning Kemp resigned as Secretary of State 1 On November 16 every county certified their votes with Kemp leading by roughly 55 000 votes 2 Shortly after the election certification Abrams suspended her campaign she accepted Kemp as the legal winner of the election while refusing to say that the election was legitimate 3 4 Abrams has since claimed numerous 5 instances of election activity that allegedly unfairly affected the results Following the election Abrams and her organization Fair Fight filed a number of lawsuits challenging the constitutionality and Voting Rights Act compliance of Georgia s voting laws 6 Kemp prevailed by 54 723 votes defeating Abrams 50 2 48 8 The 2018 gubernatorial election was the closest governor s race in Georgia since 1966 7 Contents 1 Republican primary 1 1 Candidates 1 1 1 Nominated 1 1 2 Eliminated in the runoff 1 1 3 Eliminated in the primary 1 1 4 Withdrew 1 1 5 Declined 1 2 Endorsements 1 3 First round 1 3 1 Polling 1 3 2 Results 1 4 Runoff 1 4 1 Polling 1 4 2 Debates 1 4 3 Results 2 Democratic primary 2 1 Candidates 2 1 1 Nominated 2 1 2 Eliminated in the primary 2 1 3 Declined 2 2 Endorsements 2 3 Polling 2 4 Results 3 Libertarian primary 3 1 Candidates 3 1 1 Declared 3 1 2 Withdrew 4 General election 4 1 Debates 4 2 Predictions 4 3 Endorsements 4 4 Polling 4 5 Graphical summary 4 6 Results 4 6 1 Results by county 4 7 By congressional district 4 8 Voter demographics 5 Electoral controversies 6 References 7 External linksRepublican primary editCandidates edit Nominated edit Brian Kemp Secretary of State of Georgia and candidate for Agriculture Commissioner in 2006 8 Eliminated in the runoff edit Casey Cagle Lieutenant Governor of Georgia 9 Eliminated in the primary edit Hunter Hill former state senator 10 Clay Tippins consulting firm executive and retired Navy SEAL 11 Michael Williams state senator 12 Withdrew edit Marc Alan Urbach journalist former teacher and write in candidate for President of the United States in 2016 13 14 Declined edit Nick Ayers political strategist and chief of staff to U S Vice President Mike Pence 15 16 Burt Jones state senator 17 18 Josh McKoon state senator running for Secretary of State 19 20 David Perdue U S Senator 21 17 22 Sonny Perdue United States Secretary of Agriculture and former governor 23 21 17 Tom Price former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services and former U S Representative 24 21 David Ralston Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives 25 26 Lynn Westmoreland former U S Representative 27 17 28 Endorsements edit Casey CagleGovernorsNathan Deal Governor of Georgia 29 U S SenatorsSaxby Chambliss former 30 U S RepresentativesPhil Gingrey former 30 Jack Kingston former 30 Lindsay Thomas former 31 Lynn Westmoreland former 32 State SenatorsJohn Albers state senator 33 Lee Anderson state senator 30 Brandon Beach state senator 30 C Ellis Black state senator 31 Matt Brass state senator 30 Dean Burke state senator 30 Mike Dugan state senator 30 Frank Ginn state senator 30 Steve Gooch state senator 34 Tyler Harper state senator 30 Jack Hill state senator 31 Chuck Hufstetler state senator 35 Burt Jones state senator 30 John Kennedy state senator 30 Greg Kirk state senator 30 Kay Kirkpatrick state senator 30 P K Martin state senator 30 Fran Millar state senator 30 Butch Miller state senator 30 Jeff Mullis state senator 35 Jesse Stone state senator 31 Larry Walker III state senator 30 Ben Watson state senator 31 John Wilkinson state senator 30 Renee Unterman state senator 30 Tim Golden former state senator 31 Jack Murphy former state senator 34 State RepresentativesJohn Deffenbaugh state representative 35 Dewayne Hill state representative 35 Marc Morris state representative 34 Ron Stephens state representative 31 IndividualsSteve Forbes 36 OrganizationsNational Rifle Association of America 37 Hunter HillU S SenatorsTed Cruz United States Senator from Texas 38 State RepresentativesMichael Caldwell state representative 39 Wes Cantrell state representative 40 U S RepsBarry Loudermilk GA 11 Clay TippinsState RepresentativesAllen Peake state representative 41 Michael WilliamsIndividualsDuane Chapman better known as Dog the Bounty Hunter 42 Darrell C Scott co founder National Diversity Coalition for Trump 43 Roger Stone political consultant and Donald Trump advisor 44 First round edit Polling edit Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error CaseyCagle HunterHill BrianKemp ClayTippins MichaelWilliams Other UndecidedOpinion Savvy May 15 16 2018 515 4 3 31 14 20 12 5 4 15 SurveyUSA May 10 15 2018 558 5 1 35 10 17 8 3 27 University of Georgia April 19 26 2018 507 4 4 41 9 10 4 3 1 45 33 Meeting Street Research R Citizens for Georgia s Future March 1 and 3 4 2018 500 4 4 38 10 10 3 2 3 46 35 Clarion Research R Hill March 2 3 2018 547 4 5 48 21 15 8 7 Mason Dixon February 20 23 2018 500 4 5 27 11 13 12 5 1 47 31 Meeting Street Research R Citizens for Georgia s Future February 6 7 2018 500 4 4 31 7 12 5 2 3 40 The Wickers Group R Kemp October 21 24 2017 400 4 5 34 1 13 0 1 48 Landmark Rosetta Stone October 16 17 2017 800 3 5 35 9 7 1 4 44 McLaughlin amp Associates R Cagle September 28 October 1 2017 600 4 0 41 4 12 2 3 39 Results edit nbsp Initial primary results by county Cagle 50 60 Cagle 40 50 Cagle lt 40 Kemp lt 40 Kemp 40 50 Kemp 50 60 Hill lt 40 TieRepublican primary results 48 49 Party Candidate Votes Republican Casey Cagle 236 987 38 95Republican Brian Kemp 155 189 25 51Republican Hunter Hill 111 464 18 32Republican Clay Tippins 74 182 12 19Republican Michael Williams 29 619 4 87Republican Eddie Hayes 939 0 15Total votes 608 380 100Runoff edit Casey Cagle and Brian Kemp advanced to a runoff on July 24 2018 since neither candidate amassed over 50 of the vote in the May 22 primary 50 On July 18 2018 President Trump tweeted his support for Kemp and Vice President Pence traveled to Georgia to campaign with him on July 20 2018 51 Polling edit Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error CaseyCagle BrianKemp UndecidedTrafalgar Group R July 21 22 2018 1 177 2 7 41 59 0 SurveyUSA July 15 19 2018 688 4 7 34 40 26 Opinion Savvy July 17 18 2018 466 4 5 37 55 8 University of Georgia July 5 12 2018 769 3 5 41 44 15 Public Opinion Strategies R Kemp June 26 28 2018 500 4 0 45 45 Cygnal June 26 27 2018 812 3 4 44 43 14 Rosetta Stone June 7 2018 400 4 9 48 41 12 McLaughlin amp Associates R Cagle May 29 31 2018 500 4 5 52 42 5 Public Opinion Strategies R Kemp permanent dead link May 29 31 2018 600 4 0 46 45 9 Debates edit Dates Location Kemp Cagle LinkJuly 6 2018 Augusta Georgia Participant Participant Full debate Video on YouTubeResults edit Brian Kemp easily won the runoff by nearly 40 points despite the latest polls having him up by no more than 18 Cagle won only two counties Monroe and Stephens 52 nbsp Runoff results by county Kemp 80 90 Kemp 70 80 Kemp 60 70 Kemp 50 60 Cagle 50 60 Cagle 60 70 Republican primary runoff results 53 Party Candidate Votes Republican Brian Kemp 408 595 69 45Republican Casey Cagle 179 712 30 55Total votes 588 307 100 0Democratic primary editCandidates edit Nominated edit Stacey Abrams former state representative and former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives 54 Eliminated in the primary edit Stacey Evans Attorney and former state representative 55 Declined edit John Barrow former U S Representative running for Secretary of State 56 21 17 57 Jason Carter former state senator nominee for governor in 2014 and grandson of former President Jimmy Carter 21 58 Kasim Reed former mayor of Atlanta 59 60 61 Teresa Tomlinson Mayor of Columbus 62 63 Sally Yates former U S Deputy Attorney General 64 65 66 67 Endorsements edit Stacey AbramsFederal politiciansCory Booker U S Senator D NJ 68 Kamala Harris U S Senator D CA 69 Hank Johnson U S Representative D GA 70 John Lewis U S Representative D GA and prominent civil rights movement leader 71 Bernie Sanders U S Senator I VT 72 David Scott U S Representative D GA 73 Statewide and local politiciansKimberly Alexander state representative 74 Tonya Anderson state senator 74 Debra Bazemore state representative 74 Sharon Beasley Teague state representative 74 Karen Bennett state representative 74 Darrel Bush Ealum state representative 74 Rhonda Burnough state representative 74 Park Cannon state representative 74 Gail Davenport state senator 74 Pam Dickerson state representative 74 Gloria Frazier state representative 74 Carl Gilliard state representative 74 J Craig Gordon state representative 74 Ed Harbison state senator 74 Carolyn Hugley state representative 74 Brenda Lopez state representative 74 Pedro Marin state representative 74 Dewey McClain state representative 74 Howard Mosby state representative 74 Nan Orrock state senator 74 Miriam Paris state representative 74 Sam Park state representative 74 Dexter Sharper state representative 74 Pam Stephenson state representative 74 Al Williams state representative 74 Andrew Gillum mayor of Tallahassee Florida candidate for Governor in 2018 75 IndividualsBill Clinton 42nd President of the United States Hillary Clinton 2016 Democratic nominee for president former Secretary of State former Senator from New York former First Lady of the United States 76 Wendy Davis former Texas State Senator and nominee for Governor in Texas in 2014 77 Will Ferrell comedian and actor 78 Valerie Jarrett former Director of the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs 79 Jason Kander former Missouri Secretary of State and nominee for U S Senate in Missouri in 2016 80 Rev Joseph Lowery prominent civil movement leader and United Methodist Church minister 81 Barack Obama 44th President of the United States 82 Nina Turner president of Our Revolution and former Ohio State Senator 83 Oprah Winfrey media mogul and talk show host 84 Labor unionsAmerican Federation of Government Employees District 5 85 Building and Construction Trades Department AFL CIO 86 Georgia Association of Educators 87 Georgia State AFL CIO 88 89 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 613 86 International Union of Operating Engineers Local 926 86 International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 77 90 Southeast Council of Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union 91 OrganizationsAmericans for Responsible Solutions GiffordsPAC 92 Democracy for America 93 EMILY s List 94 Higher Heights for America 95 Let America Vote 96 Mijente a digital and grassroots group for Latino and Chicano movement building and organizing 97 Moveon org 98 NARAL Pro Choice America 99 Our Revolution 100 Planned Parenthood Action Fund 101 The Working Families Party 102 Websites and newspapersDaily Kos 103 Stacey EvansFederal politiciansMax Cleland former U S Senator D GA 104 Buddy Darden former U S Representative 55 Statewide PoliticiansRoy Barnes former Governor 105 State LegislatorsLaDawn Blackett Jones former state representative 106 Roger Bruce state representative 107 David Dreyer state representative 107 Virgil Fludd former state representative 107 Vincent Fort former state senator 108 Spencer Frye state representative 107 Sheila Jones state representative 107 Dar shun Kendrick state representative 107 Ronnie Mabra former state representative 55 Elena Parent state senator 107 Michael Rhett state senator 107 Michael Smith state representative 107 Erica Thomas state representative 107 Keisha Waites state representative 107 Earnest Coach Williams state representative 107 Local politiciansSherry Boston DeKalb County District Attorney 109 Polling edit Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error StaceyAbrams StaceyEvans UndecidedOpinion Savvy May 15 16 2018 522 4 3 58 19 23 SurveyUSA May 10 15 2018 475 6 2 43 24 33 20 20 Insight D Evans May 9 15 2018 433 5 4 42 34 25 University of Georgia April 12 18 2018 473 4 5 33 15 52 Mason Dixon February 20 23 2018 500 4 5 29 17 54 Results edit nbsp Primary results by county Abrams 80 90 Abrams 70 80 Abrams 60 70 Abrams 50 60 Evans 50 60 Evans 60 70 Democratic primary results 110 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Stacey Abrams 424 305 76 44Democratic Stacey Evans 130 784 23 56Total votes 555 089 100 0Libertarian primary editCandidates edit Declared edit Ted Metz chair of the Libertarian Party of Georgia 111 Withdrew edit Doug Craig former chair of the Libertarian Party of Georgia 112 17 113 General election editIf no candidate had gained a simple majority of the votes in the general election a runoff election between the top two candidates would have been held on December 4 2018 114 Debates edit Dates Location Kemp Abrams Metz LinkOctober 23 2018 Atlanta Georgia Participant Participant Participant Full debate C SPANA second debate was scheduled for November 4 2018 2 days before Election Day but it was canceled when Kemp pulled out of the schedule in order to attend a rally for President Donald Trump The Kemp campaign sent multiple other dates but the Abrams campaign declined due to a full schedule 115 Predictions edit Source Ranking As ofThe Cook Political Report 116 Tossup October 26 2018The Washington Post 117 Tossup November 5 2018FiveThirtyEight 118 Lean R November 5 2018Rothenberg Political Report 119 Tilt R November 1 2018Sabato s Crystal Ball 120 Tossup November 5 2018RealClearPolitics 121 Tossup November 4 2018Daily Kos 122 Tossup November 5 2018Fox News 123 a Tossup November 5 2018Politico 124 Tossup November 5 2018Governing 125 Tossup November 5 2018Notes The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe Solid races Endorsements edit Stacey Abrams D Former U S Executive Branch officialsJimmy Carter 39th President of the United States and 76th Governor of Georgia 126 Bill Clinton 42nd President of the United States and 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas Barack Obama 44th President of the United States and former U S Senator D IL 127 Joe Biden 47th Vice President of the United States and former U S Senator D DE 128 Eric Holder 82nd U S Attorney General 129 Sally Yates 36th U S Deputy Attorney General 130 Hillary Clinton 2016 Democratic nominee for President of the United States 67th Secretary of State former Senator from New York former First Lady of the United States 76 Andrew Young former U S Ambassador to the United Nations and former Mayor of Atlanta 131 Valerie Jarrett former Director of the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs 79 Federal politiciansDoug Jones U S Senator D AL 132 Cory Booker U S Senator D NJ 68 Kamala Harris U S Senator D CA 69 Hank Johnson U S Representative D GA 133 John Lewis U S Representative D GA and prominent civil rights movement leader 71 Bernie Sanders U S Senator I VT 72 Elizabeth Warren U S Senator D MA 134 Kirsten Gillibrand U S Senator D NY 135 David Scott U S Representative D GA 73 Jeff Merkley U S Senator D OR 136 Tom Perriello former U S Representative D VA 137 Sanford Bishop U S Representative D GA Max Cleland former U S Senator D GA 138 Terri Sewell U S Representative D AL 139 Joe Kennedy U S Representative D MA 140 Seth Moulton U S Representative D MA 141 Grace Meng U S Representative D NY 142 Statewide and local politiciansKimberly Alexander state representative 74 Tonya Anderson state senator 74 Jason Carter former State Senator and nominee for Governor in 2014 143 Roy Barnes former Governor of Georgia 144 Debra Bazemore state representative 74 Sharon Beasley Teague state representative 74 Karen Bennett state representative 74 Darrel Bush Ealum state representative 74 Rhonda Burnough state representative 74 Park Cannon state representative 74 Gail Davenport state senator 74 Pam Dickerson state representative 74 Gloria Frazier state representative 74 Carl Gilliard state representative 74 J Craig Gordon state representative 74 Ed Harbison state senator 74 Carolyn Hugley state representative 74 Keisha Lance Bottoms Mayor of Atlanta 145 Brenda Lopez state representative 74 Pedro Marin state representative 74 Dewey McClain state representative 74 Howard Mosby state representative 74 Nan Orrock state senator 74 Miriam Paris state representative 74 Sam Park state representative 74 Shelly Hutchinson state representative 74 Dexter Sharper state representative 74 Pam Stephenson state representative 74 Al Williams state representative 74 Eric Garcetti Mayor of Los Angeles 146 Ayanna Pressley member of the Boston City Council 147 IndividualsJohn Carlos former Olympic athlete 148 Wendy Davis former Texas State Senator and nominee for Governor in Texas in 2014 77 Joshua DuBois political commentator 149 Justin Fairfax Lieutenant Governor of Virginia 150 Andrew Gillum Mayor of Tallahassee Florida candidate for Governor in 2018 75 Jason Kander former Missouri Secretary of State and nominee for U S Senate in Missouri in 2016 80 John Hickenlooper Governor of Colorado 151 Letitia James New York City Public Advocate 152 John Legend singer songwriter 153 Rev Joseph Lowery prominent civil movement leader and United Methodist Church minister 81 Terry McAuliffe Former Governor of Virginia 154 Martin O Malley Former Governor of Maryland 155 Tom Perez Chair of the DNC 156 Kelly Rowland singer 148 Kendrick Sampson actor 148 Holland Taylor actress 157 Nina Turner president of Our Revolution and former Ohio State Senator 83 Carl Weathers actor 148 Jussie Smollett actor 158 Kenny Leon director 159 Kara Swisher journalist 160 Kandi Burruss singer and actress 161 Monica Brown singer and actress 162 Tara Strong voice actress and activist 163 164 Kenan Thompson actor and comedian 165 Ludacris rapper and actor 166 Will Ferrell actor and comedian 167 Amy Schumer actress 168 Michelle Kwan former figure skater 169 Amy Poehler actress 170 Rashida Jones actress and filmmaker 171 Keri Hilson singer and actress 172 Oprah Winfrey television personality 173 Tiffany Haddish actress 174 Common rapper and actor 175 2 Chainz rapper 176 Labor unionsAmerican Federation of Government Employees District 5 85 Building and Construction Trades Department AFL CIO 86 Georgia Association of Educators 87 Georgia State AFL CIO 88 89 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 613 86 International Union of Operating Engineers Local 926 86 International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 77 90 Southeast Council of Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union 91 OrganizationsEnd Citizens United Americans for Responsible Solutions GiffordsPAC 92 Black Economic Alliance 177 Democracy for America 93 EMILY s List 94 Higher Heights for America 95 Human Rights Campaign 178 Let America Vote 96 Mijentes a digital and grassroots group for Latino and Chicano movement building and organizing 97 Moveon org 98 NARAL Pro Choice America 99 Our Revolution 100 Planned Parenthood Action Fund 101 Sierra Club 179 The Working Families Party 102 Websites and newspapersDaily Kos 103 Brian Kemp R U S executive branch officialsDonald Trump president of the United States 180 Mike Pence vice president of the United States 181 182 Randy Evans U S ambassador to Luxembourg 183 U S SenatorsDavid Perdue R GA 184 Johnny Isakson R GA 185 Marco Rubio R FL 186 U S RepresentativesNewt Gingrich former U S representative GA 6 former speaker of the U S House of Representatives 187 Jody Hice U S representative GA 10 188 Bob Barr former U S representative GA 7 189 Karen Handel U S representative GA 6 former Georgia Secretary of State 190 Barry Loudermilk U S representative GA 11 191 Buddy Carter U S representative GA 01 192 Drew Ferguson U S representative GA 03 Rob Woodall U S representative GA 07 Austin Scott U S representative GA 08 193 Doug Collins U S representative GA 09 194 Rick W Allen U S representative GA 12 Tom Graves U S representative GA 14 195 State politiciansNathan Deal governor of Georgia 196 Casey Cagle Lieutenant Governor of Georgia and former gubernatorial candidate 197 Hunter Hill former State Senator and former candidate for Governor 198 Clay Tippins retired Navy SEAL and former gubernatorial candidate 199 Ralph Hudgens Georgia insurance commissioner 189 David Clark state representative 200 Nancy Jester DeKalb County commissioner 201 Jan Jones state representative Speaker pro tempore of the Georgia House of Representatives 202 Susan Holmes state representative 203 Wes Cantrell state representative 204 Sam Teasley state representative 205 Vic Reynolds Cobb County district attorney 206 Rick Austin mayor of Demorest 207 Ames Barnett mayor of Washington 207 Dan Curry mayor of Loganville 207 Bill Darsey mayor of Lakeland 207 Steve Edwards mayor of Sugar Hill 207 Steve Fry mayor of Williamson 207 John Gayle mayor of Valdosta 207 John Harley mayor of Centerville 207 Charles Ivey mayor of Watkinsville 207 Jan Jones mayor of Sasser 207 David Earl Keith mayor of Jesup 207 Ken Lee mayor of Rincon 207 Lamar Lee mayor of Walnut Grove 207 Lee Moore mayor of Franklin Springs 207 Peggy Murphy mayor of Alma 207 Roy Plott mayor of Jefferson 207 Johnny Pritchett mayor of Bishop 207 Michael Richbourg mayor of Nashville 207 Jefferson Riley mayor of Mansfield 207 Stephen Tingen mayor of Gray 207 Patricia Wheeler mayor of Stone Mountain 207 Mike Young mayor of McRae Helena 207 Jeff Reese mayor of Villa Rica 208 Keith Brady mayor of Newnan 208 JD Stallings mayor of Thomaston 208 Walter Rocker mayor of Eatonton 208 Kenneth Turner mayor of Gordon 208 OrganizationsGeorgiaCarry org 209 Georgia Hunting and Fishing Federation 210 National Federation of Independent Business 211 National Rifle Association of America 212 Georgia Log Cabin Republicans 213 IndividualsHerman Cain former presidential candidate 214 Vince Dooley former University of Georgia head football coach and athletic director 215 Erick Erickson former member of the Macon City Council and conservative radio host and blogger 216 Laura Loomer internet personality American political activist and investigative journalist 217 Ralph Reed former chairman of the Georgia Republican Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia and Christian activist 218 Herschel Walker former college and professional football player 219 NewspapersThe Augusta Chronicle 220 The Brunswick News 221 Marietta Daily Journal 222 Rome News Tribune 223 Savannah Morning News 224 Polling edit Graphical summary edit Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error BrianKemp R StaceyAbrams D TedMetz L Other UndecidedThe Trafalgar Group R October 30 November 3 2018 2 171 2 1 52 40 4 4 20 20 Insight D Southern Majority October 31 November 2 2018 614 4 0 46 50 1 3 Emerson College October 29 31 2018 724 3 7 49 47 1 2 Cygnal R October 27 30 2018 504 4 4 49 47 4 0 University of Georgia October 21 30 2018 1 091 3 0 47 47 2 5 Opinion Savvy October 28 29 2018 623 3 9 47 48 2 3 Opinion Savvy October 21 22 2018 824 3 4 48 48 1 3 Marist College October 14 18 2018 554 LV 4 8 46 45 4 lt 1 4 49 47 1 4 864 RV 3 8 44 46 4 lt 1 6 47 47 1 5 Ipsos October 4 11 2018 1 088 3 4 47 46 2 1 4 University of Georgia September 30 October 9 2018 1 232 2 8 48 46 2 4 SurveyUSA October 3 8 2018 655 4 9 47 45 2 6 Public Policy Polling D Georgia Engaged October 5 6 2018 729 3 0 46 46 7 Landmark Communications October 1 2018 964 3 2 48 46 2 3 SurveyMonkey September 9 24 2018 1 955 3 0 43 43 14 Garin Hart Yang D Abrams Archived September 23 2018 at the Wayback Machine September 17 20 2018 603 4 1 42 48 3 7 University of Georgia August 26 September 4 2018 1 020 3 1 45 45 2 8 Gravis Marketing July 27 29 2018 650 3 8 44 46 10 SurveyUSA July 15 19 2018 1 199 4 3 46 44 10 Garin Hart Yang D Abrams permanent dead link May 23 25 2018 601 4 0 40 49 Mason Dixon February 20 23 2018 625 4 0 37 40 23 Hypothetical pollingwith Casey CaglePoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error CaseyCagle R StaceyAbrams D UndecidedSurveyUSA July 15 19 2018 1 199 4 3 45 43 12 Garin Hart Yang D Abrams permanent dead link May 23 25 2018 601 4 0 43 48 SurveyUSA May 10 15 2018 2 339 3 5 46 41 14 Mason Dixon February 20 23 2018 625 4 0 45 39 16 with Clay TippinsPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error ClayTippins R StaceyAbrams D UndecidedMason Dixon February 20 23 2018 625 4 0 40 41 19 with Hunter HillPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error HunterHill R StaceyAbrams D UndecidedMason Dixon February 20 23 2018 625 4 0 37 43 20 with Stacey EvansPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error CaseyCagle R StaceyEvans D UndecidedSurveyUSA May 10 15 2018 2 339 3 5 45 41 13 Mason Dixon February 20 23 2018 625 4 0 47 38 15 Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error BrianKemp R StaceyEvans D UndecidedMason Dixon February 20 23 2018 625 4 0 42 39 19 Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error ClayTippins R StaceyEvans D UndecidedMason Dixon February 20 23 2018 625 4 0 41 38 21 Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error HunterHill R StaceyEvans D UndecidedMason Dixon February 20 23 2018 625 4 0 35 36 29 with Casey CaglePoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error CaseyCagle R JasonCarter D UndecidedPublic Policy Polling May 27 30 2016 724 3 6 40 39 21 Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error CaseyCagle R KasimReed D UndecidedPublic Policy Polling May 27 30 2016 724 3 6 46 33 21 with Brian KempPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error BrianKemp R JasonCarter D UndecidedPublic Policy Polling May 27 30 2016 724 3 6 38 40 22 Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error BrianKemp R KasimReed D UndecidedPublic Policy Polling May 27 30 2016 724 3 6 43 33 24 Results edit 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election 225 Party Candidate Votes Republican Brian Kemp 1 978 408 50 22 2 52 Democratic Stacey Abrams 1 923 685 48 83 3 95 Libertarian Ted Metz 37 235 0 95 1 41 Write in 81 0 00 0 02 Total votes 3 939 409 100 00 N ARepublican holdResults by county edit All results from the office of the Secretary of State of Georgia 226 County Brian KempRepublican Stacey AbramsDemocratic Ted MetzLibertarian Totalvotes Appling 79 72 5 428 19 94 1 358 0 34 23 6 809Atkinson 74 39 1 876 25 26 637 0 36 9 2 522Bacon 86 71 3 321 12 77 489 0 52 20 3 830Baker 58 24 753 41 38 535 0 39 5 1 293Baldwin 49 47 7 735 49 84 7 793 0 69 108 15 636Banks 89 75 6 150 9 41 645 0 83 57 6 852Barrow 73 57 20 162 25 18 6 900 1 25 343 27 405Bartow 76 09 28 425 22 82 8 524 1 10 410 37 359Ben Hill 63 80 3 539 35 75 1 983 0 45 25 5 547Berrien 85 00 5 314 14 40 900 0 61 38 6 252Bibb 38 27 23 225 61 07 37 066 0 66 401 60 692Bleckley 78 52 3 816 20 62 1 002 0 86 42 4 860Brantley 91 29 5 198 8 10 461 0 61 35 5 694Brooks 61 36 3 511 38 24 2 188 0 40 23 5 722Bryan 70 12 10 507 28 78 4 313 1 10 165 14 985Bulloch 62 69 14 848 36 44 8 630 0 87 205 23 683Burke 50 57 4 410 48 95 4 269 0 48 42 8 721Butts 71 74 6 358 27 65 2 451 0 61 54 8 863Calhoun 42 65 810 57 08 1 084 0 26 5 1 899Camden 65 29 11 139 33 57 5 727 1 14 195 17 061Candler 72 34 2 560 27 21 963 0 45 16 3 539Carroll 69 79 29 204 29 11 12 180 1 10 459 41 843Catoosa 79 47 18 881 19 32 4 590 1 21 287 23 758Charlton 75 08 2 534 24 36 822 0 56 19 3 375Chatham 40 01 41 425 58 97 61 059 1 02 1 059 103 543Chattahoochee 54 57 603 44 71 494 0 72 8 1 105Chattooga 79 85 5 936 19 44 1 445 0 71 53 7 434Cherokee 72 08 76 700 26 36 28 047 1 56 1 664 106 411Clarke 28 56 12 365 70 27 30 427 1 18 510 43 402Clay 45 19 536 54 13 642 0 67 8 1 186Clayton 11 79 10 868 87 81 80 971 0 40 373 92 212Clinch 76 04 1 717 23 65 534 0 31 7 2 258Cobb 44 53 138 852 54 12 168 767 1 35 4 195 311 814Coffee 70 78 8 929 28 78 3 630 0 44 56 12 615Colquitt 75 83 9 830 23 56 3 054 0 61 79 12 963Columbia 66 44 40 947 32 49 20 023 1 08 664 61 634Cook 70 93 4 116 28 73 1 667 0 34 20 5 803Coweta 69 69 40 471 29 12 16 908 1 19 692 58 071Crawford 72 86 3 595 26 39 1 302 0 75 37 4 934Crisp 63 05 4 445 36 55 2 577 0 40 28 7 050Dade 82 53 4 508 16 18 884 1 28 70 5 462Dawson 85 94 9 953 13 12 1 519 0 94 109 11 581Decatur 60 05 5 492 39 53 3 615 0 43 39 9 146DeKalb 15 64 48 923 83 47 261 042 0 89 2 776 312 741Dodge 73 93 5 220 25 73 1 817 0 34 24 7 061Dooly 52 73 2 001 46 96 1 782 0 32 12 3 795Dougherty 29 69 9 330 69 94 21 980 0 37 115 31 425Douglas 39 35 21 744 59 82 33 053 0 83 458 55 255Early 55 26 2 285 44 50 1 840 0 24 10 4 135Echols 88 19 1 008 11 02 126 0 79 9 1 143Effingham 76 89 17 969 22 01 5 145 1 10 257 23 371Elbert 69 73 5 152 29 70 2 194 0 57 42 7 388Emanuel 69 98 5 400 29 52 2 278 0 49 38 7 716Evans 69 39 2 392 30 17 1 040 0 44 15 3 447Fannin 82 96 9 306 16 13 1 809 0 92 103 11 218Fayette 56 03 32 497 42 75 24 796 1 22 705 57 998Floyd 71 10 21 569 27 84 8 445 1 07 324 30 338Forsyth 70 57 65 845 27 97 26 092 1 46 1 361 93 298Franklin 86 54 7 051 12 71 1 036 0 75 61 8 148Fulton 26 66 112 991 72 34 306 589 0 99 4 208 423 788Gilmer 83 70 10 471 15 32 1 917 0 98 122 12 510Glascock 91 39 1 189 8 22 107 0 38 5 1 301Glynn 63 54 20 743 35 64 11 636 0 82 269 32 648Gordon 81 93 14 586 17 11 3 046 0 97 172 17 804Grady 67 30 5 633 32 31 2 704 0 39 33 8 370Greene 65 10 5 856 34 39 3 093 0 51 46 8 995Gwinnett 42 23 132 998 56 55 178 097 1 21 3 823 314 918Habersham 83 51 12 944 15 59 2 417 0 90 139 15 500Hall 73 35 49 442 25 50 17 187 1 15 777 67 406Hancock 24 58 872 75 14 2 666 0 28 10 3 548Haralson 87 65 9 278 11 52 1 219 0 83 88 10 585Harris 74 03 11 834 25 15 4 021 0 82 131 15 986Hart 76 60 7 370 22 64 2 178 0 77 74 9 622Heard 83 21 3 374 16 13 654 0 67 27 4 055Henry 41 97 41 364 57 31 56 485 0 72 709 98 558Houston 57 93 34 314 41 12 24 358 0 95 560 59 232Irwin 75 83 2 701 23 89 851 0 28 10 3 562Jackson 81 60 21 950 17 38 4 674 1 02 275 26 899Jasper 74 52 4 430 24 96 1 484 0 52 31 5 945Jeff Davis 82 64 3 979 16 91 814 0 46 22 4 815Jefferson 46 95 3 177 52 67 3 564 0 38 26 6 767Jenkins 64 66 1 857 34 96 1 004 0 38 11 2 872Johnson 72 47 2 524 27 22 948 0 32 11 3 483Jones 67 82 8 438 31 65 3 938 0 52 65 12 441Lamar 69 39 5 105 29 84 2 195 0 77 57 7 357Lanier 71 24 1 910 28 42 762 0 34 9 2 681Laurens 65 87 12 484 33 64 6 375 0 49 93 18 952Lee 74 66 10 120 24 76 3 356 0 58 79 13 555Liberty 36 16 5 557 63 09 9 696 0 75 115 15 368Lincoln 69 44 2 756 29 93 1 188 0 63 25 3 969Long 64 81 2 591 34 29 1 371 0 90 36 3 998Lowndes 57 30 20 488 42 02 15 024 0 67 241 35 753Lumpkin 79 23 9 157 19 28 2 228 1 50 173 11 558Macon 36 90 1 556 62 89 2 652 0 21 9 4 217Madison 78 48 9 181 20 67 2 418 0 85 100 11 699Marion 63 87 1 872 35 38 1 037 0 75 22 2 931McDuffie 60 54 5 323 38 98 3 427 0 48 42 8 792McIntosh 59 50 3 218 39 96 2 161 0 54 29 5 408Meriwether 58 88 5 093 40 47 3 501 0 65 56 8 650Miller 77 88 1 803 21 68 502 0 43 10 2 315Mitchell 56 16 4 187 43 53 3 245 0 31 23 7 455Monroe 71 94 9 308 27 18 3 516 0 88 114 12 938Montgomery 76 13 2 686 23 27 821 0 60 21 3 528Morgan 71 22 6 807 27 99 2 675 0 80 76 9 558Murray 85 76 9 512 13 43 1 489 0 81 90 11 091Muscogee 38 48 24 348 60 79 38 462 0 73 462 63 272Newton 45 08 19 449 54 27 23 412 0 65 280 43 141Oconee 69 80 14 480 29 00 6 015 1 20 249 20 744Oglethorpe 70 44 4 568 28 48 1 847 1 08 70 6 485Paulding 66 53 40 784 32 56 19 959 0 92 562 61 305Peach 52 01 5 432 47 54 4 966 0 45 47 10 445Pickens 84 80 11 331 14 23 1 901 0 97 130 13 362Pierce 88 95 6 123 10 72 738 0 33 23 6 884Pike 85 71 7 322 13 63 1 164 0 67 57 8 543Polk 79 13 10 177 20 12 2 588 0 75 96 12 861Pulaski 69 77 2 527 29 79 1 079 0 44 16 3 622Putnam 71 82 6 704 27 63 2 579 0 56 52 9 335Quitman 55 53 522 43 62 410 0 85 8 940Rabun 80 01 6 063 18 84 1 428 1 15 87 7 578Randolph 45 07 1 257 54 43 1 518 0 50 14 2 789Richmond 31 47 22 076 67 75 47 531 0 78 548 70 155Rockdale 31 93 11 703 67 45 24 725 0 62 227 36 655Schley 80 96 1 565 18 26 353 0 78 15 1 933Screven 60 36 3 268 39 36 2 131 0 28 15 5 414Seminole 66 59 2 149 32 88 1 061 0 53 17 3 227Spalding 61 17 14 937 37 92 9 258 0 91 222 24 417Stephens 80 62 7 326 18 62 1 692 0 76 69 9 087Stewart 41 78 760 57 89 1 053 0 33 6 1 819Sumter 48 78 5 149 50 78 5 360 0 45 47 10 556Talbot 39 51 1 167 59 75 1 765 0 74 22 2 954Taliaferro 38 00 350 61 67 568 0 33 3 921Tattnall 76 32 5 073 23 12 1 537 0 56 37 6 647Taylor 62 81 2 069 36 58 1 205 0 61 20 3 294Telfair 66 77 2 425 32 79 1 191 0 44 16 3 632Terrell 45 70 1 800 53 95 2 125 0 36 14 3 939Thomas 61 22 10 557 38 29 6 602 0 49 85 17 244Tift 69 65 9 523 29 77 4 070 0 59 80 13 673Toombs 74 75 6 623 24 84 2 201 0 41 36 8 860Towns 81 69 5 009 17 37 1 065 0 95 58 6 132Treutlen 68 86 1 800 30 83 806 0 31 8 2 614Troup 60 77 14 533 38 55 9 218 0 68 162 23 913Turner 62 98 2 062 36 65 1 200 0 37 12 3 274Twiggs 52 72 1 999 46 84 1 776 0 45 17 3 792Union 83 43 9 899 15 61 1 852 0 96 114 11 865Upson 66 83 7 063 32 58 3 443 0 59 62 10 568Walker 80 97 17 400 17 86 3 838 1 17 252 21 490Walton 76 88 29 742 22 43 8 679 0 69 265 38 686Ware 71 66 7 894 27 84 3 067 0 50 55 11 016Warren 46 57 1 053 53 07 1 200 0 35 8 2 261Washington 50 53 4 128 49 11 4 012 0 36 29 8 169Wayne 80 15 8 120 19 15 1 940 0 70 71 10 131Webster 59 91 659 40 00 440 0 09 1 1 100Wheeler 71 05 1 372 28 74 555 0 21 4 1 931White 84 51 9 667 14 40 1 647 1 09 125 11 439Whitfield 72 30 19 758 26 80 7 323 0 90 246 27 327Wilcox 73 32 2 064 26 47 745 0 21 6 2 815Wilkes 58 90 2 578 40 53 1 774 0 57 25 4 377Wilkinson 55 64 2 373 44 01 1 877 0 35 15 4 265Worth 75 39 5 915 24 14 1 894 0 47 37 7 846Counties that flipped from Democratic to RepublicanBurke largest municipality Waynesboro Chattahoochee largest municipality Cusseta Dooly largest municipality Vienna Quitman largest municipality Georgetown Twiggs largest municipality Jeffersonville Washington largest municipality Sandersville Wilkinson largest municipality Gordon Counties that flipped from Republican to DemocraticCobb largest municipality Marietta Gwinnett largest municipality Peachtree Corners By congressional district edit Kemp won 8 of 14 congressional districts Abrams won the other 6 including one that elected a Republican 227 District Kemp Abrams Representative1st 56 49 42 61 Buddy Carter2nd 43 62 55 89 Sanford Bishop3rd 64 21 34 8 Drew Ferguson4th 20 05 79 28 Hank Johnson5th 11 31 87 89 John Lewis6th 47 51 50 97 Lucy McBath7th 48 64 50 03 Rob Woodall8th 64 11 35 22 Austin Scott9th 78 82 20 13 Doug Collins10th 61 39 37 74 Jody Hice11th 59 33 39 27 Barry Loudermilk12th 57 69 41 58 Rick W Allen13th 23 28 75 99 David Scott14th 75 38 23 65 Tom GravesVoter demographics edit Edison Research exit poll Demographic subgroup Abrams Kemp NoAnswer ofVotersGenderMen 46 52 2 46Women 51 49 N A 54Age18 24 years old 60 38 2 925 29 years old 72 26 2 530 39 years old 61 38 1 1540 49 years old 49 50 1 1950 64 years old 41 58 1 2965 and older 40 60 N A 22RaceWhite 25 74 1 60Black 93 6 1 30Latino 62 37 1 5Asian N A N A N A 2Other N A N A N A 3Race by genderWhite men 25 73 2 28White women 25 75 N A 32Black men 88 11 1 14Black women 97 2 1 16Latino men N A N A N A 2Latina women N A N A N A 3Others 54 44 2 5EducationHigh school or less 38 61 1 30Some college education 50 48 2 25Associate degree 51 48 1 12Bachelor s degree 54 45 1 21Advanced degree 60 39 1 12Education and raceWhite college graduates 40 59 1 22White no college degree 17 82 1 39Non white college graduates 85 14 1 12Non white no college degree 84 15 1 28Whites by education and genderWhite women with college degrees 43 57 N A 11White women without college degrees 16 83 1 21White men with college degrees 38 61 1 11White men without college degrees 17 81 2 17Non whites 84 15 1 40IncomeUnder 30 000 65 34 1 20 30 000 49 999 38 60 2 20 50 000 99 999 43 57 N A 35 100 000 199 999 41 58 1 18Over 200 000 N A N A N A 7Party IDDemocrats 97 2 1 33Republicans 3 97 N A 38Independents 54 44 2 28Party by genderDemocratic men 96 3 1 12Democratic women 98 2 n a 21Republican men 3 97 N A 17Republican women 3 97 N A 21Independent men 55 42 3 17Independent women 53 45 2 12IdeologyLiberals 88 11 1 20Moderates 63 36 1 38Conservatives 16 83 1 42Marital statusMarried 33 66 1 55Unmarried 63 36 1 45Gender by marital statusMarried men 29 68 3 25Married women 34 65 1 30Unmarried men 58 41 1 21Unmarried women 69 31 N A 24First time midterm election voterYes 53 46 1 18No 48 50 2 82Most important issue facing the countryHealth care 79 20 1 34Immigration 9 90 1 32Economy 43 57 N A 23Gun policy N A N A N A 9Area typeUrban 70 29 1 22Suburban 43 56 1 63Rural 42 58 N A 15Source CNN 228 Electoral controversies editKemp retained his office as Georgia Secretary of State throughout the campaign leading to allegations of a conflict of interest for overseeing an election in which he himself was a candidate During the campaign he was called upon by former president and former governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter 229 and the Georgia chapters of the NAACP and Common Cause to resign from the secretariat position Kemp refused to do so 230 until after he claimed victory two days following the election Kemp also accused the state Democratic Party of hacking into the state s voter database a few days before the election however an email released shortly after the accusation was made showed the party warning election security experts highlighting massive vulnerabilities within the state s My Voter Page and its online voter registration system not an attempt to hack the database as Kemp had claimed 231 Irregularities in voter registration occurred prior to the election Between 2012 and 2018 Kemp s office canceled over 1 4 million voter registrations with nearly 700 000 cancellations in 2017 alone 232 Over 300 000 people were removed from the rolls on the grounds that they had moved to a new address when they actually had not 233 On a single night in July 2017 half a million voters had their registrations canceled According to The Atlanta Journal Constitution election law experts said that this may represent the largest mass disenfranchisement in US history 234 The registrations of 53 000 voters disproportionately affecting black people were delayed by Kemp s office for not exactly matching state driver records After a lawsuit was filed Kemp agreed to allow flagged voters to vote if they had identification 235 These irregularities resulted in allegations that Kemp was using voter suppression to increase his chances of winning the contest 235 Georgia election officials responded to these allegations by stating that any voter flagged for irregularities could still vote receiving a regular ballot not a provisional ballot by providing ID at a valid polling place as is required of all voters by state law 236 Concerning the question of why the pending registration status mattered if those voters could vote normally at the polls critics claimed that learning of this status might discourage those voters from turning out to the polls at all 237 The Washington Post reported that more than 200 polling places across Georgia were closed in the 2018 election primarily in poor and minority neighborhoods Voters reported long lines malfunctioning voting machines and other problems that delayed or thwarted voting in those areas 238 The Atlanta Journal Constitution found that precinct closures and longer distances likely prevented an estimated 54 000 to 85 000 voters from casting ballots on the 2018 Election Day 239 According to Richard L Hasen professor of law and political science at the University of California at Irvine there is no question that Georgia in general and Brian Kemp in particular took steps to make it harder for people to register and vote and that those people tended to skew Democratic 240 On November 12 2018 U S District Court Judge Amy Totenberg ruled that Georgia s secretary of state office must take steps to preserve provisional ballots and begin counting them 241 242 243 On November 13 2018 U S District Court Judge Leigh Martin May ruled that Gwinnett County violated the Civil Rights Act in rejecting absentee ballots with missing or incorrect specified year of birth of the absentee voter 241 On November 16 2018 Abrams announced that she was ending her campaign Abrams acknowledged that Kemp would be certified as victor while emphasizing that her statement was not a concession saying I acknowledge that Secretary of State Brian Kemp will be certified as the victor of the 2018 gubernatorial election But let s be clear this is not a speech of concession because concession means to acknowledge an action is right true or proper 7 244 245 246 247 Abrams announced the creation of Fair Fight Action a voting rights nonprofit organization that sued the secretary of state and state election board in federal court for voter suppression 248 In February 2021 a federal judge ruled that Fair Fight s claims about voting machines voter list security and polling place issues were resolved by changes in Georgia s election law or invalidated due to lack of standing to sue 249 250 In April 2021 a judge allowed some claims in the legal challenge to proceed while rejecting others 251 On September 30 2022 a federal judge ruled against Fair Fight on the remaining claims finding that Georgia s voting practices did not violate the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act 252 253 254 255 According to the judge the case resulted in wins and losses for all parties over the course of the litigation and culminated in what is believed to have been the longest voting rights bench trial in the history of the Northern District of Georgia 256 257 258 Since losing the election Abrams has repeatedly claimed that the election was not fairly conducted 259 and has declined to call Kemp the legitimate governor of Georgia 260 Her position is that Kemp who oversaw the election in his role as Secretary of State had a conflict of interest and suppressed turnout by purging nearly 670 000 voter registrations in 2017 and that about 53 000 voter registrations were pending a month before the election 259 261 She has said I have no empirical evidence that I would have achieved a higher number of votes However I have sufficient and I think legally sufficient doubt about the process to say that it was not a fair election 259 On November 9 2018 the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that its investigation of the 2018 statewide elections in Georgia had found no evidence of systematic malfeasance or of enough tainted votes to force a runoff election 262 A follow up analysis in December 2019 by the Atlanta Journal Constitution found an estimated 54 000 to 85 000 voters were impacted by changes such as precinct 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Abrams climb to a high level where we can all see her welcome her amp cheer her on from wherever we are Georgia how exciting to have a new extraordinary leader in your midst Twitter Archived from the original on January 5 2021 Retrieved August 2 2018 Jussie Smollett Georgia folks I m here to tell y all staceyabrams is worth your vote Don t make excuses in November Twitter Archived from the original on January 5 2021 Retrieved September 18 2018 Kenny Leon staceyabrams for Ga Governor I m in NY working on AmericanSonPlay for broadway but I have applied for my absentee ballot No excuses vote vote vote Twitter Archived from the original on January 5 2021 Retrieved September 18 2018 Kara Swisher Look it s me and hilaryr with the next Governor of Georgia staceyabrams You can listen to a podcast we did with her almost a year ago on Recode Decode Twitter Archived from the original on January 5 2021 Retrieved September 18 2018 Kandi Burruss Yesterday was a great day around so many inspiring women coming together to help make history amp change Georgia for the better Twitter Archived from the original on January 5 2021 Retrieved September 29 2018 Monica The energy love amp respect in the room yesterday was powerful staceyabrams we support you You can see the joy in our faces Change is coming Twitter Archived from the original on January 5 2021 Retrieved September 29 2018 Tara Strong FightBack VoteBlue As usual Republicans turn to cheating Why They re racist misogynist cheaters That s it JusticeForVoters vote staceyabrams Twitter Archived from the original on January 5 2021 Retrieved October 12 2018 Tara Strong Thank you SOOOO MUCH Goddess staceyabrams for visiting with fans DragonCon with the stunning feliciaday Twitter Archived from the original on January 5 2021 Retrieved July 4 2019 Stacey Abrams As an Atlanta native officialkenan knows what s up Elections are about choices and the choice we face is crystal clear Let s get it done and get out the early vote Twitter 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