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Date Type Results
Nov 02, 2026 General Election
  Republican Primary Winner
0
0.00% 		  Democratic Primary Winner
0
0.00%
Nov 08, 2022 General Election
 Brian Kemp(I)
2,111,572
53.41% 		 Stacey Abrams
1,813,673
45.88% 		 Shane Hazel
28,163
0.71% 		 David C. Byrne (W)
18
0.00% 		 Milton J. Lofton (W)
7
0.00%
Nov 06, 2018 General Election
 Brian Kemp
1,978,408
50.22% 		 Stacey Abrams
1,923,685
48.83% 		 Ted Metz
37,235
0.95% 		 Bobby Williams (W)
24
0.00% 		 Rod Mack (W)
24
0.00% 		 Bobby Waldrep (W)
21
0.00% 		 David C. Byrne (W)
12
0.00%
Nov 04, 2014 General Election
 Nathan Deal(I)
1,345,237
52.74% 		 Jason Carter
1,144,794
44.88% 		 Andrew Hunt
60,185
2.36% 		 David C. Byrne
420
0.02%
Nov 02, 2010 General Election
 Nathan Deal
1,365,832
53.02% 		 Roy Barnes
1,107,011
42.97% 		 John H. Monds
103,194
4.01% 		 David C. Byrne (W)
76
0.00% 		 Neal Horsley (W)
48
0.00%
Nov 07, 2006 General Election
 Sonny Perdue(I)
1,229,724
57.94% 		 Mark Taylor
811,049
38.22% 		 Garrett Michael Hayes
81,412
3.84% 		 William M. Arth (W)
52
0.00% 		 David C. Byrne (W)
21
0.00%
Nov 05, 2002 General Election
 Sonny Perdue
1,041,677
51.39% 		 Roy Barnes(I)
937,062
46.23% 		 Garrett Michael Hayes
47,122
2.32% 		 Nannette Garrett (W)
1,198
0.06% 		 Sam Hay (W)
62
0.00% 		 David C. Byrne (W)
15
0.00% 		 Bill Bolton (W)
9
0.00%
Nov 03, 1998 General Election
 Roy Barnes
941,076
52.49% 		 Guy W. Millner
790,201
44.07% 		 Jack Cashin
61,531
3.43% 		 James E. Harris (W)
74
0.00%
Nov 08, 1994 General Election
 Zell B. Miller(I)
788,926
51.05% 		 Guy W. Millner
756,371
48.95%
Nov 06, 1990 General Election
 Zell B. Miller
766,662
52.89% 		 Johnny Isakson
645,625
44.54% 		 Carole Ann Rand
37,365
2.58%
Nov 04, 1986 General Election
 Joe Frank Harris(I)
828,465
70.50% 		 Guy Davis
346,512
29.49% 		  Write-In (W)
124
0.01% 		 Robert H. Bell (W)
7
0.00% 		 Hugh Hardison (W)
6
0.00%
Nov 02, 1982 General Election
 Joe Frank Harris
734,090
62.79% 		 Robert H. Bell
434,496
37.17% 		  Others (W)
444
0.04% 		 Maceo Carl Dixon (W)
11
0.00%
Nov 07, 1978 General Election
 George D. Busbee(I)
534,572
80.65% 		 Rodney M. Cook
128,139
19.33% 		  Others (W)
71
0.01% 		 Thomas A. McCrary, Sr. (W)
49
0.01% 		 Don Davis (W)
31
0.00%
Nov 05, 1974 General Election
 George D. Busbee
646,777
69.07% 		 Ronnie Thompson
289,113
30.87% 		  Others (W)
548
0.06%
Nov 03, 1970 General Election
 Jimmy Carter
620,419
59.28% 		 Hal Suit
424,983
40.60% 		  Others (W)
1,261
0.12%
Nov 08, 1966 General Election
 Lester Maddox
450,626
46.23% 		 Howard "Bo" Callaway
453,665
46.55% 		 Ellis Arnall (W)
69,025
7.08% 		  Scattering (W)
1,333
0.14%
Nov 06, 1962 General Election
 Carl E. Sanders
311,524
99.95% 		  Others (W)
167
0.05%
Nov 04, 1958 General Election
 Ernest Vandiver
168,414
100.00%
Nov 02, 1954 General Election
 Marvin Griffin
331,899
99.98% 		  Scattering (W)
67
0.02%
Nov 07, 1950 General Election
 Herman Talmadge(I)
230,771
98.44% 		 Morgan Blake
3,325
1.42% 		 Unidentified Scattering (W)
334
0.14%
Nov 02, 1948 Special Election
 Herman Talmadge
354,711
97.51% 		 Morgan Blake (W)
8,017
2.20% 		 James Barfoot (W)
665
0.18% 		 Melvin E. Thompson(I) (W)
324
0.09% 		  Others (W)
46
0.01%
Mar 18, 1947 Appointment
 Melvin E. Thompson
1
100.00%
Jan 16, 1947 Appointment
 Herman Talmadge
161
64.92% 		 James V. Carmichael
87
35.08% 		 Ellis Arnall
0
0.00%
Nov 05, 1946 General Election
 Eugene Talmadge
143,279
98.54% 		 Herman Talmadge (W)
675
0.46% 		 James V. Carmichael (W)
669
0.46% 		 D. Talmadge Bowers (W)
637
0.44% 		 Ellis Arnall(I) (W)
122
0.08% 		  Others (W)
9
0.01% 		 Eurith D. "Ed" Rivers (W)
6
0.00%
  Hoke O'Kelley (W)
4
0.00%
Nov 03, 1942 General Election
 Ellis Arnall
62,200
96.30% 		  Others
1,531
2.37% 		 J. N. Foreman
687
1.06% 		 D. Talmadge Bowers
170
0.26%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
 Eugene Talmadge
289,277
99.60% 		 J. L. R. Boyd
875
0.30% 		 Joe Wallace
296
0.10%
Nov 08, 1938 General Election
 Eurith D. "Ed" Rivers(I)
66,863
94.28% 		 Elijah S. Fuller
1,914
2.70% 		 L. P. Glass
1,358
1.91% 		 Alexander Stephens Mitchell
784
1.11%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
 Eurith D. "Ed" Rivers
263,140
99.67% 		 L. P. Glass
873
0.33%
Nov 06, 1934 General Election
 Eugene Talmadge(I)
53,101
100.00%
Nov 08, 1932 General Election
 Eugene Talmadge
240,242
100.00%
Nov 04, 1930 General Election
 Richard B. Russell, Jr.
56,462
100.00%
Nov 06, 1928 General Election
 Lamartine G. Hardman(I)
202,035
100.00%
Nov 02, 1926 General Election
 Lamartine G. Hardman
47,267
100.00%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
 Clifford M. Walker(I)
152,367
100.00%
Nov 07, 1922 General Election
 Clifford M. Walker
75,019
100.00%
Nov 02, 1920 General Election
 Thomas W. Hardwick
141,681
100.00%
Nov 05, 1918 General Election
 Hugh M. Dorsey(I)
70,621
100.00%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
 Hugh M. Dorsey
139,772
96.45% 		 Roscoe Pickett
4,217
2.91% 		 Thomas M. Taylor
921
0.64%
Oct 07, 1914 General Election
 Nathaniel E. Harris
89,976
100.00%
Oct 02, 1912 General Election
 John M. Slaton
1
100.00%
Jan 10, 1912 Special Election
 Joseph M. Brown
28,852
98.97% 		 A. F. Castleberry
300
1.03%
Nov 16, 1911 Appointment
 John M. Slaton
1
100.00%
Oct 05, 1910 General Election
 M. Hoke Smith
95,000
84.77% 		 Joseph O. Brown
17,000
15.17% 		 C. O. Brown
71
0.06%
Oct 07, 1908 General Election
 Joseph M. Brown
112,292
90.53% 		 Yancy Carter
11,746
9.47%
Oct 03, 1906 General Election
 M. Hoke Smith
94,223
99.84% 		 J. B. Osburn
148
0.16%
Oct 05, 1904 General Election
 Joseph M. Terrell(I)
67,523
100.00%
Oct 01, 1902 General Election
 Joseph M. Terrell
81,548
93.61% 		 James K. Hines
5,566
6.39%
Oct 03, 1900 General Election
 Allen D. Candler(I)
92,729
78.57% 		 John H. Traylor
25,285
21.43%
Oct 05, 1898 General Election
 Allen D. Candler
118,028
69.75% 		 John R. Hogan
51,191
30.25%
Oct 07, 1896 General Election
 William Y. Atkinson(I)
123,206
58.90% 		 Seaborn Wright
85,981
41.10%
Oct 03, 1894 General Election
 William Y. Atkinson
121,249
55.56% 		 James K. Hines
96,990
44.44%
Oct 05, 1892 General Election
 William J. Northen(I)
136,543
66.65% 		 W. Peck
68,093
33.24% 		  Scattering
242
0.12%
Oct 01, 1890 General Election
 William J. Northen
102,757
99.28% 		  Scattering
750
0.72%
Oct 03, 1888 General Election
 John B. Gordon(I)
121,999
100.00%
Oct 06, 1886 General Election
 John B. Gordon
101,159
99.20% 		  Others
815
0.80%
Oct 01, 1884 General Election
 Henry D. McDaniel(I)
119,880
100.00%
Apr 24, 1883 Special Election
 Henry D. McDaniel
23,680
98.61% 		  Others
334
1.39%
Mar 05, 1883 Appointment
 James S. Boynton
1
100.00%
Oct 04, 1882 General Election
 Alexander H. Stephens
107,649
70.57% 		 Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell
44,893
29.43%
Oct 06, 1880 General Election
 Alfred Holt Colquitt(I)
117,803
64.93% 		 Thomas M. Norwood
63,631
35.07%
Oct 04, 1876 General Election
 Alfred Holt Colquitt
111,297
76.89% 		 Jonathan Norcross
33,443
23.11%
Nov 05, 1872 General Election
 James Milton Smith(I)
104,256
69.47% 		 D. Walker
45,812
30.53%
Dec 19, 1871 Special Election
 James Milton Smith
39,905
99.73% 		  Others
109
0.27%
Nov 03, 1871 Appointment
 Benjamin Conley
1
100.00%
Jun 28, 1868 Appointment
 Rufus B. Bullock
1
100.00%
Apr 20, 1868 General Election
 Rufus B. Bullock
83,527
52.24% 		 John B. Gordon
76,356
47.76%
Jan 13, 1868 Appointment
 Thomas H. Ruger
1
100.00%
Nov 15, 1865 General Election
 Charles J. Jenkins
37,200
98.20% 		 Joseph Emerson Brown (W)
500
1.32% 		  Scattering (W)
92
0.24% 		 Alexander H. Stephens (W)
82
0.22% 		 [FNU] Gardner (W)
3
0.01% 		 James Johnson (W)
3
0.01% 		 John B. Gordon (W)
1
0.00%
Jun 17, 1865 Appointment
 James Johnson
1
100.00%
Oct 03, 1859 General Election
 Joseph Emerson Brown(I)
63,784
60.39% 		 Warren Akin
41,830
39.61%
Oct 05, 1857 General Election
 Joseph Emerson Brown
57,631
55.14% 		 Benjamin Harvey Hill
46,889
44.86%
Oct 01, 1855 General Election
 Herschel V. Johnson(I)
54,136
52.14% 		 Garnett Andrews
43,358
41.76% 		 B. H. Overby
6,331
6.10%
Oct 03, 1853 General Election
 Herschel V. Johnson
47,638
50.27% 		 Charles J. Jenkins
47,128
49.73%
Oct 06, 1851 General Election
 Howell Cobb
57,417
59.66% 		 Charles McDonald
38,824
40.34%
Oct 01, 1849 General Election
 George W. Towns(I)
46,534
51.77% 		 Edward Y. Hill
43,352
48.23%
Oct 04, 1847 General Election
 George W. Towns
43,219
50.75% 		 Duncan L. Clinch
41,941
49.25%
Oct 06, 1845 General Election
 George W. Crawford(I)
41,059
51.20% 		 Matthew McAllister
39,140
48.80%
Oct 02, 1843 General Election
 George W. Crawford
38,713
52.29% 		 Mark A. Cooper
35,325
47.71%
Oct 04, 1841 General Election
 Charles McDonald(I)
37,838
52.89% 		 William C. Dawson
33,705
47.11%
Oct 07, 1839 General Election
 Charles McDonald
34,634
51.42% 		 Charles Dougherty
32,727
48.58%
Oct 02, 1837 General Election
 George Gilmer
34,179
50.56% 		 William Schley(I)
33,417
49.44%
Oct 05, 1835 General Election
 William Schley
31,197
52.11% 		 Charles Dougherty
28,670
47.89%
Oct 07, 1833 General Election
 Wilson Lumpkin(I)
30,861
51.93% 		 Joel Crawford
28,565
48.07%
Oct 03, 1831 General Election
 Wilson Lumpkin
27,305
51.35% 		 George Gilmer(I)
25,867
48.65%
Oct 05, 1829 General Election
 George Gilmer
24,204
69.31% 		 Joel Crawford
10,718
30.69%
Oct 01, 1827 General Election
 John Forsyth
22,774
70.08% 		  Others
2,483
7.64% 		 Edward F. Tattnall
2,015
6.20% 		  McDonald
1,026
3.16% 		 Alfred Cuthbert
892
2.75% 		 [FNU] Kennon
867
2.67% 		 Freeman Walker
826
2.54%
  [FNU] Campbell
671
2.06% 		 Tomlinson Fort
461
1.42% 		 [FNU] Lumpkin
294
0.90% 		 [FNU] Talbot
125
0.38% 		 [FNU] Powell
61
0.19%
Oct 03, 1825 General Election
 George Michael Troup(I)
20,550
50.85% 		 John Clark(I)
19,862
49.15%
Nov 07, 1823 General Election
 George Michael Troup
85
51.20% 		 Matthew Talbot
81
48.80%
Nov 10, 1821 General Election
 John Clark(I)
74
50.68% 		 George Michael Troup
72
49.32%
Nov 05, 1819 General Election
 John Clark
73
54.89% 		 George Michael Troup
60
45.11%
Oct 24, 1819 Succession
 Matthew Talbot
1
100.00%
Nov 10, 1817 General Election
 William Rabun(I)
62
52.10% 		 John Clark
57
47.90%
Mar 04, 1817 Succession
 William Rabun
1
100.00%
Nov 20, 1815 General Election
 David Mitchell
67
55.83% 		 Peter Early(I)
49
40.83% 		 Jared Irwin
2
1.67% 		 John Clark
2
1.67%
Nov 05, 1813 General Election
 Peter Early
66
55.93% 		 John Clark
48
40.68% 		  Write-In (W)
4
3.39%
Nov 10, 1811 General Election
 David Mitchell(I)
81
72.97% 		 Jared Irwin
30
27.03%
Nov 14, 1809 General Election
 David Mitchell
61
59.80% 		 Jared Irwin(I)
41
40.20%
Nov 10, 1807 General Election
 Jared Irwin(I)
51
60.71% 		 Benjamin Taliaferro
33
39.29%
Nov 04, 1805 General Election
 John Milledge(I)
61
100.00%
Nov 24, 1803 General Election
 John Milledge(I)
65
91.55% 		 Solomon Wood
6
8.45%
Nov 03, 1802 Special Election
 John Milledge
48
68.57% 		 Thomas P. Carnes
22
31.43%
Nov 06, 1801 General Election
 Josiah Tatnall
41
59.42% 		 Thomas P. Carnes
21
30.43% 		 Jared Irwin
7
10.14%
Mar 02, 1801 Appointment
 David Emanuel
1
100.00%
Nov 08, 1799 General Election
 James "Left Eye" Jackson(I)
53
79.10% 		  Scattering (W)
14
20.90%
Jan 14, 1796 General Election
 Jared Irwin
1
100.00%
Nov 06, 1793 General Election
 George Mathews
15
28.30% 		 Edward Telfair(I)
21
39.62% 		 Jared Irwin
17
32.08%
Nov 08, 1791 General Election
 Edward Telfair(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 16, 1789 General Election
 Edward Telfair
25
39.06% 		 John Houston
20
31.25% 		 William Pierce
19
29.69%

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