Georgia State Senate elections, 2018
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 9[1]
- Early voting: Oct. 15 - Nov. 2
- Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6
- Online registration:Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Voter ID: Photo ID required
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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| 2018 Georgia Senate elections | |
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| General | November 6, 2018 |
| Primary | May 22, 2018 |
| Primary Runoff | July 24, 2018 |
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Republicans maintained their majority in theGeorgia State Senate in the 2018 elections, winning35 seats toDemocrats'21. All56 Senate seats were up for election in 2018. Heading into the election, Republicans controlled37 seats and Democrats controlled19.
Republicans maintained theirtrifecta in Georgia by holding thestate House, the state Senate, and thegovernor's office.
Georgia state senators servetwo-year terms, with all seats up for election every two years.
The Georgia State Senate was one of 87 state legislative chambers with elections in2018. There are 99 chambers throughout the country. In2017, three chambers in Virginia and New Jersey were up for election. In2016, 86 out of 99 legislative chambers held elections. Prior to 2018, the Georgia State Senate last held elections in2016.
For more information about the Democratic primary,click here.
For more information about the Republican primary,click here.
Post-election analysis
- See also:State legislative elections, 2018
The Republican Party maintained control of both chambers of the Georgia General Assembly in the 2018 election. In the state Senate, all 56 seats were up for election. The Republican majority in the Georgia State Senate was reduced from 37-19 to 35-21. One Democratic incumbent was defeated in the primary and one Republican incumbent was defeated in the general election.
The Georgia House of Representatives held elections for all 180 seats. The Republican majority in the House of Representatives was reduced from 114-64 to 105-75. Two seats were vacant before the election. Three Democratic incumbents and three Republican incumbents were defeated in the primary. Nine incumbents were defeated in the general election; two Democrats and seven Republicans.
National background
On November 6, 2018, 87 of the nation's 99 state legislative chambers held regularly scheduled elections for 6,073 of 7,383 total seats, meaning that nearly 82 percent of all state legislative seats were up for election.
- Entering the 2018 election, Democrats held 42.6 percent, Republicans held 56.8 percent, and independents and other parties held 0.6 percent of the seats up for regular election.
- Following the 2018 election, Democrats held 47.3 percent, Republicans held 52.3 percent, and independents and other parties held 0.4 percent of the seats up for regular election.
- A total of 469 incumbents were defeated over the course of the election cycle, with roughly one-third of them defeated in the primary.
Want more information?
- Incumbents defeated in 2018's state legislative elections
- 2018 election analysis: Partisan balance of state legislative chambers
- 2018 election analysis: Number of state legislators by party
- 2018 election analysis: State legislative supermajorities
Candidates
General election candidates
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection
Write-in candidates
- Gina Jimenez Callicotte, District 9
- Anne O'Bryant, District 30
- Namso Akpan, District 36
- Melanie Williams, District 43
- John "Green" Fortuin, District 46
Primary election candidates
The candidate list below is based on the list provided by the Georgia Secretary of State. The filing deadline for the May primary was on March 9, 2018. (I) denotes an incumbent.[2]
Margins of victory
Amargin of victory (MOV) analysis for the2018 Georgia State Senate races is presented in this section. MOV represents the percentage of total votes that separated the winner and the second-place finisher. For example, if the winner of a race received 47 percent of the vote and the second-place finisher received 45 percent of the vote, the MOV is 2 percent.
The table below presents the following figures for each party:
- Elections won
- Elections won by less than 10 percentage points
- Elections won without opposition
- Average margin of victory[3]
| Georgia State Senate: 2018 Margin of Victory Analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elections won | Elections won by less than 10% | Unopposed elections | Average margin of victory[3] |
| Democratic | ||||
| Republican | ||||
 Other | ||||
| Total | ||||
The margin of victory in each race is presented below. The list is sorted from the closest MOV to the largest (including unopposed races).
Seats flipped
The below map displays each seat in theGeorgia State Senate which changed partisan hands as a result of the 2018 elections, shaded according to the partisan affiliation of the winner in 2018. Hover over a shaded district for more information.
| State legislative seats flipped in 2018, Georgia State Senate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| District | Incumbent | 2018 winner | Direction of flip |
| Georgia State Senate District 40 | Fran Millar | Sally Harrell | R to D |
| Georgia State Senate District 48 | David Shafer | Zahra Karinshak | R to D |
Incumbents retiring
Three incumbents did not run for re-election in 2018.[4] Those incumbents were:
| Name | Party | Current Office |
|---|---|---|
| Michael E. Williams |  Republican | Senate District 27 |
| Joshua McKoon | Republican | Senate District 29 |
| David Shafer | Republican | Senate District 48 |
Process to become a candidate
See statutes:Title 21, Chapter 2, Article 4 of the Georgia Code
There are four ways for a candidate to gain ballot access inGeorgia: as a political party candidate, as a political organization candidate, as an independent candidate or as a write-in.
Requirements for all candidates
All candidates are required to pay a filing fee; filing fees vary from year-to-year. In lieu of a filing fee, a candidate may submit a pauper's affidavit and qualifying petition, which certifies that the candidate is unable to pay the fee. The affidavit includes a financial statement that lists the candidate's total income, assets, liabilities, and other relevant financial information. This information must indicate that the candidate has neither the assets nor the income to pay the qualifying fee normally required. The pauper's affidavit must be accompanied by a qualifying petition containing signatures as follows:[5]
- One-fourth of 1 percent of the total number of registered voters eligible to vote in the last general election if the candidate is seeking statewide office
- 1 percent of the total number of registered voters eligible to vote in the last election for the office being sought by the candidate if the candidate is seeking an office other than statewide office
Political party candidates
A political party candidate is nominated at his or her party's primary election. An individual cannot become a political party candidate if he or she has already qualified for the same primary election with a different political party, or if he or she has filed as an independent or political organization candidate. Political parties determine the rules for qualifying to appear on the primary election ballot. However, there are some stipulations set by the state to which all political party candidates must adhere. These include the following:[6][7][8]
- filing a declaration of candidacy and an affidavit with the political party during the political party qualifying period, which is set by theGeorgia Secretary of State; the affidavit must state the following:
- the name of the candidate as he or she wishes it to appear on the ballot
- the candidate’s residence
- the candidate’s occupation
- the candidate’s precinct
- that the candidate is eligible to vote in the primary in which he or she is running
- the office the candidate is seeking
- that the candidate is eligible to hold the office he or she is seeking
- that the candidate will not knowingly violate any election rule or law
- that the candidate has never been convicted or sentenced for violation of election laws, malfeasance in office or a felony involving moral turpitude, or, if the candidate has been convicted and sentenced for such crimes, that at least 10 years have passed since completion of the sentence and that the candidate's civil rights have been restored
- paying the qualifying fee or submitting a pauper's affidavit and the accompanying qualifying petition
Within three days of the end of the qualifying period, a political party must certify to theGeorgia Secretary of State a list of those candidates who successfully qualified with the party for the primary election and turn in the qualifying fees paid by the candidates, the declarations of candidacy, and the affidavits.[9]
Political organization candidates
A political organization candidate can be nominated by his or her organization's convention, if the political organization has qualified to hold such a convention, or by petition. A candidate cannot file as a political organization candidate if he or she has already filed for the same office as a political party candidate.[7]
If nominated by convention, a political organization candidate must file a notice of candidacy with theGeorgia Secretary of State during the political party qualifying period. After a candidate is chosen at the convention, the candidate must pay the filing fee for the corresponding office to theGeorgia Secretary of State. If the candidate cannot afford the filing fee, he or she must file a pauper's affidavit and accompanying qualifying petition. With the filing fee or pauper's affidavit, a certified copy of the minutes of the convention, attested to by the chairperson and secretary of the convention, must also be filed.[5][10]
If nominated by petition, a political organization candidate must file a notice of candidacy, petition, and qualifying fee (or pauper's affidavit) with theGeorgia Secretary of State during the independent candidate qualifying period, which starts on the fourth Monday in June and ends the following Friday. The signature requirements for these petitions are the same as those for independent candidates, which are listed below. In order for a candidate filing by petition to be recognized as a political organization candidate, the political organization must provide a sworn certificate stating that the named candidate is the nominee of that political organization.[5][11]
Independent candidates
A candidate cannot run as an independent if he or she has qualified for the same office with any political party or political organization. An independent candidate must file a notice of candidacy, petition, and qualifying fee (or pauper's affidavit) with theGeorgia Secretary of State during the independent candidate qualifying period, which starts on the fourth Monday in June and ends the following Friday. The signature requirements for the petitions are as follows:[5][7][11]
- For a candidate seeking statewide office, the petition must be signed by registered voters equal in number to 1 percent of the total registered voters eligible to vote in the last election for the same office the candidate is seeking.
- For candidates seeking any other office, the petition must be signed by registered voters equal in number to 5 percent of the total registered voters eligible to vote in the last election for the same office the candidate is seeking.
Petitions cannot be circulated for more than 180 days between the signing of the first signature and the last.[11]
Write-in candidates
A write-in candidate can only run in the general election. A candidate cannot run as a write-in if he or she ran for the same office as a political party candidate in the immediately preceding primary election. A write-in candidate must file a notice of intention of write-in candidacy with theGeorgia Secretary of State no earlier than January 1 in the year of the election and no later than the first Monday in September in the year of the election. After the notice of intention is filed, a notice must also be published in a newspaper with general circulation in the state. Once this notice has been published, the candidate must file with theGeorgia Secretary of State a copy of the published notice, as well as an affidavit stating that the notice has been published. The affidavit can be filled out by the candidate or by the publisher or an employee of the newspaper.[12]
Qualifications
According to theGeorgia Constitution, Georgia Senators must be at least 25 years old, American citizens, Georgia citizens for at least two years and a resident of his or her Senatorial District for at least one year immediately preceding election.
Salaries and per diem
| State legislative salaries, 2025[13] | |
|---|---|
| Salary | Per diem |
| $25,315.32/year | $247/day |
When sworn in
Georgia legislators assume office the second Monday in January.[14]
Georgia political history
Party control
2018
In the 2018 elections, the Republican majority in the Georgia State Senate was reduced from 37-19 to 35-21.
| Georgia State Senate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 6, 2018 | After November 7, 2018 | |
| Democratic Party | 19 | 21 | |
| Republican Party | 37 | 35 | |
| Total | 56 | 56 | |
2016
In 2016, Republicans lost one seat, shrinking their advantage from 39-17 to 38-18.
Prior to the 2000s, Democrats maintained control in both chambers of the General Assembly. The Senate moved to a Republican majority in 2002. Republicans took control of the House in 2004.
| Georgia State Senate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 7, 2016 | After November 8, 2016 | |
| Democratic Party | 17 | 18 | |
| Republican Party | 39 | 38 | |
| Total | 56 | 56 | |
Trifectas
Astate government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government. Republicans in Georgia gained astate government trifecta as a result of the 2004 elections, when they took control of the state House. They took control of the governor's office and the state Senate following the 2002 elections.
Georgia Party Control: 1992-2026
Eleven years of Democratic trifectas • Twenty-two years of Republican trifectas
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Wave election analysis
- See also:Wave elections (1918-2016)
The termwave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makessignificant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?
Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from PresidentWoodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 toDonald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016.We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.
Applying this definition tostate legislative elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose494 seats for 2018 to qualify as awave election.
The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 10 state legislative waves from 1918 to 2016.Click here to read the full report.
| State legislative wave elections | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | President | Party | Election type | State legislative seats change | Elections analyzed[15] | |
| 1932 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -1,022 | 7,365 | |
| 1922 | Harding | R | First midterm | -907 | 6,907 | |
| 1966 | Johnson | D | First midterm[16] | -782 | 7,561 | |
| 1938 | Roosevelt | D | Second midterm | -769 | 7,179 | |
| 1958 | Eisenhower | R | Second midterm | -702 | 7,627 | |
| 2010 | Obama | D | First midterm | -702 | 7,306 | |
| 1974 | Ford | R | Second midterm[17] | -695 | 7,481 | |
| 1920 | Wilson | D | Presidential | -654 | 6,835 | |
| 1930 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -640 | 7,361 | |
| 1954 | Eisenhower | R | First midterm | -494 | 7,513 | |
Competitiveness
Every year, Ballotpedia uses official candidate lists from each state to examine the competitiveness of every state legislative race in the country. Nationally, there has been a steady decline in electoral competitiveness since 2010. Most notable is that the number of districts with general election competition has dropped by more than 10 percent.
Results from 2016
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Historical context
Uncontested elections: In 2014, 32.8 percent of Americans lived in states with an uncontested state senate election. Similarly, 40.4 percent of Americans lived in states with uncontested house elections. Primary elections were uncontested even more frequently, with 61 percent of people living in states with no contested primaries. Uncontested elections often occur in locations that are so politically one-sided that the result of an election would be a foregone conclusion regardless of whether it was contested or not.
Open seats: In most cases, an incumbent will run for re-election, which decreases the number of open seats available. In 2014, 83 percent of the 6,057 seats up for election saw the incumbent running for re-election. The states that impose term limits on their legislatures typically see a higher percentage of open seats in a given year because a portion of incumbents in each election are forced to leave office. Overall, the number of open seats decreased from 2012 to 2014, dropping from 21.2 percent in 2012 to 17.0 percent in 2014.
Incumbent win rates: Ballotpedia'scompetitiveness analysis of elections between 1972 and 2014 documented the high propensity for incumbents to win re-election in state legislative elections. In fact, since 1972, the win rate for incumbents had not dropped below 90 percent—with the exception of 1974, when 88 percent of incumbents were re-elected to their seats. Perhaps most importantly, the win rate for incumbents generally increased over time. In 2014, 96.5 percent of incumbents were able to retain their seats. Common convention holds that incumbents are able to leverage their office to maintain their seat. However, the high incumbent win rate may actually be a result of incumbents being more likely to hold seats in districts that are considered safe for their party.
Marginal primaries: Often, competitiveness is measured by examining the rate of elections that have been won by amounts that are considered marginal (5 percent or less). During the 2014 election, 90.1 percent of primary and general election races were won by margins higher than 5 percent. Interestingly, it is usually the case that only one of the two races—primary or general—will be competitive at a time. This means that if a district's general election is competitive, typically one or more of the district's primaries were won by more than 5 percent. The reverse is also true: If a district sees a competitive primary, it is unlikely that the general election for that district will be won by less than 5 percent. Primaries often see very low voter turnout in comparison to general elections. In 2014, there were only 27 million voters for state legislative primaries, but approximately 107 million voters for the state legislative general elections.
Pivot Counties
- See also:Pivot Counties by state
Five of 159 Georgia counties—3.14 percent—arepivot counties. These are counties that voted forBarack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and forDonald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 pivot counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Baker County, Georgia | 8.68% | 0.57% | 1.07% | ||||
| Dooly County, Georgia | 2.05% | 6.98% | 3.53% | ||||
| Peach County, Georgia | 2.91% | 7.48% | 6.75% | ||||
| Quitman County, Georgia | 10.92% | 9.04% | 7.90% | ||||
| Twiggs County, Georgia | 1.58% | 8.64% | 6.97% | ||||
In the 2016 presidential election,Donald Trump (R) won Georgia with 50.8 percent of the vote.Hillary Clinton (D) received 45.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Georgia voted Democratic 63.33 percent of the time and Republican 36.67 percent of the time. Georgia voted Republican in every presidential election from 2000 to 2016.
Presidential results by legislative district
The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Senate districts in Georgia. Click[show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled byDaily Kos.[18][19]
| In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 18 out of 56 state Senate districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 49.3 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 21 out of 56 state Senate districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 46.5 points. Clinton won two districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections. |
| In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 38 out of 56 state Senate districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 34.8 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 35 out of 56 state Senate districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 35.4 points. |
| 2016 presidential results by state Senate District | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | Party Control |
| 1 | 36.68% | 62.28% | R+25.6 | 37.42% | 59.38% | R+22 | R |
| 2 | 71.82% | 27.15% | D+44.7 | 70.63% | 26.31% | D+44.3 | D |
| 3 | 35.07% | 63.81% | R+28.7 | 31.69% | 65.79% | R+34.1 | R |
| 4 | 33.08% | 65.80% | R+32.7 | 29.35% | 67.84% | R+38.5 | R |
| 5 | 68.70% | 30.05% | D+38.7 | 72.34% | 24.32% | D+48 | D |
| 6 | 45.58% | 52.92% | R+7.3 | 55.38% | 39.80% | D+15.6 | D |
| 7 | 28.95% | 70.10% | R+41.2 | 24.03% | 74.43% | R+50.4 | R |
| 8 | 41.75% | 57.41% | R+15.7 | 36.71% | 61.10% | R+24.4 | R |
| 9 | 35.04% | 63.51% | R+28.5 | 43.13% | 52.97% | R+9.8 | R |
| 10 | 78.63% | 20.86% | D+57.8 | 78.91% | 19.33% | D+59.6 | D |
| 11 | 38.94% | 60.35% | R+21.4 | 34.78% | 63.64% | R+28.9 | R |
| 12 | 64.60% | 34.91% | D+29.7 | 62.31% | 36.40% | D+25.9 | D |
| 13 | 34.63% | 64.69% | R+30.1 | 30.32% | 67.98% | R+37.7 | R |
| 14 | 24.36% | 73.84% | R+49.5 | 25.25% | 70.49% | R+45.2 | R |
| 15 | 72.45% | 27.00% | D+45.4 | 68.37% | 29.72% | D+38.7 | D |
| 16 | 29.34% | 69.42% | R+40.1 | 30.18% | 66.82% | R+36.6 | R |
| 17 | 38.54% | 60.50% | R+22 | 40.82% | 56.50% | R+15.7 | R |
| 18 | 37.47% | 61.63% | R+24.2 | 36.26% | 61.42% | R+25.2 | R |
| 19 | 32.10% | 66.85% | R+34.8 | 26.78% | 71.47% | R+44.7 | R |
| 20 | 35.17% | 63.87% | R+28.7 | 33.52% | 63.95% | R+30.4 | R |
| 21 | 22.40% | 75.95% | R+53.5 | 27.11% | 68.37% | R+41.3 | R |
| 22 | 71.69% | 27.62% | D+44.1 | 70.20% | 27.44% | D+42.8 | D |
| 23 | 42.92% | 56.25% | R+13.3 | 40.09% | 58.00% | R+17.9 | R |
| 24 | 30.63% | 68.21% | R+37.6 | 29.60% | 67.47% | R+37.9 | R |
| 25 | 36.56% | 62.53% | R+26 | 33.37% | 64.41% | R+31 | R |
| 26 | 69.98% | 29.42% | D+40.6 | 66.38% | 31.97% | D+34.4 | D |
| 27 | 17.90% | 80.63% | R+62.7 | 24.19% | 71.61% | R+47.4 | R |
| 28 | 27.04% | 71.68% | R+44.6 | 26.14% | 70.53% | R+44.4 | R |
| 29 | 36.76% | 62.33% | R+25.6 | 35.73% | 61.65% | R+25.9 | R |
| 30 | 31.07% | 67.60% | R+36.5 | 30.10% | 66.85% | R+36.8 | R |
| 31 | 25.36% | 73.39% | R+48 | 23.96% | 73.27% | R+49.3 | R |
| 32 | 31.48% | 66.67% | R+35.2 | 40.42% | 54.49% | R+14.1 | R |
| 33 | 57.80% | 40.94% | D+16.9 | 61.07% | 35.43% | D+25.6 | D |
| 34 | 79.18% | 20.30% | D+58.9 | 79.12% | 18.96% | D+60.2 | D |
| 35 | 74.22% | 25.14% | D+49.1 | 76.00% | 21.88% | D+54.1 | D |
| 36 | 85.87% | 12.65% | D+73.2 | 87.68% | 8.98% | D+78.7 | D |
| 37 | 31.83% | 66.57% | R+34.7 | 37.32% | 58.24% | R+20.9 | R |
| 38 | 78.34% | 20.69% | D+57.6 | 80.51% | 16.42% | D+64.1 | D |
| 39 | 83.55% | 15.59% | D+68 | 85.10% | 11.98% | D+73.1 | D |
| 40 | 44.12% | 54.27% | R+10.1 | 54.01% | 41.15% | D+12.9 | R |
| 41 | 74.88% | 23.96% | D+50.9 | 76.95% | 20.03% | D+56.9 | D |
| 42 | 71.46% | 26.71% | D+44.7 | 77.68% | 18.09% | D+59.6 | D |
| 43 | 71.46% | 27.89% | D+43.6 | 72.06% | 26.01% | D+46 | D |
| 44 | 85.49% | 13.93% | D+71.6 | 85.45% | 12.57% | D+72.9 | D |
| 45 | 31.28% | 67.21% | R+35.9 | 37.09% | 58.56% | R+21.5 | R |
| 46 | 36.03% | 62.30% | R+26.3 | 38.14% | 58.02% | R+19.9 | R |
| 47 | 32.27% | 65.98% | R+33.7 | 31.39% | 64.96% | R+33.6 | R |
| 48 | 41.50% | 56.96% | R+15.5 | 50.56% | 45.26% | D+5.3 | R |
| 49 | 20.95% | 77.67% | R+56.7 | 22.83% | 73.86% | R+51 | R |
| 50 | 18.59% | 80.12% | R+61.5 | 16.29% | 81.10% | R+64.8 | R |
| 51 | 17.26% | 81.33% | R+64.1 | 15.52% | 81.81% | R+66.3 | R |
| 52 | 26.51% | 72.08% | R+45.6 | 23.50% | 73.54% | R+50 | R |
| 53 | 23.96% | 74.24% | R+50.3 | 17.78% | 79.02% | R+61.2 | R |
| 54 | 23.35% | 75.14% | R+51.8 | 20.30% | 76.91% | R+56.6 | R |
| 55 | 75.63% | 23.69% | D+51.9 | 77.68% | 20.13% | D+57.5 | D |
| 56 | 37.41% | 60.92% | R+23.5 | 45.81% | 49.23% | R+3.4 | R |
| Total | 45.51% | 53.33% | R+7.8 | 45.89% | 51.05% | R+5.2 | - |
| Source:Daily Kos | |||||||
See also
- Georgia State Senate
- Georgia State Legislature
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Georgia state legislative Democratic primaries, 2018
- Georgia state legislative Republican primaries, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑1.01.1The registration deadline was extended to October 16, 2018, in Clay, Grady, Randolph, and Turner counties by executive order of Gov. Nathan Deal in response to Hurricane Michael.
- ↑Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed March 13, 2018
- ↑3.03.1Excludes unopposed elections
- ↑Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑5.05.15.25.3Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-132," accessed February 5, 2014
- ↑Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-151," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑7.07.17.2Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-137," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-153," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-154," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-172," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑11.011.111.2Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-170," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-133," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑National Conference of State Legislatures, "2025 Legislator Compensation," December 2, 2025
- ↑Georgia Secretary of State, "Georgia Constitution - Article III, Section IV, Paragraph I," accessed February 12, 2021
- ↑The number of state legislative seats available for analysis varied, with as many as 7,795 and as few as 6,835.
- ↑Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
- ↑Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.
- ↑Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
- ↑Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
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