2022 Local Election and Primary Results

Results come from the Georgia Secretary of State’s website.

Table of Contents

Turnout
Local / Nonpartisan Election
Democratic Primary
Republican Primary

Turnout

1,173,598 voters participated in the Republican primary for US Senate statewide with 724,850 voters participating in the Democratic primary for the same office.

In Athens, 21,813 voters cast their ballots out of 71,350 registered voters (30.6% turnout).

Local / Nonpartisan Election Results

Georgia Supreme Court

Verda Colvin

Verda Colvin (incumbent) – 68.4%
Veronica Brinson – 31.6%


Mayor of Athens-Clarke County

Kelly Girtz (incumbent) – 59.5%
Mara Zúñiga – 24.9%
Pearl Hall — 5.0%
Mykeisha Ross — 4.8%
Fred Moorman — 3.0%
Bennie Coleman — 2.8%

Commission, District 1

Commissioner Patrick Davenport

Patrick Davenport (incumbent) – 59.2%
Audrey Hughes – 40.8%


Commission, District 3

Tiffany Taylor

Tiffany Taylor – 54.0%
Asia Thomas – 46.0%


Commission, District 5

Dexter Fisher – 49.6%
Matt Pulver – 27.2%
Jared Bailey — 23.2%

Dexter Fisher

Runoff:

Dexter Fisher – 66.3%
Matt Pulver – 33.8%


Commission, District 7

John Culpepper

John Culpepper – 55.0%
Allen Jones – 45.0%


Board of Education, District 1

Heidi Hensley

Heidi Hensley – 55.0%
James Alexander – 45.0%


Board of Education, District 5

Commissioner Tim Denson

Tim Denson – 75.8%
Bernard Anderson – 24.3%


Board of Education, District 9

Mark Evans

Mark Evans – 51.1%
Elder Johnson – 49.0%


TSPLOST 2023

TSPLOST

YES – 67.8%
NO – 32.2%


Democratic Primary

US Senate

Raphael Warnock

Raphael Warnock (incumbent) – 96.0%
Tamara Johnson-Shealey – 4.0%


US House of Representatives, District 10

Tabitha Johnson-Green – 42.0%
Jessica Fore – 19.3%
Phyllis Hatcher — 18.9%
Femi Oduwole — 11.8%
Paul Walton — 8.1%

Tabitha Johnson-Green

Runoff:

Tabitha Johnson-Green – 64.4%
Jessica Fore – 35.6%


Lieutenant Governor

Kwanza Hall — 30.1%
Charlie Bailey — 17.6%
Renitta Shannon — 14.5%
Tyrone Brooks, Jr. — 10.8%
Five other candidates received under 10% of the vote

Runoff:

Charlie Bailey — 63.1%
Kwanza Hall — 36.9%


Secretary of State

Bee Nguyen — 44.3%
Dee Dawkins-Haigler — 18.7%

Michael Owens — 16.4%
Floyd Griffin — 10.8%
John Eaves — 9.8%

Runoff:

Bee Nguyen — 77.0%
Dee Dawkins-Haigler — 23.0%


Attorney General

Jen Jordan – 77.6%
Christian Wise Smith – 22.4%


Agriculture Commissioner

Nakita Hemmingway – 56.3%
Winfred Dukes – 28.6%
Fred Swann — 15.2%


Insurance Commissioner

Janice Laws Robinson — 48.7%
Raphael Baker — 33.1%

Matthew Wilson — 18.2%

Runoff:

Janice Laws Robinson — 63.7%
Raphael Baker — 36.3%

State School Superintendent

Alisha Searcy – 57.0%
Jaha Howard – 15.0%
James Morrow, Jr. — 14.6%
Currey Hitchens — 13.5%

Labor Commissioner

Will Boddie, Jr. — 27.7%
Nicole Horn — 25.1%

Lester Jackson III — 19.4%
Nadia Surrency — 17.9%
Thomas Dean — 9.9%

Runoff:

Will Boddie, Jr. — 62.3%
Nicole Horn — 37.7%

Public Service Commissioner, District 2

Patty Durand

Patty Durand – 60.4%
Russell Edwards – 39.6%


Public Service Commissioner, District 3

Shelia Edwards – 54.7%
Chandra Farley – 30.6%
Missy Moore — 14.7%

Republican Primary

US Senate

Herschel Walker – 68.2%
Gary Black — 13.3%
Latham Saddler — 8.9%
Three other candidates received under 5% of the vote

US House of Representatives, District 10

Mike Collins — 25.6%
Vernon Jones — 21.5%

Timothy Barr — 14.3%
Paul Broun — 13.3%
Three other candidates received under 10% of the vote

Runoff:

Mike Collins — 74.5%
Vernon Jones — 25.5%

Governor

Governor Brian Kemp

Brian Kemp (incumbent) – 73.7%
David Perdue — 21.8%
Three other candidates received under 5% of the vote


Lieutenant Governor

Burt Jones – 50.1%
Butch Miller — 31.1%
Mack McGregor — 11.3%
Jeanne Seaver — 7.5%

Secretary of State

Brad Raffensperger (incumbent) – 52.4%
Jody Hice — 33.3%
David Belle Isle — 8.8%
TJ Hudson — 5.5%


Attorney General

Chris Carr (incumbent) – 73.8%
John Gordon — 26.3%


Insurance Commissioner

John King (incumbent) – 70.6%
Patrick Witt — 16.8%
Ben Cowart — 12.7%

State School Superintendent

Richard Woods (incumbent) – 72.6%
John Barge — 27.4%

Labor Commissioner

Bruce Thompson — 62.7%
Mike Coan — 30.7%
Kartik Bhatt — 6.6%

State Senate, District 47

Frank Ginn (incumbent) — 66.1%
Ross Harvin — 20.6%
Charlie Chase — 13.3%

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