Statewide results come from the Secretary of State via clarityelections.com, as do the results from Athens-Clarke County. Results from the runoff election on December 6 can be found here.
Turnout
Georgians came out in record numbers for early voting but faded slightly on election day when compared to 2018 numbers. Overall turnout was very good for a midterm election with 3,935,924 votes cast, or 57.0% of registered voters.
In Athens, 25,362 votes were cast during early voting, a figure which nearly exceeded the total number of votes cast during the 2014 midterm election (when 25,934 Athenians cast their ballots). Overall, 40,435 Athenians voted in 2022, 59.1% of registered voters.
Those who argue that Athens had low turnout are comparing our county to others in Georgia that have very different demographics.
2022 Election Results
US Senate
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State
Attorney General
Agriculture Commissioner
Insurance Commissioner
State School Superintendent
Labor Commissioner
US House of Representatives, District 10
State Senate, District 46
State Senate, District 47
State House, District 120
State House, District 121
State House, District 122
State House, District 124
Constitutional Amendment #1
Constitutional Amendment #2
Referendum A
Referendum B
Local Referendum
US Senate
Raphael Warnock (D, incumbent) — 49.4%
Herschel Walker (R) — 48.5%
Chase Oliver (L) — 2.1%
Runoff
Raphael Warnock (D, incumbent) — 51.4%
Herschel Walker (R) — 48.7%
Governor
Brian Kemp (R, incumbent) — 53.4%
Stacey Abrams (D) — 45.9%
Shane Hazel (L) — 0.7%
Lieutenant Governor
Burt Jones (R) — 51.4%
Charlie Bailey (D) — 46.4%
Ryan Graham (L) — 2.2%
Secretary of State
Brad Raffensperger (R, incumbent) — 53.2%
Bee Nguyen (D) — 44.0%
Ted Metz (L) — 2.8%
Attorney General
Chris Carr (R, incumbent) — 51.9%
Jen Jordan (D) — 46.6%
Martin Cowen (L) — 1.5%
Agriculture Commissioner
Tyler Harper (R) — 53.0%
Nakita Hemingway (D) — 44.8%
David Raudabaugh (L) — 2.2%
Insurance Commissioner
John King (R, incumbent) — 54.1%
Janice Laws Robinson (D) — 45.9%
State School Superintendent
Richard Woods (R, incumbent) — 54.2%
Alisha Searcy (D) — 45.8%
Labor Commissioner
Bruce Thompson (R) — 52.1%
William Boddie (D) — 45.3%
Emily Anderson (L) — 2.6%
US House of Representatives, District 10
Mike Collins (R) — 64.5%
Tabitha Johnson-Green (D) — 35.5%
State Senate, District 46
Bill Cowsert (R, incumbent) — 64.0%
Andrew Ferguson (D) — 36.0%
State Senate, District 47
Frank Ginn (R, incumbent) — 62.0%
Conolus Scott, Jr. (D) — 38.0%
State House, District 120
Houston Gaines (R, incumbent) — 61.2%
Mokah Jasmine Johnson (D) — 38.8%
State House, District 121
Marcus Wiedower (R, incumbent) — 60.4%
Jeff Auerbach (D) — 39.6%
State House, District 122
Spencer Frye (D, incumbent) – 100%
State House, District 124
Trey Rhodes (R, incumbent) — 65.9%
Kat Howkins (D) — 34.2%
Constitutional Amendment #1
YES (Stop paying politicians indicted on felony charges) — 88.5%
NO (Keep paying politicians indicted on felony charges) — 11.5%
Constitutional Amendment #2
YES (Allow tax breaks during natural disasters) — 91.9%
NO (Don’t allow tax breaks during natural disasters) — 8.2%
Referendum A
YES (Give tax breaks to the timber industry) — 59.0%
NO (Don’t give tax breaks to the timber industry) — 41.0%
Referendum B
YES (Give tax breaks to the agriculture industry) — 76.5%
NO (Don’t give tax breaks to the agriculture industry) — 23.5%
Local Referendum
YES (Freeze property taxes for low-income homeowners) – 85.7%
NO (Don’t freeze property taxes for low-income homeowners) – 14.3%
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