The2016 United States Senate election in Georgia was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of theUnited States Senate to represent the State ofGeorgia , concurrently with the2016 U.S. presidential election , as well asother elections to the United States Senate in other states andelections to theUnited States House of Representatives and variousstate andlocal elections . The primary election for the Republican and Democratic parties took place on May 24, 2016.[ 1]
Incumbent SenatorJohnny Isakson won re-election to a third term in office by a wide margin.[ 2] Gwinnett andHenry counties have voted Republican in a statewide election. It also remains the last time that any statewide candidate has won an election in Georgia by double digits, and the last time that any U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia has won without a runoff. This is the also the last United States Senate election in Georgia in which the winning candidate won a majority of counties.
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Poll source Date(s) Sample Margin of Johnny Another Undecided InsiderAdvantage [ 17] June 11–14, 2015 492 ± 4.4% 50% 26% 24%
Results by county: Isakson—80–90%
Isakson—70–80%
Isakson—60–70%
Isakson—50–60%
Republican primary results[ 18] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Johnny Isakson (incumbent) 447,661 77.50% Republican Derrick Grayson 69,101 11.96% Republican Mary Kay Bacallao 60,898 10.54% Total votes 577,660 100.00%
James F. Barksdale, investment firm executive[ 19] Cheryl Copeland, AT&T manager[ 20] John Coyne, businessman and perennial candidate[ 21] Stacey Abrams , Minority Leader of theGeorgia House of Representatives [ 23] [ 24] Thurbert Baker , formerAttorney General of Georgia and candidate for governor in2010 [ 12] Roy Barnes , former governor[ 25] John Barrow , former U.S. Representative[ 26] Jason Carter , state senator and nominee forGovernor of Georgia in2014 [ 23] [ 25] [ 27] Stacey Evans , state representative[ 23] [ 28] Shirley Franklin , formerMayor ofAtlanta [ 24] [ 25] [ 29] Scott Holcomb , state representative and candidate for secretary of state in2006 [ 24] [ 25] [ 30] Margaret Kaiser , state representative[ 23] [ 31] Jim Marshall , former U.S. Representative[ 25] Michelle Nunn , former CEO ofPoints of Light and nominee for the U.S. Senate in2014 [ 25] [ 27] Kasim Reed ,Mayor ofAtlanta [ 32] Michael Sterling, executive director of the Atlanta Workforce Development Agency, former Assistant United States Attorney and former adviser to MayorKasim Reed [ 29] [ 33] Doug Stoner , former state senator[ 23] [ 34] Ed Tarver ,United States Attorney for theSouthern District of Georgia and former state senator[ 30] [ 35] Regina Thomas , former state senator and candidate forGA-12 in2008 and2010 [ 19] [ 21] Teresa Tomlinson ,Mayor ofColumbus [ 36] Raphael Warnock , pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church and future U.S. Senator for this seat[ 24] [ 37] Results by county: Barksdale—80–90%
Barksdale—60–70%
Barksdale—50–60%
Barksdale—40–50%
Copeland—40–50%
Copeland—50–60%
Copeland—60–70%
Copeland—70–80%
Democratic primary results[ 18] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Jim Barksdale 166,627 53.74% Democratic Cheryl Copeland 130,822 42.19% Democratic John Coyne 12,604 4.07% Total votes 310,053 100.00%
Libertarian nomination [ edit ] Allen Buckley won the nomination at the March 5, 2016, nominating convention inMarietta .[ 40]
Dates Location Isakson Barksdale Buckley Link October 21, 2016 Atlanta ,Georgia Participant Participant Participant [ 41]
Poll source Date(s) Sample Margin of Johnny Jim Allen Other Undecided SurveyMonkey [ 42] November 1–7, 2016 2,419 ± 4.6% 47% 41% 8% — 4% WSB-TV /Landmark [ 43] November 6, 2016 1,200 ± 2.8% 52% 41% 4% — 3% SurveyMonkey [ 44] October 31–November 6, 2016 2,348 ± 4.6% 47% 41% 8% — 4% CBS News /YouGov [ 45] November 3–5, 2016 995 ± 4.6% 48% 41% — 6% 5% WSB-TV /Landmark [ 46] November 2–3, 2016 1,000 ± 3.1% 50% 40% 5% — 6% FOX 5 Atlanta /Opinion Savvy [ 47] November 2–3, 2016 538 ± 4.2% 50% 39% 8% — 3% SurveyMonkey [ 48] October 28–November 3, 2016 2,872 ± 4.6% 47% 42% 8% — 3% SurveyMonkey [ 49] October 27–November 2, 2016 2,722 ± 4.6% 47% 42% 7% — 4% NBC /WSJ /Marist [ 50] October 30–November 1, 2016 707 LV ± 3.7% 48% 37% 7% 3% 5% 937 RV ± 3.2% 46% 36% 8% 4% 7% SurveyMonkey [ 51] October 26–November 1, 2016 2,678 ± 4.6% 48% 41% 6% — 5% Emerson College [ 52] October 29–31, 2016 650 ± 3.8% 48% 40% — 5% 7% SurveyMonkey [ 53] October 25–31, 2016 2,665 ± 4.6% 50% 41% 5% — 4% WXIA-TV Atlanta /SurveyUSA [ 54] October 25–27, 2016 594 ± 4.1% 50% 38% 5% — 8% Quinnipiac University [ 55] October 20–26, 2016 707 ± 3.7% 54% 40% — — 6% FOX 5 Atlanta /Opinion Savvy [ 56] October 20, 2016 570 ± 4.1% 51% 42% 3% — 4% Google Consumer Surveys [ 57] October 18–20, 2016 439 ± 4.2% 58% 36% — — 6% Atlanta Journal Constitution [ 58] October 17–20, 2016 839 ± 4.3% 47% 32% 11% — 7% The Times-Picayune /Lucid [ 59] October 17–18, 2016 807 ± 3.0% 49% 39% — — 13% Washington Post /SurveyMonkey [ 60] October 8–16, 2016 886 ± 0.5% 50% 46% — — 4% WSB-TV /Landmark [ 61] October 11–12, 2016 1,400 ± 2.7% 50% 37% 5% — 8% JMC Analytics (R) [ 62] September 20–22, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 41% 28% 4% — 27% Quinnipiac University [ 63] September 13–21, 2016 638 ± 3.9% 55% 34% — — 10% Monmouth University [ 64] September 15–18, 2016 401 ± 4.9% 50% 34% 5% — 10% FOX 5 Atlanta /Opinion Savvy [ 65] September 14, 2016 568 ± 4.1% 47% 34% 6% — 13% Emerson College [ 66] September 9–13, 2016 600 ± 3.6% 48% 32% — — 10% NBC /WSJ /Marist [ 67] September 6–8, 2016 649 ± 3.8% 53% 38% — — 9% JMC Analytics (R) [ 68] August 6–7, 2016 615 ± 4.0% 39% 30% 4% — 27% Atlanta Journal Constitution [ 69] August 1–4, 2016 847 ± 4.0% 44% 38% 6% — 12% 48% 42% — — 10% WSB-TV /Landmark [ 70] July 31, 2016 787 ± 4.0% 46% 41% 5% — 8% WXIA-TV Atlanta /SurveyUSA [ 71] July 29–31, 2016 570 ± 4.2% 48% 39% 5% — 8% Public Policy Polling [ 72] May 27–30, 2016 724 ± 3.6% 47% 35% — — 18%
State Senate district resultsCounties that flipped from Republican to Democratic [ edit ] Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ] By congressional district [ edit ] Isakson won ten of 14 congressional districts.[ 79]
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