| Election Name: | 2022 Georgia Secretary of State election |
| Country: | Georgia (U.S. state) |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Georgia Secretary of State election |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Georgia Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
| Image1: | File:Brad Raffensperger 2022.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Brad Raffensperger |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,081,421 |
| Percentage1: | 53.23% |
| Nominee2: | Bee Nguyen |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,719,922 |
| Percentage2: | 43.99% |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Election: | Brad Raffensperger |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Brad Raffensperger |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 57.02% |
The 2022 Georgia Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Georgia. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won re-election to a second term. Raffensperger emerged as a major national figure in early January, 2021 when he faced significant pressure from then-President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Trump had been taped in a phone call asking Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes," the exact number needed for Trump to carry the state.[1] The party primary elections took place on May 24, with runoffs scheduled for June 21.
Raffensperger was elected in 2018 to a first term in a runoff against Democratic former U.S. representative John Barrow, the first time in Georgia history that any statewide executive election went to a second round.
| Campaign finance reports as of April 30, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | |
| Brad Raffensperger (R) | $1,683,799 | $1,372,857 | $310,941 | |
| Jody Hice (R) | $2,221,750 | $1,781,490 | $440,260 | |
| David Belle Isle (R) | $479,175 | $476,319 | $2,855 | |
| Source: Georgia Campaign Finance Commission[8] | ||||
Graphical summary
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | David | Jody Hice | T.J. Hudson | Brad Raffensperger | Undecided | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landmark Communications[9] | May 22, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 9% | 39% | 2% | 38% | 11% | ||||
| SurveyUSA[10] | April 22–27, 2022 | 559 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 4% | 20% | 5% | 31% | 40% | ||||
| University of Georgia[11] | April 10–22, 2022 | 886 (LV) | ± 3.3% | 5% | 26% | 4% | 28% | 37% | ||||
| Landmark Communications[12] | April 9–10, 2022 | 660 (LV) | ± 3.8% | 10% | 35% | 3% | 18% | 33% | ||||
| University of Georgia[13] | March 20 – April 8, 2022 | ~329 (LV) | ± 5.4% | 4% | 30% | 4% | 23% | 39% | ||||
| Emerson College[14] | April 1–3, 2022 | 509 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 6% | 26% | 3% | 29% | 37% |
Despite opinion polls suggesting a tight race between Brad Raffensperger and Jody Hice as well as Trump's endorsement of Hice, Raffensperger ultimately won the primary election with a 19-point margin over Hice and avoided a potential runoff by winning an outright majority of the vote. This has been attributed to Hice's insufficient name recognition across the state and crossover voting in Georgia's open primary system where some Democratic voters voted in the Republican primary to vote against "Trump-backed extremists" like Hice.[15] [16]
Raffensperger performed best in the Atlanta metropolitan area, while Hice performed best in, where he served as a U.S. representative; only five counties outside the district are won by Hice. The only county to not be won by either Raffensperger or Hice is Treutlen County, Hudson's home county, which he won with 76.42% of the vote.[17]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Dee Dawkins-Haigler | John Eaves | Floyd Griffin | Bee Nguyen | Michael Owens | Manswell Peterson | Undecided | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SurveyUSA | April 22–27, 2022 | 549 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 12% | 9% | – | 60% | ||||
| Emerson College | April 1–3, 2022 | 509 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 13% | 14% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 0% | 57% |
| Source | Ranking | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball[25] | November 3, 2022 | |
| Elections Daily[26] | November 7, 2022 |
Graphical summary
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Brad | Bee Nguyen (D) | Ted Metz (L) | Other | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landmark Communications[27] | November 4–7, 2022 | 1,214 (LV) | ± 2.8% | 48% | 40% | 6% | – | 6% | ||
| SurveyUSA[28] | September 30 – October 4, 2022 | 1,076 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 39% | 36% | – | 7% | 18% | ||
| University of Georgia[29] | September 5–16, 2022 | 861 (LV) | ± 3.3% | 50% | 31% | 6% | – | 13% | ||
| Phillips Academy[30] | August 3–7, 2022 | 971 (RV) | ± 3.1% | 50% | 34% | – | – | 16% | ||
| SurveyUSA[31] | July 21–24, 2022 | 604 (LV) | ± 5.3% | 40% | 33% | – | 7% | 20% | ||
| University of Georgia[32] | July 14–22, 2022 | 902 (LV) | ± 3.3% | 46% | 32% | 7% | – | 15% |
Raffensperger won 9 of 14 congressional districts.[33]
| District | Raffensperger | Nguyen | Representative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60% | 37% | Buddy Carter | ||||
| 48% | 49% | Sanford Bishop | ||||
| 67% | 30% | Drew Ferguson | ||||
| 24% | 74% | Hank Johnson | ||||
| 22% | 77% | Nikema Williams | ||||
| 63% | 34% | Lucy McBath (117th Congress) | ||||
| Rich McCormick (118th Congress) | ||||||
| 42% | 56% | Carolyn Bourdeaux (117th Congress) | ||||
| Lucy McBath (118th Congress) | ||||||
| 67% | 30% | Austin Scott | ||||
| 72% | 25% | Andrew Clyde | ||||
| 63% | 34% | Jody Hice (117th Congress) | ||||
| Mike Collins (118th Congress) | ||||||
| 61% | 35% | Barry Loudermilk | ||||
| 59% | 38% | Rick Allen | ||||
| 21% | 77% | David Scott | ||||
| 70% | 27% | Marjorie Taylor Greene |
Official campaign websites