The2018 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect thelieutenant governor of Georgia , concurrently with the2018 gubernatorial election , as well aselections to theUnited States Senate andelections to theUnited States House of Representatives and variousstate andlocal elections .
Then-incumbentRepublican lieutenant governorCasey Cagle chose to not run for re-election in order to run for governor.[ 1]
Defeated in primary [ edit ] Geoff Duncan
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Rick Jeffares
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John Albers , state senator[ 7] Brandon Beach , state senator[ 7] Matt Brass, state senator[ 7] Dean Burke , state senator[ 7] Steve Gooch , state senator[ 7] Tyler Harper, state senator[ 7] Burt Jones , state senator[ 24] John F. Kennedy , state senator[ 7] Brian Strickland, state senator[ 7] Blake Tillery, state senator[ 7] Lindsey Tippins , state senator[ 7] State representatives
Dave Belton, state representative[ 7] Shaw Blackmon, state representative[ 7] Geoff Cauble, state representative[ 7] John Corbett, state representative[ 7] Robert Dickey, state representative[ 7] Matt Hatchett , state representative[ 7] David Knight, state representative[ 7] Dominic LaRiccia, state representative[ 7] Jodi Lott, state representative[ 7] Karen Mathiak , state representative[ 7] John Meadows III , state representative[ 7] Chad Nimmer, state representative[ 7] Jay Powell , state representative[ 7] Trey Rhodes, state representative[ 7] Dale Rutledge, state representative[ 7] Jason Shaw, state representative[ 7] Andy Welch, state representative[ 7] Bill Werkheiser, state representative[ 7] David Shafer
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Ben Blackburn , formerUnited States congressman ,4th district [ 29] Mac Collins , formerUnited States congressman ,8th district [ 30] Newt Gingrich , formerSpeaker of the United States House of Representatives ,6th district [ 31] Barry Goldwater Jr. , formerUnited States congressman fromCalifornia and son of formerUnited States Senator Barry Goldwater [ 27] John Linder , formerUnited States congressman ,7th district [ 32] Fletcher Thompson , formerUnited States congressman ,5th district [ 29] State senators
Lee Anderson , state senator[ 30] C. Ellis Black , state senator[ 30] Mike Dugan, state senator[ 30] Marty Harbin, state senator[ 30] Chuck Hufstetler, state senator[ 30] Greg Kirk , state senator[ 30] Kay Kirkpatrick , state senator[ 30] William Ligon, state senator[ 30] P.K. Martin IV , state senator[ 30] Fran Millar , state senator[ 30] Butch Miller , state senator[ 15] Jeff Mullis , state senator[ 33] Chuck Payne, state senator[ 30] Jesse Stone, state senator[ 30] Bruce Thompson , state senator[ 30] Larry Walker III, state senator[ 30] Ben Watson, state senator[ 30] John Wilkinson, state senator[ 30] State representatives
Mandi Ballinger, state representative[ 30] Paul Battles, state representative[ 30] Tommy Benton, state representative[ 30] Beth Beskin, state representative[ 30] Bruce Boatright, state representative[ 30] Josh Bonner, state representative[ 30] Johnnie Caldwell Jr. , state representative[ 30] John Carson, state representative[ 30] Joyce Chandler , state representative[ 30] Sharon Cooper , state representative[ 30] Clay Cox , state representative[ 30] John Deffenbaugh , state representative[ 30] Matt Dollar , state representative[ 30] Matt Dubnik, state representative[ 30] Emory Dunahoo , state representative[ 30] Chuck Efstration , state representative[ 30] Earl Ehrhart , state representative[ 30] Bubber Epps , state representative[ 30] Barry Fleming, state representative[ 30] Rich Golick , state representative[ 30] Micah Gravely, state representative[ 30] Meagan Hanson , state representative[ 30] Buddy Harden , state representative[ 30] Brett Harrell , state representative[ 30] Lee Hawkins , state representative[ 30] Dewayne Hill , state representative[ 30] Scott Hilton , state representative[ 30] Bill Hitchens , state representative[ 30] Don Hogan, state representative[ 30] Susan Holmes , state representative[ 30] Rick Jasperse, state representative[ 30] Jeff Jones, state representative[ 30] Tom Kirby , state representative[ 30] Howard Maxwell, state representative[ 30] Tom McCall , state representative[ 30] Don Parsons , state representative[ 30] Jesse Petrea, state representative[ 30] Alan Powell, state representative[ 30] Paulette Rakestraw, state representative[ 30] Jason Ridley, state representative[ 30] Danae Roberts, state representative[ 30] Terry Rogers, state representative[ 30] Ed Rynders, state representative[ 30] Deborah Silcox, state representative[ 30] Richard Smith, state representative[ 30] Ron Stephens , state representative[ 30] Jan Tankersley , state representative[ 30] Steve Tarvin , state representative[ 30] Tom Taylor, state representative[ 30] Wendell Willard , state representative[ 30] Statewide officials
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Poll source Date(s) Sample Margin of Geoff Rick David Undecided University of Georgia [ 38] April 19–26, 2018 507 ± 4.4% 12% 7% 14% 65%
30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
Republican primary results[ 39] Party Candidate Votes % Republican David Shafer 268,221 48.91 Republican Geoff Duncan 146,163 26.65 Republican Rick Jeffares 134,047 24.44 Total votes 548,431 100.0
Poll source Date(s) Sample Margin Geoff David Undecided Rosetta Stone [ 40] June 7, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 19% 46% 35%
Republican primary runoff results[ 41] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Geoff Duncan 280,465 50.14 Republican David Shafer 278,868 49.86 Total votes 559,333 100.0
Sarah Riggs Amico, businesswoman[ 42] Triana Arnold James, small business owner and veteran[ 43] 50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Poll source Date(s) Sample Margin of Sarah Triana Undecided University of Georgia [ 52] April 12–18, 2018 473 ± 4.5% 10% 20% 70%
Democratic primary results[ 53] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Sarah Riggs Amico 278,662 55.24 Democratic Triana Arnold James 225,758 44.76 Total votes 504,420 100.0
By congressional district [ edit ] Duncan won nine of 14 congressional districts.[ 59]
There was a significantdrop-off in votes between theelection for governor , which counted 3,939,409 votes, to the lieutenant governor election, with 3,780,304 votes. The undervote, larger than that seen in other statewide races, was found by the Coalition for Good Governance to have occurred in predominantly African American neighborhoods, but only with touchscreen voting machines, not absentee ballots. The change in votes was statistically significant compared to the typical smaller undervote in white areas.[ 60] [ 61]
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