2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia explained

See also: 2020 United States Senate elections.

2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia should not be confused with 2020 Georgia State Senate election.

Election Name:2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia
Country:Georgia (U.S. state)
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2016 United States Senate election in Georgia
Previous Year:2016
Next Election:2022 United States Senate election in Georgia
Next Year:2022
Election Date:November 3, 2020 (first round)
January 5, 2021 (runoff)
Turnout:65.3% (first round)
59.7% (runoff)
1Blank:First round
2Blank:Runoff
Image1:File:Raphael Warnock for Senate (cropped).jpg
Candidate1:Raphael Warnock
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
1Data1:1,617,035
32.9%
2Data1:2,289,113
51.04%
Candidate2:Kelly Loeffler
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
1Data2:1,273,214
25.91%
2Data2:2,195,841
48.96%
Candidate4:Doug Collins
Image4:File:Doug Collins, Official portrait, 113th Congress (cropped).jpg
Party4:Republican Party (United States)
1Data4:980,454
19.95%
2Data4:Eliminated
Candidate5:Deborah Jackson
Image5:File:DeborahJackson2.png
Party5:Democratic Party (United States)
1Data5:324,118
6.6%
2Data5:Eliminated
U.S. Senator
Before Election:Kelly Loeffler
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Raphael Warnock
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia was held on November 3, 2020, and on January 5, 2021 (as a runoff), to elect the Class III member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Georgia. Democrat Raphael Warnock defeated appointed incumbent Republican Kelly Loeffler. The first round of the election was held on November 3, 2020; however, no candidate received a majority of the vote, so the top two candidates—Warnock and Loeffler—advanced to a runoff on January 5, 2021, which Warnock won narrowly.

The special election was prompted by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s appointment of Loeffler as the interim replacement for Republican Class III Senator Johnny Isakson, who resigned in December 2019. The winner of this election would serve a shortened term concluding on January 3, 2023. An election to serve a full six-year term was set for November 8, 2022.

Under Georgia law, no primary election took place for the special election; all candidates, regardless of party, were placed on the same ballot (known as a nonpartisan blanket primary, or "jungle primary"), and the election was held on November 3, 2020. Warnock received the most votes with 32.9%, and Loeffler came in second with 25.9%. No candidate received more than 50% of the vote, so the top two candidates advanced to a runoff election on January 5, 2021.[1]

The runoff was held concurrently with the regular Georgia Class II Senate election, in which Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated incumbent Republican David Perdue, also in a runoff on January 5. Following the November 3, 2020, Senate elections, Republicans held 50 Senate seats, and the Democratic caucus—46 registered Democrats and two allied independents—had 48. Because of this, the two Georgia runoffs determined the balance of the United States Senate under the incoming Biden administration. Winning both races gave the Democratic caucus 50 Senate seats, an effective majority with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris casting tie-breaking votes. The extraordinarily high political stakes caused the races to attract significant attention nationwide and globally.

Major media outlets, including Decision Desk HQ, the Associated Press, The New York Times, and NBC News, called the election for Warnock in the early hours of January 6, just minutes after he declared victory. Though Loeffler vowed to challenge the results after she returned from the electoral vote certification in Washington,[2] she conceded on January 7.[3] Ossoff and Warnock became the first Democrats to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Georgia since Zell Miller in the 2000 special election. Warnock is the first Black senator from Georgia, as well as the first Black Democrat from the South elected to the Senate. Though Warnock is the first Democratic senator from this seat since the latter election,[4] hours later Ossoff was declared the winner in the regular Senate election.[5] [6] The two elections mark the first time since the 1994 United States Senate election in Tennessee and the concurrent special election that both Senate seats in a state have flipped from one party to the other in a single election cycle. This was also the first time the Democrats achieved this since West Virginia's 1958 Senate elections. The election results were certified on January 19, 2021, with the senators-elect taking office on January 20.[7] [8] [9]

Background

On August 28, 2019, Isakson announced that he would resign from the Senate effective December 31, 2019, due to his deteriorating health.[10] This triggered a special election to fill the remainder of his term. On September 17, 2019, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp launched a website inviting Georgia citizens to submit their résumés to be considered for appointment.[11] President Donald Trump advocated the appointment of Representative Doug Collins.[12] Kemp appointed Loeffler to fill the seat until the 2020 special election; she took office on January 6, 2020.[13]

Candidates

Democratic Party

Despite the large number of candidates in the special election, by October 4, 2020, the Democratic Party had largely consolidated around Warnock's candidacy and had pressured other Democratic candidates, such as Matt Lieberman, to drop out to avoid vote-splitting.[14]

While she had not been treated as a major contender, being largely ignored by pollsters, Deborah Jackson received 6.6% of the vote in the initial round of the election, being the second-best performing Democrat, and outperformed fellow Democrats such as Matt Lieberman and Ed Tarver, who pollsters had paid attention to. Al Jazeera attributed her performance, in part, to her being the first Democrat listed in the order of candidates that appeared on the ballot, and her being a familiar figure in the Democratic stronghold of DeKalb County.[15]

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated

Declined

Republican Party

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated

Withdrawn

Declined

Libertarian Party

Declared

Green Party

Declared

Independents

Declared

Special election

Polling

Jungle primary

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Doug
Collins (R)
Matt
Lieberman (D)
Kelly
Loeffler (R)
Ed
Tarver (D)
Raphael
Warnock (D)
OtherUndecided
Landmark CommunicationsNovember 1, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%24%5%27%1%38%1%3%
Data for ProgressOctober 27 – November 1, 20201,036 (LV)± 3%21%8%26%3%41%1%
Emerson CollegeOctober 29–31, 2020749 (LV)± 3.5%27%8%24%2%38%2%
Landmark CommunicationsOctober 28, 2020750 (LV)± 3.6%23%9%25%1%37%2%3%
Public Policy PollingOctober 27–28, 2020661 (V)19%2%27%0%46%2%4%
Monmouth UniversityOctober 23–27, 2020504 (RV)± 4.4%18%4%21%3%41%7%6%
504 (LV)19%22%41%
504 (LV)20%22%42%
Civiqs/Daily KosOctober 23–26, 20201,041 (LV)± 3.3%23%2%22%1%48%2%2%
University of GeorgiaOctober 14–23, 20201,145 (LV)± 4%21%4%20%1%34%5%14%
Landmark CommunicationsOctober 21, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%27%24%33%
Citizen DataOctober 17–20, 20201,000 (LV)± 3%19%4%23%1%41%3%10%
Emerson CollegeOctober 17–19, 2020506 (LV)± 4.3%27%12%20%2%27%2%12%
Siena College/NYT UpshotOctober 13–19, 2020759 (LV)± 4.1%17%7%23%2%32%1%18%
Opinion Insight (R)October 12–15, 2020801 (LV)± 3.46%18%3%19%1%31%14%18%
Quinnipiac UniversityOctober 8–12, 20201,040 (LV)± 3.0%22%5%20%2%41%0%9%
SurveyUSAOctober 8–12, 2020677 (LV)± 5.7%20%8%26%3%30%2%12%
Data for ProgressOctober 8–11, 2020782 (LV)± 3.5%22%10%22%30%17%
Public Policy PollingOctober 8–9, 2020528 (V)± 4.3%22%3%24%0%41%2%8%
Landmark CommunicationsOctober 7, 2020600 (LV)± 4%23%3%26%0%36%4%8%
University of GeorgiaSeptember 27 – October 6, 20201,106 (LV)± 2.9%21%3%22%4%28%3%19%
Civiqs/Daily KosSeptember 26–29, 2020969 (LV)± 3.5%25%5%21%2%38%1%7%
Hart Research Associates (D)September 24–27, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%21%8%28%3%28%
Quinnipiac UniversitySeptember 23–27, 20201,125 (LV)± 2.9%22%9%23%4%31%0%12%
Redfield & Wilton StrategiesSeptember 23–26, 2020789 (LV)± 3.49%16%16%25%26%3%14%
Monmouth UniversitySeptember 17–21, 2020402 (RV)± 4.9%22%11%23%4%21%6%13%
402 (LV)23%11%23%3%23%5%12%
402 (LV)24%9%23%2%25%4%12%
Siena College/NYT UpshotSeptember 16–21, 2020523 (LV)± 4.9%19%7%23%4%19%1%27%
University of GeorgiaSeptember 11–20, 20201,150 (LV)± 4.0%21%11%24%5%20%4%16%
Data For Progress (D)September 14–19, 2020800 (LV)± 3.5%22%14%21%26%17%
Redfield & Wilton StrategiesSeptember 12–17, 2020800 (LV)± 3.46%19%15%26%21%5%15%
GBAO Strategies (D)September 14–16, 2020600 (LV)± 4%19%11%29%5%25%
Fabrizio Ward/Hart Research AssociatesAugust 30 – September 5, 2020800 (LV)± 3.5%20%10%24%7%19%1%19%
Opinion Insight (R)August 30 – September 2, 2020800 (LV)± 3.46%20%4%17%1%17%13%27%
HarrisX (D)August 20–30, 20201,616 (RV)± 2.4%21%13%26%7%16%18%
SurveyUSAAugust 6–8, 2020623 (LV)± 5.3%17%13%26%3%17%2%21%
HIT Strategies (D)July 23–31, 2020400 (RV)± 4.9%18%14%22%6%14%1%23%
Monmouth UniversityJuly 23–27, 2020402 (RV)± 4.9%20%14%26%5%9%8%18%
402 (LV)21%14%26%5%10%6%17%
402 (LV)22%13%26%4%10%6%19%
Spry Strategies (R)July 11–16, 2020700 (LV)± 3.7%20%23%19%9%20%
GBAO Strategies (D)July 6–9, 2020600 (LV)26%19%21%9%16%
Battleground Connect (R)July 6–8, 2020600 (LV)± 4%26%15%17%5%10%2%26%
Gravis Marketing (R)July 2, 2020513 (LV)± 4.3%26%11%24%9%18%12%
Public Policy Polling (D)June 25–26, 2020734 (RV)± 3.6%23%11%21%3%20%22%
MRG (D)June 18–23, 20201,259 (LV)27%13%21%23%5%12%
Civiqs/Daily KosMay 16–18, 20201,339 (RV)± 3.1%34%14%12%6%18%4%12%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)May 4–7, 2020500 (LV)± 4.38%19%17%18%9%11%26%
Cygnal (R)April 25–27, 2020591 (LV)± 4.0%29%12%11%4%11%2%31%
Battleground Connect (R)March 31 – April 1, 20201,035 (LV)± 3.01%36%11%13%3%16%4%17%
Battleground Connect (R)March 24, 20201,025 (LV)34%18%14%5%13%15%
Battleground Connect (R)March 21, 20201,025 (LV)32%19%15%5%12%18%
Battleground Connect (R)March 12, 20201,025 (LV)30%18%19%5%10%18%
Battleground Connect (R)March 7, 20201,025 (LV)29%16%20%5%12%18%
University of GeorgiaFebruary 24 – March 2, 20201,117 (LV)± 2.9%21%11%19%4%6%8%31%
Battleground Connect (R)February 26–27, 20201,050 (LV)± 3.0%28%5%20%3%13%31%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)February 17–20, 2020600 (LV)± 4.0%19%18%20%7%21%
McLaughlin & Associates (R)December 16–18, 2019600 (LV)32%42%11%16%

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
align=left The Cook Political Report[58] October 29, 2020
align=left Inside Elections[59] October 28, 2020
align=left Sabato's Crystal Ball[60] November 2, 2020
Daily Kos[61] October 30, 2020
Politico[62] November 2, 2020
RCP[63] October 23, 2020
DDHQ[64] November 3, 2020
FiveThirtyEight[65] November 2, 2020
Economist[66] November 2, 2020

Results

Since no candidate won a majority of the vote on November 3, the top two finishers—Loeffler and Warnock—advanced to a January 5, 2021 runoff election.[67] [68]

Results by congressional district

Loeffler won 7 out of 14 congressional districts to Warnock's 6 and Collins's 1.[69]

DistrictWarnockLoefflerCollinsElected
Representative
26.97%27.79%21.94%Buddy Carter
37.35%21.47%18.89%Sanford Bishop
25.21%33.93%24.2%Drew Ferguson
56.07%10.97%6.91%Hank Johnson
63.76%7.61%4.35%Nikema Williams
36.27%27.05%15.88%Lucy McBath
31.05%25.34%17.1%Carolyn Bourdeaux
22.43%32.57%25.18%Austin Scott
13.65%27.58%45.49%Andrew Clyde
25.83%33.76%22.59%Jody Hice
27.19%33.79%20.11%Barry Loudermilk
25.69%28.68%22.27%Rick W. Allen
52.91%12.71%8.12%David Scott
14.3%39.46%26.99%Marjorie Taylor Greene

Runoff

The runoff election for Isakson's former seat was on January 5, 2021. The regularly-scheduled runoff election for the Georgia U.S. Senate seat held by Republican David Perdue was also decided in a January 5 runoff. Before the Georgia runoffs in the 2020 U.S. Senate elections, Republicans held 50 Senate seats and the Democratic caucus held 48.[70] Warnock declared victory on January 6, 2021.[71] If Democrats won the other Georgia runoff held on January 5, their caucus would gain control of the Senate, as the resultant 50–50 tie would be broken by Democratic vice president-elect Kamala Harris. If they lost the second race, Republicans would retain control.[72] The extremely high political stakes caused the races to attract significant attention nationwide.[73] [74] [75] They were the third and fourth Senate runoff elections held in Georgia since runoffs were first mandated in 1964, after runoffs in 1992 and 2008.[76] It was also the third time that both of Georgia's Senate seats have been up for election at the same time, following double-barrel elections in 1914 and 1932. The Associated Press and other major news outlets called the race for Warnock in the early morning hours of January 6.[77] His win was attributed to heavy black voter turnout.[78]

The deadline for registration for the runoff election was December 7.[79] Absentee ballots for the runoff were sent out beginning on November 18, and in-person voting began on December 14.[80] [81]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
align=left The Cook Political Report[82] January 4, 2021
align=left Inside Elections[83] December 14, 2020
align=left Sabato's Crystal Ball[84] January 5, 2021

Polling

Aggregate polls
Kelly
Loeffler

! class="unsortable"
Raphael
Warnock

Undecided
Margin
270 To WinDecember 30, 2020 – January 4, 2021January 4, 202147.4%50.2%2.4%Warnock +2.8
RealClearPoliticsDecember 14, 2020 – January 4, 2021January 5, 202148.8%49.3%1.9%Warnock +0.5
538November 9, 2020 – January 4, 2021January 5, 202147.2%49.4%2.2%Warnock +2.1
Average47.8%49.6%2.2%Warnock +1.8
Poll
source
Date(s)
administered
class=small Sample
size
Margin
of error
Kelly
Loeffler (R)
Raphael
Warnock (D)
OtherUndecided
Trafalgar Group (R)January 2–4, 20211,056 (LV)± 2.9%50%48%2%
AtlasIntelJanuary 2–4, 2021857 (LV)± 3%47%51%2%
InsiderAdvantage January 3, 2021500 (LV)± 4.4%49%49%2%
National Research IncJanuary 2–3, 2021500 (LV)± 4.4%45%46%9%
University of Nevada Las Vegas Lee Business SchoolDecember 30, 2020 – January 3, 2021550 (LV)± 4%49%48%3%
Targoz Market ResearchDecember 30, 2020 – January 3, 2021713 (LV)± 3.7%49%51%0%
1,342 (RV)48%49%3%
AtlasIntelDecember 25, 2020 – January 1, 20211,680 (LV)± 2%47%51%2%
Gravis MarketingDecember 29–30, 20201,011 (LV)± 3.1%47%49%3%
JMC Analytics and PollingDecember 28–29, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%45%54%1%
Trafalgar Group (R)December 23–27, 20201,022 (LV)± 3.0%49%50%1%
Open Model ProjectDecember 21–27, 20201,405 (LV)± 4.7%50%46%4%
InsiderAdvantage December 21–22, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%47%49%4%
Mellman GroupDecember 18–22, 2020578 (LV)± 4.1%47%50%3%
Reconnect Research/Probolsky ResearchDecember 14–22, 20201,027 (LV)± 4%42%43%15%
SurveyUSADecember 16–20, 2020600 (LV)± 5.1%45%52%3%
Trafalgar Group (R)December 14–16, 20201,064 (LV)± 3.0%52%46%2%
Emerson CollegeDecember 14–16, 2020605 (LV)± 3.9%51%48%1%
InsiderAdvantage December 14, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%49%48%3%
Wick December 10–14, 20201,500 (LV)50%48%2%
RMG Research December 8–14, 20201,417 (LV)± 2.6%48%49%4%
Baris/Peach State Battleground PollDecember 4–11, 20201,008 (LV)± 3.1%43%48%9%
Trafalgar Group (R)December 8–10, 20201,018 (LV)± 3.0%50%47%3%
Fabrizio Ward/Hart Research AssociatesNovember 30 – December 4, 20201,250 (LV)± 3.2%46%47%7%
Trafalgar Group (R)December 1–3, 20201,083 (LV)± 2.9%50%45%5%
SurveyUSANovember 27–30, 2020583 (LV)± 5.2%45%52%2%
RMG Research November 19–24, 20201,377 (LV)± 2.6%46%48%6%
Data for ProgressNovember 15–20, 20201,476 (LV)± 2.6%47%50%4%
InsiderAdvantage November 16, 2020800 (LV)± 3.5%48%49%3%
VCreek/AMG (R) November 10, 2020300 (LV)± 5.6%50%46%5%
Remington Research GroupNovember 8–9, 20201,450 (LV)± 2.6%49%48%3%
Monmouth UniversityOctober 23–27, 2020504 (LV)± 4.4%45%51%
Civiqs/Daily KosOctober 23–26, 20201,041 (LV)± 3.4%37%51%9%2%
Emerson CollegeOctober 17–19, 2020506 (LV)± 4.3%42%47%12%
Siena College/NYT UpshotOctober 13–19, 2020759 (LV)± 4.1%41%45%14%
Quinnipiac UniversityOctober 8–12, 20201,040 (LV)± 3.0%44%52%0%4%
Data for ProgressOctober 8–11, 2020782 (LV)± 3.5%40%44%16%
Civiqs/Daily KosSeptember 26–29, 2020969 (LV)± 3.5%39%49%8%4%
Gravis Marketing (R)July 2, 2020513 (LV)± 4.3%48%37%15%
Public Policy Polling (D)June 25–26, 2020734 (RV)± 3.6%40%43%17%
Civiqs/Daily KosMay 16–18, 20201,339 (RV)± 3.1%32%45%18%6%
Battleground Connect (R)March 31 – April 1, 20201,035 (LV)± 3.0%40%41%19%
The Progress Campaign (D)March 12–21, 20203,042 (RV)± 4.5%38%38%24%
Loeffler vs. Collins
Poll
source
Date(s)
administered
class=small Sample
size
Margin
of error
Kelly
Loeffler
Doug
Collins
Undecided
Gravis Marketing (R)July 2, 2020513 (LV)± 4.3%28%34%37%
Public Policy Polling (D)December 12–13, 2019711 (LV)16%56%27%
Loeffler vs. Lieberman
Poll
source
Date(s)
administered
class=small Sample
size
Margin
of error
Kelly
Loeffler (R)
Matt
Lieberman (D)
OtherUndecided
Data for ProgressOctober 8–11, 2020782 (LV)± 3.5%42%41%17%
Civiqs/Daily KosSeptember 26–29, 2020969 (LV)± 3.5%39%39%17%5%
Gravis Marketing (R)July 2, 2020513 (LV)± 4.3%46%39%15%
Civiqs/Daily KosMay 16–18, 20201,339 (RV)± 3.1%32%44%18%6%
Loeffler vs. Tarver
Poll
source
Date(s)
administered
class=small Sample
size
Margin
of error
Kelly
Loeffler (R)
Ed
Tarver (D)
OtherUndecided
Civiqs/Daily KosMay 16–18, 20201,339 (RV)± 3.1%32%43%20%6%
Collins vs. Lieberman
Poll
source
Date(s)
administered
class=small Sample
size
Margin
of error
Doug
Collins (R)
Matt
Lieberman (D)
OtherUndecided
Civiqs/Daily KosSeptember 26–29, 2020969 (LV)± 3.5%44%38%13%5%
Gravis Marketing (R)July 2, 2020513 (LV)± 4.3%46%37%16%
Civiqs/Daily KosMay 16–18, 20201,339 (RV)± 3.1%44%44%7%5%
Collins vs. Tarver
Poll
source
Date(s)
administered
class=small Sample
size
Margin
of error
Doug
Collins (R)
Ed
Tarver (D)
OtherUndecided
Civiqs/Daily KosMay 16–18, 20201,339 (RV)± 3.1%45%42%8%5%
Collins vs. Warnock
Poll
source
Date(s)
administered
class=small Sample
size
Margin
of error
Doug
Collins (R)
Raphael
Warnock (D)
OtherUndecided
Monmouth UniversityOctober 23–27, 2020504 (LV)± 4.4%45%52%
Civiqs/Daily KosOctober 23–26, 20201,041 (LV)± 3.3%42%51%5%2%
Emerson CollegeOctober 17–19, 2020506 (LV)± 4.3%47%48%6%
Siena College/NYT UpshotOctober 13–19, 2020759 (LV)± 4.1%41%45%14%
Quinnipiac UniversityOctober 8–12, 20201,040 (LV)± 3.0%42%54%0%4%
Civiqs/Daily KosSeptember 26–29, 2020969 (LV)± 3.5%44%49%4%4%
Gravis Marketing (R)July 2, 2020513 (LV)± 4.3%47%38%15%
Public Policy Polling (D)June 25–26, 2020734 (RV)± 3.6%43%41%17%
Civiqs/Daily KosMay 16–18, 20201,339 (RV)± 3.1%44%45%6%5%
The Progress Campaign (D)May 6–15, 20202,893 (LV)± 2.0%43%41%16%
Battleground Connect (R)March 31 – April 1, 20201,035 (LV)± 3.0%49%36%15%
The Progress Campaign (D)March 12–21, 20203,042 (RV)± 4.5%41%39%20%
Loeffler vs. Broun
Poll
source
Date(s)
administered
class=small Sample
size
Margin
of error
Kelly
Loeffler
Paul
Broun
Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)December 12–13, 2019711 (LV)27%14%59%
Collins vs. Abrams
Loeffler vs. generic opponent
Poll
source
Date(s)
administered
class=small Sample
size
Margin
of error
Kelly
Loeffler
Someone elseUndecided
Public Policy Polling (D)December 12–13, 2019711 (LV)26%30%44%
with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Generic
Republican
Generic
Democrat
Undecided
RMG Research/PoliticalIQ December 8–14, 20201,377 (LV)± 2.6%46%42%11%
Quinnipiac UniversitySeptember 23–27, 20201,125 (LV)± 2.9%48%49%3%

Results

County[85] Raphael Warnock
Democratic
Kelly Loeffler
Republican
MarginTotal
votes
data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %
Appling1,59621.915,69078.09-4,094-56.187,286
Atkinson72227.271,92672.73-1,204-45.462,648
Bacon55913.533,57286.47-3,013-72.944,131
Baker62543.4081556.60-190-13.201,440
Baldwin8,56952.037,89947.976704.0616,468
Banks86011.556,58688.45-6,003-76.907,446
Barrow9,41729.3622,66070.64-13,243-41.2832,077
Bartow10,92825.4332,04974.57-21,121-49.1442,977
Ben Hill2,19338.303,53361.70-1,340-23.325,726
Berrien1,14517.135,53982.87-4,394-65.746,684
Bibb39,97262.9223,55537.0816,41725.8463,527
Bleckley1,21423.753,89876.25-2,684-52.505,112
Brantley6139.275,99990.73-5,386-81.466,612
Brooks2,45539.493,76160.51-1,306-21.026,216
Bryan6,00932.3012,59667.70-6,587-35.4018,605
Bulloch9,84837.6816,28762.32-6,439-24.6426,135
Burke4,69549.434,80450.57-109-1.149,499
Butts3,02629.647,18370.36-4,157-40.7210,209
Calhoun1,20659.3582640.6538018.702,032
Camden6,80734.2613,06365.74-6,256-31.4919,870
Candler1,13128.872,78771.13-1,656-42.263,918
Carroll14,81931.4232,33868.58-17,519-37.1647,157
Catoosa5,98521.5521,79278.45-15,807-56.9027,777
Charlton95224.422,94775.58-1,995-51.163,899
Chatham72,55059.8348,70740.1723,84319.66121,257
Chattahoochee60145.5072054.50-119-9.001,321
Chattooga1,68620.476,55079.53-4,864-59.068,236
Cherokee38,36230.0189,48069.99-51,118-39.98127,842
Clarke33,18771.8413,00928.1620,17843.6846,196
Clay72755.5058344.5014411.001,310
Clayton91,18988.5711,76511.4379,42477.14102,954
Clinch61625.091,83974.91-1,223-49.822,455
Cobb203,87656.85154,71443.1549,16213.70358,590
Coffee4,08230.889,13769.12-5,055-38.2413,129
Colquitt3,72726.5110,33073.49-6,603-46.9814,057
Columbia26,54536.8045,58863.20-19,043-26.4072,133
Cook1,89530.544,31069.46-2,415-38.926,205
Coweta21,82532.4445,46267.56-23,637-35.1267,287
Crawford1,50227.963,86972.04-2,367-44.085,371
Crisp2,70237.854,43662.15-1,734-24.307,138
Dade1,11117.535,22782.47-4,116-64.946,338
Dawson2,27415.8112,11384.19-9,839-68.3814,387
Decatur4,12141.025,92658.98-1,805-17.7810,047
DeKalb293,90284.1255,47915.88238,42368.24349,381
Dodge2,02128.145,16071.86-3,139-43.727,181
Dooly1,81248.401,93251.60-120-3.203,744
Dougherty22,79370.989,32029.0213,47341.9632,113
Douglas40,63065.1421,74334.8618,88730.2862,373
Early2,17247.752,37752.25-205-4.504,549
Echols12810.791,05889.21-930-78.421,186
Effingham7,13725.6620,68274.34-13,545-48.6827,819
Elbert2,48230.975,53169.03-3,049-38.068,013
Emanuel2,56930.745,78769.26-3,218-38.528,356
Evans1,20132.112,53967.89-1,338-35.783,740
Fannin2,43618.1311,00481.88-8,568-63.7513,440
Fayette31,29746.4436,09453.56-4,167-7.1267,391
Floyd10,83430.2724,95969.73-14,125-39.4635,793
Forsyth37,68732.7377,45167.27-39,764-34.54115,138
Franklin1,34514.647,84085.36-6,495-70.729,185
Fulton354,55272.54134,19127.46220,36145.08488,743
Gilmer2,69718.1912,13281.81-9,435-63.6214,829
Glascock1309.531,23490.47-1,104-80.941,364
Glynn13,98137.3523,44862.65-9,467-25.3037,429
Gordon3,92919.3016,42580.70-12,496-61.4020,354
Grady3,10233.256,22666.75-3,124-33.509,328
Greene3,75835.416,85564.59-3,097-29.1811,247
Gwinnett224,19760.63145,59739.3778,60021.26369,794
Habersham3,24318.0014,77682.00-11,533-64.0018,019
Hall22,29628.2256,71871.78-34,422-43.5679,014
Hancock2,78072.431,05827.571,72243.843,838
Haralson1,62613.3710,53386.63-8,907-73.2612,159
Harris5,03427.5213,25872.48-8,224-44.9618,292
Hart2,84725.428,35474.58-5,507-49.1611,201
Heard80117.123,87782.88-3,076-65.764,678
Henry68,57662.6840,82437.3227,75225.36109,400
Houston29,74944.8136,64455.19-6,895-10.3866,393
Irwin88524.472,73275.53-1,847-51.063,617
Jackson6,92521.2525,65878.75-18,733-57.5032,583
Jasper1,68324.745,12075.26-3,437-50.526,803
Jeff Davis93718.444,14381.56-3,206-63.125,080
Jefferson3,76754.393,15945.616088.786,926
Jenkins1,16937.541,94562.46-776-24.923,114
Johnson1,04729.282,52970.72-1,482-41.443,576
Jones4,53434.008,80366.00-4,269-32.0013,337
Lamar2,42830.405,55869.60-3,130-39.207,986
Lanier91029.972,12670.03-1,216-40.063,036
Laurens7,43536.7312,80663.27-5,371-26.5420,241
Lee4,24028.4610,65771.54-6,417-43.0814,897
Liberty11,87564.786,45735.225,41829.5618,332
Lincoln1,31731.212,90368.79-1,586-37.584,220
Long1,80338.872,83561.13-1,032-22.264,638
Lowndes17,38243.6322,45556.37-5,073-12.7439,837
Lumpkin2,86820.9410,83179.06-7,963-58.1213,699
Macon2,68562.791,59137.211,09425.584,276
Madison3,10223.4910,10176.51-6,999-53.0213,203
Marion1,21737.901,99462.10-777-24.203,211
McDuffie3,75240.645,48059.36-1,728-18.729,232
McIntosh2,41740.643,53159.36-1,114-18.725,948
Meriwether4,03641.005,80859.00-1,772-19.009,844
Miller65126.531,80373.47-1,152-46.942,454
Mitchell3,56945.364,30054.64-731-9.287,869
Monroe4,05828.7510,05771.25-5,999-42.5014,115
Montgomery89625.412,63074.59-1,734-49.183,526
Morgan3,12928.917,69671.09-4,567-42.1810,825
Murray2,02815.6110,96684.39-8,938-68.7812,994
Muscogee45,04962.9926,47337.0118,57625.9871,522
Newton28,32458.0220,49341.987,83116.0448,817
Oconee7,49631.8516,04168.15-8,545-36.3023,557
Oglethorpe2,25931.304,95968.70-2,700-37.407,218
Paulding27,33536.9646,61963.04-19,284-26.0873,954
Peach5,35048.415,70151.59-351-3.1811,051
Pickens2,61217.2512,53282.75-9,920-65.5015,144
Pierce94711.956,98088.05-6,033-76.107,927
Pike1,39114.448,24185.56-6,850-71.129,632
Polk3,32522.3911,52577.61-8,200-55.2214,850
Pulaski1,13830.922,54369.08-1,405-38.163,681
Putnam3,44829.088,29169.94-4,843-40.8511,855
Quitman49744.9460454.61-107-9.671,106
Rabun1,98420.747,47478.11-5,490-57.389,568
Randolph1,67154.361,39145.252809.113,074
Richmond59,12467.9526,78130.7832,34337.1787,016
Rockdale31,24469.9213,01229.1218,23240.8044,686
Schley46220.311,80079.12-1,338-58.812,275
Screven2,66140.153,91659.08-1,255-18.936,628
Seminole1,25432.292,61167.22-1,357-34.943,884
Spalding11,78439.1318,05759.96-6,273-20.8330,116
Stephens2,38520.079,36878.82-6,983-58.7511,885
Stewart1,18259.4080140.2538119.151,990
Sumter6,31852.005,73247.185864.8212,150
Talbot2,11460.021,39239.5272220.503,522
Taliaferro56160.4536038.7920121.66928
Tattnall2,06125.196,05373.97-3,992-48.788,183
Taylor1,38736.132,41862.99-1,031-26.863,839
Telfair1,48734.322,82565.20-1,338-30.884,333
Terrell2,37653.802,00445.383728.424,416
Thomas8,70839.8512,95459.28-4,246-19.4321,853
Tift5,32232.6810,78466.23-5,462-33.5416,283
Toombs2,93926.937,87272.13-4,933-45.2010,914
Towns1,55019.436,38480.01-4,834-60.587,979
Treutlen95230.942,10168.28-1,149-37.343,077
Troup11,57838.5318,14360.38-6,565-21.8530,049
Turner1,41037.182,34961.95-939-24.763,792
Twiggs2,04445.992,37053.33-326-7.344,444
Union2,80118.0012,65181.30-9,850-63.3015,560
Upson4,20132.558,60866.70-4,407-34.1512,905
Walker5,76919.6523,17478.95-17,405-59.2929,354
Walton12,68224.8237,84274.06-25,160-49.2451,095
Ware4,21129.679,86569.51-5,654-39.8414,192
Warren1,46955.411,16643.9830311.432,651
Washington4,73050.014,66349.30670.719,459
Wayne2,68721.039,98778.16-7,300-57.1312,778
Webster63945.9774853.81-109-7.841,390
Wheeler68930.151,58369.28-894-39.122,285
White2,41116.2712,22282.49-9,811-66.2214,816
Whitfield10,67029.0425,63669.77-14,966-40.7336,746
Wilcox86226.272,40373.24-1,541-46.973,281
Wilkes2,16042.952,82356.13-663-13.185,029
Wilkinson2,07543.502,66455.85-589-12.354,770
Worth2,39525.796,83073.56-4,435-47.779,285
Totals2,289,11351.042,195,84148.9693,5502.094,484,296

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic[86]

Results by congressional district

Despite losing, Loeffler won eight of 14 congressional districts.[69]

DistrictWarnockLoefflerElected
Representative
44.34%55.66%Buddy Carter
57.29%42.71%Sanford Bishop
38.1%61.9%Drew Ferguson
81.42%18.58%Hank Johnson
87.37%12.63%Nikema Williams
53.65%46.35%Lucy McBath
53.99%46.01%Carolyn Bourdeaux
37.89%62.11%Austin Scott
22.94%77.06%Andrew Clyde
40.4%59.6%Jody Hice
41.99%58.01%Barry Loudermilk
44.05%55.95%Rick W. Allen
78.55%21.45%David Scott
26.54%73.46%Marjorie Taylor Greene

Election-related lawsuits

Republicans filed two federal and one state lawsuit in December to restrict the January5 vote. On December17, Judge Eleanor L. Ross found that plaintiffs lacked standing based on possible future harm to toss out a consent decree regarding signatures on absentee ballot applications. Judge James Randal Hall threw out another case that tried to block the use of drop boxes for absentee ballots. A third lawsuit, to restrict the use of drop boxes, was heard in state court on December24.[87]

On December18, a federal judge threw out a Republican lawsuit alleging that out-of-state residents were voting in the runoff election, as Republican attorney Bill Price had recommended.[88] Another lawsuit was filed against the use of voting machines manufactured by Dominion Voting Systems, alleging that election officials are handling mail-in absentee ballots improperly and illegally.[89]

Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner, sister of Democratic politician Stacey Abrams, of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia rejected the attempted purge of 4,000 voters in Muscogee County and Ben Hill County, Georgia, on December 29. The ruling means the voters were able to participate in the January 5 runoff election.[90] The ruling was amended to allow provisional voting to prevent election-day challenges.[91]

See also

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    Notes and References

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