2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia

See also: 2020 United States Senate elections

Not to be confused with 2020 Georgia State Senate election.

For the other Senate election in Georgia held in parallel, see 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia.

The 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia was held on November 3, 2020, and on January 5, 2021 (as a runoff), to elect the Class III member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Georgia. Democrat Raphael Warnock defeated appointed incumbent Republican Kelly Loeffler. The first round of the election was held on November 3, 2020; however, no candidate received a majority of the vote, so the top two candidates—Warnock and Loeffler—advanced to a runoff on January 5, 2021, which Warnock won narrowly.

2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia

← 2016 November 3, 2020 (first round) January 5, 2021 (runoff) 2022 →
Turnout	65.3% (first round) 59.7% (runoff)
Candidate Raphael Warnock Kelly Loeffler Party Democratic Republican First round 1,617,035 32.90% 1,273,214 25.91% Runoff 2,289,113 51.04% 2,195,841 48.96%   Candidate Doug Collins Deborah Jackson Party Republican Democratic First round 980,454 19.95% 324,118 6.6% Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Warnock:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Loeffler:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Collins:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      >90% Jackson:      30–40%      40–50% Tie:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50%      No data First round county results Warnock:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Loeffler:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Collins:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      >90% Jackson:      30–40%      40–50% Tie:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50%      No data First round congressional district results Warnock:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Loeffler:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Collins:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      >90% Jackson:      30–40%      40–50% Tie:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50%      No data First round precinct results Warnock:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Loeffler:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie      50%      No data Runoff county results Warnock:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Loeffler:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie      50%      No data Runoff congressional district results Warnock:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Loeffler:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie      50%      No data Runoff precinct results
U.S. senator before election Kelly Loeffler[note 1] Republican Elected U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock Democratic

The special election was prompted by the December 2019 resignation of Johnny Isakson. Georgia governor Brian Kemp appointed Loeffler as the interim replacement pending the special election.

Under Georgia law, no primary election took place for the special election; all candidates, regardless of party, were placed on the same ballot (known as a nonpartisan blanket primary, or "jungle primary"), and the election was held on November 3, 2020. Warnock received the most votes with 32.9%, and Loeffler came in second with 25.9%. No candidate received more than 50% of the vote, so the top two candidates advanced to a runoff election on January 5, 2021.^[1]

The runoff was held concurrently with the regular Georgia Class II Senate election, in which Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated incumbent Republican David Perdue, also in a runoff on January 5. Following the November 3, 2020 Senate elections, Republicans held 50 Senate seats, and the Democratic caucus—46 registered Democrats and two allied independents—had 48. Because of this, the two Georgia runoffs determined the balance of the United States Senate under the incoming Biden administration. Winning both races gave the Democratic caucus 50 Senate seats, an effective majority with Democratic vice president Kamala Harris casting tie-breaking votes. The extraordinarily high political stakes caused the races to attract significant attention nationwide and globally.

Major media outlets, including Decision Desk HQ, the Associated Press, The New York Times, and NBC News, called the election for Warnock in the early hours of January 6, just minutes after he declared victory. Though Loeffler vowed to challenge the results after she returned from the electoral vote certification in Washington,^[2] she conceded on January 7.^[3] Ossoff and Warnock became the first Democrats to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Georgia since Zell Miller in the 2000 special election. Warnock is the first Black senator from Georgia, as well as the first Black Democrat from the South elected to the Senate. Though Warnock is the first Democratic senator from this seat since the latter election,^[4] hours later Ossoff was declared the winner in the regular Senate election.^[5][6] The two elections mark the first time since the 1994 United States Senate election in Tennessee and the concurrent special election that both Senate seats in a state have flipped from one party to the other in a single election cycle. This was also the first time the Democrats achieved this since West Virginia's 1958 Senate elections. The election results were certified on January 19, 2021, with the senators-elect taking office on January 20, marking the first time since 2003 that Democrats held both of Georgia’s Senate seats and making them the first Democratic U.S. Senators from Georgia since 2005.^[7][8][9]

Background

On August 28, 2019, Isakson announced that he would resign from the Senate effective December 31, 2019, due to his deteriorating health.^[10] This triggered a special election to fill the remainder of his term. On September 17, 2019, Georgia governor Brian Kemp launched a website inviting Georgia citizens to submit their résumés to be considered for appointment.^[11] President Donald Trump advocated the appointment of Representative Doug Collins.^[12] Kemp appointed Loeffler to fill the seat until the 2020 special election; she took office on January 6, 2020.^[13]

Candidates

Democratic Party

Despite the large number of candidates in the special election, by October 4, 2020, the Democratic Party had largely consolidated around Warnock's candidacy and had pressured other Democratic candidates, such as Matt Lieberman, to drop out to avoid vote-splitting.^[14]

While she had not been treated as a major contender and was largely ignored by pollsters, Deborah Jackson received 6.6% of the vote in the initial round of the election, being the second-best performing Democrat, and outperformed fellow Democrats such as Matt Lieberman and Ed Tarver, who pollsters had paid attention to. Al Jazeera attributed her performance, in part, to her being the first Democrat listed in the order of candidates that appeared on the ballot, and her being a familiar figure in the Democratic stronghold of DeKalb County.^[15]

Advanced to runoff

• Raphael Warnock, senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church^[16]

Eliminated

• Deborah Jackson, attorney and former mayor of Lithonia^[17]
• Jamesia James, businesswoman and U.S. Air Force veteran^[17]
• Tamara Johnson-Shealey, businesswoman and frequent candidate^[17]
• Matt Lieberman, businessman, activist, and son of Joe Lieberman, former U.S. senator from Connecticut^[18]
• Joy Felicia Slade, physician^[17]
• Ed Tarver, former United States attorney for the Southern District of Georgia and former state senator^[19][20]
• Richard Dien Winfield, professor and candidate for Georgia's 10th congressional district in 2018^[21]

Declined

• Stacey Abrams, nominee for Governor of Georgia in 2018 and former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives (endorsed Raphael Warnock)^[22]
• Sherry Boston, DeKalb County District Attorney^[22][23]
• Jason Carter, nominee for Governor of Georgia in 2014, former state senator, and grandson of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter (endorsed Raphael Warnock)^[24]
• Stacey Evans, candidate for Governor of Georgia in 2018 and former state representative (running for state house)^[25]
• Jen Jordan, state senator^[26][27]
• Lucy McBath, incumbent U.S. representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district (running for re-election)^[28]
• Michelle Nunn, CEO of CARE USA and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2014; daughter of former senator Sam Nunn.^[29]
• Jon Ossoff, documentary filmmaker and nominee for Georgia's 6th congressional district in 2017 (successfully ran for Class 2 seat)^[30]
• Mike Thurmond, DeKalb County chief executive, former labor Ccmmissioner of Georgia, and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2010^[26]
• Teresa Tomlinson, former mayor of Columbus (ran in the Democratic primary for the Class 2 seat)^[31][32]
• Nikema Williams, state senator and chair of the Georgia Democratic Party^[28]
• Sally Yates, former United States deputy attorney general^[33][34]

Endorsements

Matt Lieberman

U.S. senators

• Joe Lieberman, U.S. senator from Connecticut (1989–2013), Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2000, lawyer at Kasowitz Benson Torres, Lieberman's father (Independent)^[35]

Individuals

• Hadassah Lieberman, author, Lieberman's stepmother^[35]

Raphael Warnock

U.S. presidents

• Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States (2021–2025), 47th vice president of the United States (2009–2017), U.S. senator from Delaware (1973–2009)^[36]
• Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States (1977–1981), governor of Georgia (1971–1975)^[37]
• Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States (2009–2017), U.S. senator from Illinois (2005–2008)^[38]

U.S. vice presidents

• Kamala Harris, 49th Vice President of the United States (2021-2025), U.S. senator from California (2017–2021)^[39]

U.S. cabinet members

• Andrew Young, former mayor of Atlanta (1982–1990), former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1977–1979), and U.S. representative for GA-05 (1973–1977)^[40]

U.S. senators

• Tammy Baldwin, U.S. senator from Wisconsin^[41]
• Michael Bennet, U.S. senator from Colorado^[41]
• Cory Booker, U.S. senator from New Jersey^[42]
• Sherrod Brown, U.S. senator from Ohio^[42]
• Maria Cantwell, U.S. senator from Washington^[41]
• Bob Casey, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania^[41]
• Max Cleland, former U.S. senator from Georgia (1997–2003), former Georgia Secretary of State (1983–1996), and former Administrator of Veterans Affairs (1977–81)^[43]
• Chris Coons, U.S. senator from Delaware^[41]
• Catherine Cortez Masto, U.S. senator from Nevada^[41]
• Tammy Duckworth, U.S. senator from Illinois^[41]
• Dick Durbin, U.S. senator from Illinois^[41]
• Wyche Fowler, former U.S. senator from Georgia and former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia^[44]
• Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. senator from New York^[41]
• Maggie Hassan, U.S. senator from New Hampshire^[41]
• Martin Heinrich, U.S. senator from New Mexico^[41]
• Tim Kaine, U.S. senator from Virginia^[41]
• Amy Klobuchar, U.S. senator from Minnesota^[41]
• Ed Markey, U.S. senator from Massachusetts^[41]
• Jeff Merkley, U.S. senator from Oregon^[41]
• Chris Murphy, U.S. senator from Connecticut^[42]
• Patty Murray, U.S. senator from Washington^[41]
• Jack Reed, U.S. senator from Rhode Island^[41]
• Bernie Sanders, U.S. senator from Vermont (Independent)^[45]
• Brian Schatz, U.S. senator from Hawaii^[41]
• Jeanne Shaheen, U.S. senator from New Hampshire^[41]
• Tina Smith, U.S. senator from Minnesota^[41]
• Debbie Stabenow, U.S. senator from Michigan^[41]
• Tom Udall, U.S. senator from New Mexico^[41]
• Mark Warner, U.S. senator from Virginia^[41]
• Elizabeth Warren, U.S. senator from Massachusetts^[46]
• Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. senator from Rhode Island^[41]
• Ron Wyden, U.S. senator from Oregon^[41]

U.S. representatives

• Sanford Bishop, U.S. representative for GA-02^[47]
• Jim Clyburn, U.S. representative for SC-06 and House Majority Whip^[48]
• Hank Johnson, U.S. representative for GA-04^[41]
• John Lewis, U.S. representative for GA-05 (Deceased)^[49]
• Ayanna Pressley, U.S. representative for MA-07^[41]
• David Scott, U.S. representative for GA-13^[47]

State legislators

• Stacey Abrams, nominee for governor of Georgia in 2018 and former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives^[50]
• Erick Allen, state representative^[51]
• Debra Bazemore, state representative^[51]
• William Boddie, state representative and House Minority Whip^[51]
• Roger Bruce, state representative^[51]
• Park Cannon, state representative^[51]
• Jason Carter, nominee for governor of Georgia in 2014, former state senator, and grandson of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter^[24]
• Karla Drenner, state representative^[41]
• David Dreyer, state representative^[24]
• Becky Evans, state representative^[51]
• Stacey Evans, former state representative^[43]
• Pat Gardner, state representative^[51]
• Steve Henson, state senator and Senate minority leader^[51]
• El-Mahdi Holly, state representative^[51]
• Jen Jordan, state senator^[51]
• Pedro Marin, state representative^[51]
• Dewey McClain, state representative^[51]
• Donna McLeod, state representative^[51]
• Bee Nguyen, state representative^[24]
• Mary Margaret Oliver, state representative and former state senator^[51]
• Nan Orrock, state senator and former state representative^[41]
• Elena Parent, state senator^[24]
• Sam Park, state representative^[51]
• Renitta Shannon, state representative^[24]
• Horacena Tate, state senator^[51]
• Mable Thomas, state representative^[51]
• Bob Trammell, state representative and House minority leader^[43]

Local officials

• Marvin S. Arrington Sr., former president of the Atlanta City Council (1980–1997)^[52]
• Lisa Borders, former president of the Atlanta City Council (2004–2010)^[52]
• Felicia Moore, current president of the Atlanta City Council^[52][53]
• Cathy Woolard, former president of the Atlanta City Council (2002–2004)^[41]

Organizations

• Black Economic Alliance^[54]
• Brady PAC^[55]
• CBC PAC^[41]
• Center for Biological Diversity^[56]
• Climate Hawks Vote^[57]
• Democracy for America^[58]
• DSCC^[41]
• End Citizens United^[59]
• Everytown for Gun Safety^[60]
• Georgia AFL–CIO^[61]
• Jewish Democratic Council of America^[62]
• League of Conservation Voters^[63]
• Let America Vote^[59]
• NARAL^[64]
• National Education Association^[65]
• Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund^[66]
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund^[67]
• Sierra Club^[68]
• United Auto Workers^[69]
• Working Families Party^[70]

Individuals

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, former basketball player
• Amy Acker, actress^[71]
• Patrick J. Adams, actor^[71]
• Jaylyn Agnew, professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)^[72]
• Usman Ally, actor^[73]
• Ed Asner, actor^[74]
• Dan Bakkedahl, actor^[73]
• Troian Bellisario, actress^[71]
• Monique Billings, professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)^[72]
• Sufe Bradshaw, actress^[73]
• Brittany Brewer, professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)^[72]
• Kalani Brown, professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)^[72]
• Chennedy Carter, professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)^[72]
• Don Cheadle, actor^[73]
• Anna Chlumsky, actress^[73]
• Stephen Colbert, actor and comedian^[73]
• Gary Cole, actor^[73]
• David Costabile, actor^[71]
• Bryan Cranston, actor^[73]
• Denise Crosby, actress^[71]
• Zooey Deschanel, actress^[74]
• Blake Dietrick, professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)^[72]
• Kevin Dunn, actor^[73]
• Clea DuVall, actress^[73]
• Billie Eilish, singer^[75]
• Beanie Feldstein, actress^[73]
• Will Ferrell, actor^[74]
• Nelson Franklin, actor^[73]
• Josh Gad, actor^[76]
• Tony Hale, actor^[73]
• Mark Hamill, actor^[73]
• Rachael Harris, actress^[71]
• Ed Helms, actor and comedian^[74]
• Taraji P. Henson, actress^[76]
• Rick Hoffman, actor^[71]
• Alexis Jones, professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)^[72]
• Aaron Korsh, writer and producer^[71]
• Betnijah Laney, professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)^[72]
• John Legend, singer and songwriter^[76]
• Lisa Ling, journalist and author^[76]
• John Lithgow, actor^[74]
• Eva Longoria, actress and activist^[76]
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress^[73]
• Gabriel Macht, actor^[71]
• David Mandel, writer and director^[73]
• Dikembe Mutombo, humanitarian and former basketball player
• Kumail Nanjiani, actor^[73]
• Bob Newhart, actor^[74]
• Matt Oberg, actor^[73]
• Rory O'Malley, actor^[76]
• Jon Ossoff, Democratic nominee in 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia and Democratic nominee in 2017 Georgia's 6th congressional district special election^[43]
• Patton Oswalt, actor and comedian^[73]
• Lennon Parham, actress^[73]
• David Pasquesi, actor^[73]
• Jordan Peele, actor, director and comedian^[76]
• Sarah Rafferty, actress^[71]
• Anthony Rapp, actor^[76]
• Sam Richardson, actor^[73]
• Andy Richter, actor and comedian^[74]
• Paul Scheer, actor^[73]
• Amanda Schull, actress^[71]
• Reid Scott, actor^[73]
• Amy Sedaris, actress^[74]
• Timothy Simons, actor^[73]
• Mary Steenburgen, actress^[74]
• Shekinna Stricklen, professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)^[72]
• Sarah Sutherland, actress^[73]
• George Takei, actor and activist^[76]
• Max Topplin, actor^[71]
• Gina Torres, actress^[71]
• Matt Walsh, actor^[73]
• Kerry Washington, actress^[76]
• Courtney Williams, professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)^[72]
• Elizabeth Williams, professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)^[72]
• D. B. Woodside, actor^[71]
• Bowen Yang, actor and comedian^[76]

Republican Party

Advanced to runoff

• Kelly Loeffler, incumbent U.S. senator

Eliminated

• Doug Collins, incumbent U.S. representative for Georgia's 9th congressional district^[77]
• Derrick Grayson, minister, network engineer, software developer, perennial candidate, U.S. Navy veteran^[17]
• Annette Davis Jackson, businesswoman and candidate for Georgia State Senate in 2016^[17]
• Kandiss Taylor, student services coordinator for Appling County Board of Education^[78]

Withdrawn

• Wayne Johnson, former chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid^[79] (remained on ballot)
• Ervan Katari Miller, perennial candidate^[80][81]

Declined

• Nick Ayers, former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence^[82]
• Ashley Bell, regional administrator for the Small Business Administration^{[citation needed]}
• Paul Broun, former U.S. representative for Georgia's 10th congressional district^[83]
• Buddy Carter, incumbent U.S. representative for Georgia's 1st congressional district^[84]
• Geoff Duncan, incumbent lieutenant governor of Georgia^[85]
• Stuart Frohlinger, finance expert^[86][87]
• Tom Graves, incumbent U.S. representative for Georgia's 14th congressional district^[85]
• Karen Handel, former U.S. representative and former Georgia secretary of state (running for Georgia's 6th congressional district)^[88]
• Scott Hilton, former state representative (endorsed Loeffler)^[89]
• Jan Jones, Speaker pro tempore of the Georgia House of Representatives^[90]
• Brian Kemp, incumbent governor of Georgia^[91] (endorsed Loeffler)^[92]
• Butch Miller, state senator^[93]
• B. J. Pak, United States attorney for the Northern District of Georgia and former state representative^[83]
• Sonny Perdue, United States secretary of agriculture and former governor of Georgia^[93]
• Tom Price, former United States secretary of health and human services and former U.S. representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district^[94]

Kelly Loeffler

U.S. presidents

• Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States

U.S. vice presidents

• Mike Pence, 48th vice president of the United States

Federal officials

• Bob Barr, former U.S. representative (GA-07)^[95]
• Marsha Blackburn, U.S. senator from Tennessee^[96]
• Tom Cotton, U.S. senator from Arkansas^[97]
• Joni Ernst, U.S. senator from Iowa^[98]
• Deb Fischer, U.S. senator from Nebraska^[99]
• Newt Gingrich, 2012 Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker (1995-1999) and U.S. Representative (GA-06) (1979-1999)^[100]
• Richard Grenell, former United States Ambassador to Germany^[101]
• Nikki Haley, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations^[95]
• Mitch McConnell, U.S. senator from Kentucky and Senate Majority Leader^[102][103]
• Tom Price, former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services^[95]
• Marco Rubio, U.S. senator from Florida^[104]
• Tim Scott, U.S. senator from South Carolina^[105]
• Elise Stefanik, U.S. representative (NY-21)^[106]

State officials

• Mark Butler, Labor Commissioner of Georgia^[107]
• Chris Carr, state Attorney General^[108]
• Geoff Duncan, lieutenant governor and former state representative (2013-2017)^[109]
• Tim Echols, member of the Georgia Public Service Commission from the 2nd District^[110]
• Larry Hogan, Governor of Maryland (2015-present)^[111]
• Brian Kemp, Governor and former state Secretary of State (2010-2018) and state senator (2003-2007)^[92]
• John King, Insurance Commissioner of Georgia^[110]
• Brad Raffensperger^[112]

Organizations

• Club for Growth PAC^[113]
• Family Policy Alliance of Georgia^[114]
• Georgia Life Alliance^[115]
• Maggie's List^[116]
• National Republican Senatorial Committee^[117]
• National Right to Life Committee^[118]
• Senate Leadership Fund^[114]
• Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund^[119]
• Winning for Women^[120]

Individuals

• Marjorie Taylor Greene, 2020 Republican nominee for Georgia's 14th congressional district^[121]
• Ivanka Trump, daughter of, and senior advisor to, U.S. President Donald Trump^{[citation needed][122][failed verification]}
• Herschel Walker, Heisman Trophy winner and former professional football player^[123]

Doug Collins

Federal officials

• Andy Biggs, U.S. representative (AZ-05)^[124]
• Drew Ferguson, U.S. representative (GA-03)^[125]
• Michael Flynn, former United States National Security Advisor^[126]
• Karen Handel, former U.S. representative (GA-06) (2017-2019)^[127]
• Devin Nunes, U.S. representative (CA-22)^[128]

State officials

• Gary Black, state Agriculture Commissioner^[129]
• Nathan Deal, Governor of Georgia (2011-2019)^[130]
• Mike Huckabee, 2008 and 2016 Republican presidential candidate and former governor of Arkansas (1996-2007)^[131]
• David Ralston, state representative and state House speaker^[113]

Local officials

• Rudy Giuliani, advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, 2008 Republican presidential candidate, former mayor of New York (1994-2001), and Republican candidate in the 2000 U.S. Senate election in New York^[132]

Individuals

• Bernard Kerik, former New York City Police Commissioner.
• Roger Stone, political consultant^[133]

Organizations

• American Conservative Union (ACU) PAC^[134]
• GOPAC^[135]
• Great America PAC^[136]

Libertarian Party

Declared

• Brian Slowinski, Republican candidate for Georgia's 10th congressional district in 2014^[137]

Green Party

Declared

• John "Green" Fortuin^[81]

Independents

Declared

• Al Bartell, businessman, former Republican and Vietnam-era Air Force veteran^{[138][139][140]}
• Allen Buckley, attorney, accountant, Libertarian nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2004, 2008, 2016 and nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia in 2006
• Michael Todd Greene^[141][81]
• Rod Mack (as a write-in candidate), member of the City of Hapeville Board of Appeals and candidate in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election^[81]
• Valencia Stovall, state representative^[81]

Special election

Polling

Jungle primary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Doug Collins (R)	Matt Lieberman (D)	Kelly Loeffler (R)	Ed Tarver (D)	Raphael Warnock (D)	Other	Undecided
Landmark Communications[142]	November 1, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	24%	5%	27%	1%	38%	1%[b]	3%
Data for Progress[143]	October 27 – November 1, 2020	1,036 (LV)	± 3%	21%	8%	26%	3%	41%	1%[c]	–
Emerson College[144]	October 29–31, 2020	749 (LV)	± 3.5%	27%[d]	8%	24%	2%	38%	2%[e]	–
Landmark Communications[145]	October 28, 2020	750 (LV)	± 3.6%	23%	9%	25%	1%	37%	2%[f]	3%
Public Policy Polling[146]	October 27–28, 2020	661 (V)	–	19%	2%	27%	0%	46%	2%[e]	4%
Monmouth University[147]	October 23–27, 2020	504 (RV)	± 4.4%	18%	4%	21%	3%	41%	7%[g]	6%
		504 (LV)[h]		19%	–	22%	–	41%	–	–
		504 (LV)[i]		20%	–	22%	–	42%	–	–
Civiqs/Daily Kos[148]	October 23–26, 2020	1,041 (LV)	± 3.3%	23%	2%	22%	1%	48%	2%[e]	2%
University of Georgia[149]	October 14–23, 2020	1,145 (LV)	± 4%	21%	4%	20%	1%	34%	5%[j]	14%
Landmark Communications[150]	October 21, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	27%	–	24%	–	33%	–	–
Citizen Data[151]	October 17–20, 2020	1,000 (LV)	± 3%	19%	4%	23%	1%	41%	3%	10%
Emerson College[152]	October 17–19, 2020	506 (LV)	± 4.3%	27%	12%	20%	2%	27%	2%[e]	12%
Siena College/NYT Upshot[153]	October 13–19, 2020	759 (LV)	± 4.1%	17%	7%	23%	2%	32%	1%[k]	18%[l]
Opinion Insight (R)[154][A]	October 12–15, 2020	801 (LV)	± 3.46%	18%[d]	3%	19%	1%	31%	14%[m]	18%[l]
Quinnipiac University[155]	October 8–12, 2020	1,040 (LV)	± 3.0%	22%	5%	20%	2%	41%	0%[n]	9%
SurveyUSA[156]	October 8–12, 2020	677 (LV)	± 5.7%	20%	8%	26%	3%	30%	2%[o]	12%
Data for Progress[157]	October 8–11, 2020	782 (LV)	± 3.5%	22%	10%	22%	–	30%	17%[p]	–
Public Policy Polling[158]	October 8–9, 2020	528 (V)	± 4.3%	22%	3%	24%	0%	41%	2%[e]	8%
Landmark Communications[159]	October 7, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4%	23%	3%	26%	0%	36%	4%[q]	8%
University of Georgia[160]	September 27 – October 6, 2020	1,106 (LV)	± 2.9%	21%	3%	22%	4%	28%	3%[r]	19%
Civiqs/Daily Kos[161]	September 26–29, 2020	969 (LV)	± 3.5%	25%	5%	21%	2%	38%	1%[s]	7%
Hart Research Associates (D)[162][B]	September 24–27, 2020	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	21%	8%[t]	28%	3%	28%	–	–
Quinnipiac University[163]	September 23–27, 2020	1,125 (LV)	± 2.9%	22%	9%	23%	4%	31%	0%[n]	12%
Redfield & Wilton Strategies[164]	September 23–26, 2020	789 (LV)	± 3.49%	16%	16%	25%	–	26%	3%[u]	14%
Monmouth University[165]	September 17–21, 2020	402 (RV)	± 4.9%	22%	11%	23%	4%	21%	6%[v]	13%
		402 (LV)[h]		23%	11%	23%	3%	23%	5%[w]	12%
		402 (LV)[i]		24%	9%	23%	2%	25%	4%[x]	12%
Siena College/NYT Upshot[166]	September 16–21, 2020	523 (LV)	± 4.9%	19%	7%	23%	4%	19%	1%[k]	27%[l]
University of Georgia[167]	September 11–20, 2020	1,150 (LV)	± 4.0%	21%	11%	24%	5%	20%	4%[y]	16%
Data For Progress (D)[168]	September 14–19, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	22%	14%	21%	–	26%	–	17%
Redfield & Wilton Strategies[169]	September 12–17, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.46%	19%	15%	26%	–	21%	5%[z]	15%
GBAO Strategies (D)[170][C]	September 14–16, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4%	19%	11%	29%	5%	25%	–	–
Fabrizio Ward/Hart Research Associates[171][D]	August 30 – September 5, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	20%	10%	24%	7%	19%	1%[aa]	19%
Opinion Insight (R)[172][A]	August 30 – September 2, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.46%	20%[d]	4%	17%	1%	17%	13%[ab]	27%
HarrisX (D)[173][E]	August 20–30, 2020	1,616 (RV)	± 2.4%	21%	13%	26%	7%	16%	18%[ac]	–
SurveyUSA[174]	August 6–8, 2020	623 (LV)	± 5.3%	17%	13%	26%	3%	17%	2%[o]	21%
HIT Strategies (D)[175][F]	July 23–31, 2020	400 (RV)	± 4.9%	18%	14%	22%	6%	14%	1%[ad]	23%
Monmouth University[176]	July 23–27, 2020	402 (RV)	± 4.9%	20%	14%	26%	5%	9%	8%[ae]	18%
		402 (LV)[h]		21%	14%	26%	5%	10%	6%[af]	17%
		402 (LV)[i]		22%	13%	26%	4%	10%	6%[af]	19%
Spry Strategies (R)[177][G]	July 11–16, 2020	700 (LV)	± 3.7%	20%	23%	19%	9%	–	–	20%
GBAO Strategies (D)[170][C]	July 6–9, 2020	600 (LV)	–	26%	19%	21%	9%	16%	–	–
Battleground Connect (R)[178][H]	July 6–8, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4%	26%	15%	17%	5%	10%	2%[e]	26%
Gravis Marketing (R)[179][I]	July 2, 2020	513 (LV)	± 4.3%	26%	11%	24%	9%	18%	–	12%
Public Policy Polling (D)[180][J]	June 25–26, 2020	734 (RV)	± 3.6%	23%	11%	21%	3%	20%	–	22%
MRG (D)[181][K]	June 18–23, 2020	1,259 (LV)	–	27%	13%	21%	–	23%	5%[ag]	12%
Civiqs/Daily Kos[182]	May 16–18, 2020	1,339 (RV)	± 3.1%	34%	14%	12%	6%	18%	4%[ah]	12%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)[183]	May 4–7, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.38%	19%	17%	18%	–	9%	11%[ai]	26%
Cygnal (R)[184][L]	April 25–27, 2020	591 (LV)	± 4.0%	29%	12%	11%	4%	11%	2%[aj]	31%
Battleground Connect (R)[185][H]	March 31 – April 1, 2020	1,035 (LV)	± 3.01%	36%	11%	13%	3%	16%	4%[ak]	17%
Battleground Connect (R)[186][H]	March 24, 2020	1,025 (LV)[t]	–	34%	18%	14%	5%	13%	–	15%
Battleground Connect (R)[186][H]	March 21, 2020	1,025 (LV)[t]	–	32%	19%	15%	5%	12%	–	18%
Battleground Connect (R)[186][H]	March 12, 2020	1,025 (LV)[t]	–	30%	18%	19%	5%	10%	–	18%
Battleground Connect (R)[186][H]	March 7, 2020	1,025 (LV)[t]	–	29%	16%	20%	5%	12%	–	18%
University of Georgia[187]	February 24 – March 2, 2020	1,117 (LV)	± 2.9%	21%	11%	19%	4%	6%	8%[al]	31%
Battleground Connect (R)[185][H]	February 26–27, 2020	1,050 (LV)	± 3.0%	28%	5%	20%	3%	13%	–	31%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)[188][M]	February 17–20, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	19%	18%	20%	–[am]	–	7%[an]	21%
McLaughlin & Associates (R)[189][H]	December 16–18, 2019	600 (LV)	–	32%	42%	11%	–	—	—	16%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[190]	Tossup	October 29, 2020
Inside Elections[191]	Tilt R	October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[192]	Tossup	November 2, 2020
Daily Kos[193]	Tossup	October 30, 2020
Politico[194]	Lean R	November 2, 2020
RCP[195]	Lean R	October 23, 2020
DDHQ[196]	Tossup	November 3, 2020
FiveThirtyEight[197]	Lean D (flip)	November 2, 2020
Economist[198]	Tossup	November 2, 2020

Results

Since no candidate won a majority of the vote on November 3, the top two finishers—Loeffler and Warnock—advanced to a January 5, 2021 runoff election.^[199][200]

2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia^[201]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raphael Warnock	1,617,035	32.90%
	Republican	Kelly Loeffler (incumbent)	1,273,214	25.91%
	Republican	Doug Collins	980,454	19.95%
	Democratic	Deborah Jackson	324,118	6.60%
	Democratic	Matt Lieberman	136,021	2.77%
	Democratic	Tamara Johnson-Shealey	106,767	2.17%
	Democratic	Jamesia James	94,406	1.92%
	Republican	Derrick Grayson	51,592	1.05%
	Democratic	Joy Felicia Slade	44,945	0.91%
	Republican	Annette Davis Jackson	44,335	0.90%
	Republican	Kandiss Taylor	40,349	0.82%
	Republican	Wayne Johnson (withdrawn)	36,176	0.74%
	Libertarian	Brian Slowinski	35,431	0.72%
	Democratic	Richard Dien Winfield	28,687	0.58%
	Democratic	Ed Tarver	26,333	0.54%
	Independent	Allen Buckley	17,954	0.37%
	Green	John Fortuin	15,293	0.31%
	Independent	Al Bartell	14,640	0.30%
	Independent	Valencia Stovall	13,318	0.27%
	Independent	Michael Todd Greene	13,293	0.27%
Total votes			4,914,361	100.00%

By congressional district

Loeffler won seven out of 14 congressional districts to Warnock's six and Collins's one.^[202]

District	Warnock	Loeffler	Collins	Elected Representative
1st	26.97%	27.79%	21.94%	Buddy Carter
2nd	37.35%	21.47%	18.89%	Sanford Bishop
3rd	25.21%	33.93%	24.2%	Drew Ferguson
4th	56.07%	10.97%	6.91%	Hank Johnson
5th	63.76%	7.61%	4.35%	Nikema Williams
6th	36.27%	27.05%	15.88%	Lucy McBath
7th	31.05%	25.34%	17.1%	Carolyn Bourdeaux
8th	22.43%	32.57%	25.18%	Austin Scott
9th	13.65%	27.58%	45.49%	Andrew Clyde
10th	25.83%	33.76%	22.59%	Jody Hice
11th	27.19%	33.79%	20.11%	Barry Loudermilk
12th	25.69%	28.68%	22.27%	Rick W. Allen
13th	52.91%	12.71%	8.12%	David Scott
14th	14.3%	39.46%	26.99%	Marjorie Taylor Greene

Runoff

The runoff election for Isakson's former seat was on January 5, 2021. The regularly-scheduled runoff election for the Georgia U.S. Senate seat held by Republican David Perdue was also decided in a January 5 runoff. Before the Georgia runoffs in the 2020 U.S. Senate elections, Republicans held 50 Senate seats and the Democratic caucus held 48.^[203] Warnock declared victory on January 6, 2021.^[204] If Democrats won the other Georgia runoff held on January 5, their caucus would gain control of the Senate, as the resultant 50–50 tie would be broken by Democratic vice president-elect Kamala Harris. If they lost the second race, Republicans would retain control.^[205] The extremely high political stakes caused the races to attract significant attention nationwide.^{[206][207][208]} They were the third and fourth Senate runoff elections held in Georgia since runoffs were first mandated in 1964, after runoffs in 1992^{[citation needed]} and 2008.^[209] It was also the third time that both of Georgia's Senate seats have been up for election at the same time, following double-barrel elections in 1914 and 1932.^{[citation needed]} The Associated Press and other major news outlets called the race for Warnock in the early morning hours of January 6.^[210] His win was attributed to heavy black voter turnout.^[211]

The deadline for registration for the runoff election was December 7.^[212] Absentee ballots for the runoff were sent out beginning on November 18, and in-person voting began on December 14.^[213][214]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[215]	Tossup	January 4, 2021
Inside Elections[216]	Tossup	December 14, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[217]	Tossup	January 5, 2021

Polling

Aggregate polls

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	Kelly Loeffler Republican	Raphael Warnock Democratic	Undecided [ao]	Margin
270 To Win[218]	December 30, 2020 – January 4, 2021	January 4, 2021	47.4%	50.2%	2.4%	Warnock +2.8
RealClearPolitics[219]	December 14, 2020 – January 4, 2021	January 5, 2021	48.8%	49.3%	1.9%	Warnock +0.5
538[220]	November 9, 2020 – January 4, 2021	January 5, 2021	47.2%	49.4%	2.2%	Warnock +2.1
Average			47.8%	49.6%	2.2%	Warnock +1.8

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Kelly Loeffler (R)	Raphael Warnock (D)	Other	Undecided
Trafalgar Group (R)[221]	January 2–4, 2021	1,056 (LV)	± 2.9%	50%	48%	–	2%
AtlasIntel[222]	January 2–4, 2021	857 (LV)	± 3%	47%	51%	–	2%
InsiderAdvantage[223]	January 3, 2021	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	49%	49%	–	2%
National Research Inc[224]	January 2–3, 2021	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	45%	46%	–	9%
University of Nevada Las Vegas Lee Business School[225]	December 30, 2020 – January 3, 2021	550 (LV)	± 4%	49%	48%	–	3%
Targoz Market Research[226]	December 30, 2020 – January 3, 2021	713 (LV)	± 3.7%	49%	51%	–	0%
		1,342 (RV)		48%	49%	–	3%
AtlasIntel[227]	December 25, 2020 – January 1, 2021	1,680 (LV)	± 2%	47%	51%	–	2%
Gravis Marketing[228]	December 29–30, 2020	1,011 (LV)	± 3.1%	47%	49%	–	3%
JMC Analytics and Polling[229]	December 28–29, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	45%	54%	–	1%
Trafalgar Group (R)[230]	December 23–27, 2020	1,022 (LV)	± 3.0%	49%	50%	–	1%
Open Model Project[231]	December 21–27, 2020	1,405 (LV)	± 4.7%	50%	46%	–	4%
InsiderAdvantage[232]	December 21–22, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	47%	49%	–	4%
Mellman Group[233]	December 18–22, 2020	578 (LV)	± 4.1%	47%	50%	–	3%
Reconnect Research/Probolsky Research[234]	December 14–22, 2020	1,027 (LV)	± 4%	42%	43%	–	15%
SurveyUSA[235]	December 16–20, 2020	600 (LV)	± 5.1%	45%	52%	–	3%
Trafalgar Group (R)[236]	December 14–16, 2020	1,064 (LV)	± 3.0%	52%	46%	–	2%
Emerson College[237]	December 14–16, 2020	605 (LV)	± 3.9%	51%	48%	–	1%
InsiderAdvantage[238]	December 14, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	49%	48%	–	3%
Wick[239]	December 10–14, 2020	1,500 (LV)	–	50%	48%	–	2%
RMG Research[240]	December 8–14, 2020	1,417 (LV)	± 2.6%	48%	49%	–	4%
Baris/Peach State Battleground Poll[241]	December 4–11, 2020	1,008 (LV)	± 3.1%	43%	48%	–	9%
Trafalgar Group (R)[242]	December 8–10, 2020	1,018 (LV)	± 3.0%	50%	47%	–	3%
Fabrizio Ward/Hart Research Associates[243]	November 30 – December 4, 2020	1,250 (LV)	± 3.2%	46%	47%	–	7%
Trafalgar Group (R)[244]	December 1–3, 2020	1,083 (LV)	± 2.9%	50%	45%	–	5%
SurveyUSA[245]	November 27–30, 2020	583 (LV)	± 5.2%	45%	52%	–	2%
RMG Research[246]	November 19–24, 2020	1,377 (LV)	± 2.6%	46%	48%	–	6%
Data for Progress[247]	November 15–20, 2020	1,476 (LV)	± 2.6%	47%	50%	–	4%
InsiderAdvantage[248]	November 16, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	48%	49%	–	3%
VCreek/AMG (R)[249][ap][N]	November 10, 2020	300 (LV)	± 5.6%	50%	46%	–	5%
Remington Research Group[250]	November 8–9, 2020	1,450 (LV)	± 2.6%	49%	48%	–	3%
Monmouth University[147]	October 23–27, 2020	504 (LV)	± 4.4%	45%	51%	–	–
Civiqs/Daily Kos[148]	October 23–26, 2020	1,041 (LV)	± 3.4%	37%	51%	9%[aq]	2%
Emerson College[152]	October 17–19, 2020	506 (LV)	± 4.3%	42%	47%	–	12%
Siena College/NYT Upshot[153]	October 13–19, 2020	759 (LV)	± 4.1%	41%	45%	–	14%[l]
Quinnipiac University[155]	October 8–12, 2020	1,040 (LV)	± 3.0%	44%	52%	0%[n]	4%
Data for Progress[157]	October 8–11, 2020	782 (LV)	± 3.5%	40%	44%	–	16%
Civiqs/Daily Kos[161]	September 26–29, 2020	969 (LV)	± 3.5%	39%	49%	8%[ar]	4%
Gravis Marketing (R)[179][I]	July 2, 2020	513 (LV)	± 4.3%	48%	37%	–	15%
Public Policy Polling (D)[180][J]	June 25–26, 2020	734 (RV)	± 3.6%	40%	43%	–	17%
Civiqs/Daily Kos[182]	May 16–18, 2020	1,339 (RV)	± 3.1%	32%	45%	18%[as]	6%
Battleground Connect (R)[251][H]	March 31 – April 1, 2020	1,035 (LV)	± 3.0%	40%	41%	–	19%
The Progress Campaign (D)[252]	March 12–21, 2020	3,042 (RV)	± 4.5%	38%	38%	–	24%

Hypothetical polling

Loeffler vs. Collins

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Kelly Loeffler	Doug Collins	Undecided
Gravis Marketing (R)[179][I]	July 2, 2020	513 (LV)	± 4.3%	28%	34%	37%
Public Policy Polling (D)[253]	December 12–13, 2019	711 (LV)[at]	—	16%	56%	27%

Loeffler vs. Lieberman

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Kelly Loeffler (R)	Matt Lieberman (D)	Other	Undecided
Data for Progress[157]	October 8–11, 2020	782 (LV)	± 3.5%	42%	41%	–	17%
Civiqs/Daily Kos[161]	September 26–29, 2020	969 (LV)	± 3.5%	39%	39%	17%[au]	5%
Gravis Marketing (R)[179][I]	July 2, 2020	513 (LV)	± 4.3%	46%	39%	–	15%
Civiqs/Daily Kos[182]	May 16–18, 2020	1,339 (RV)	± 3.1%	32%	44%	18%[as]	6%

Loeffler vs. Tarver

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Kelly Loeffler (R)	Ed Tarver (D)	Other	Undecided
Civiqs/Daily Kos[182]	May 16–18, 2020	1,339 (RV)	± 3.1%	32%	43%	20%[av]	6%

Collins vs. Lieberman

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Doug Collins (R)	Matt Lieberman (D)	Other	Undecided
Civiqs/Daily Kos[161]	September 26–29, 2020	969 (LV)	± 3.5%	44%	38%	13%[aw]	5%
Gravis Marketing (R)[179][I]	July 2, 2020	513 (LV)	± 4.3%	46%	37%	–	16%
Civiqs/Daily Kos[182]	May 16–18, 2020	1,339 (RV)	± 3.1%	44%	44%	7%[ax]	5%

Collins vs. Tarver

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Doug Collins (R)	Ed Tarver (D)	Other	Undecided
Civiqs/Daily Kos[182]	May 16–18, 2020	1,339 (RV)	± 3.1%	45%	42%	8%[ar]	5%

Collins vs. Warnock

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Doug Collins (R)	Raphael Warnock (D)	Other	Undecided
Monmouth University[147]	October 23–27, 2020	504 (LV)	± 4.4%	45%	52%	–	–
Civiqs/Daily Kos[148]	October 23–26, 2020	1,041 (LV)	± 3.3%	42%	51%	5%[ay]	2%
Emerson College[152]	October 17–19, 2020	506 (LV)	± 4.3%	47%	48%	–	6%
Siena College/NYT Upshot[153]	October 13–19, 2020	759 (LV)	± 4.1%	41%	45%	–	14%[l]
Quinnipiac University[155]	October 8–12, 2020	1,040 (LV)	± 3.0%	42%	54%	0%[n]	4%
Civiqs/Daily Kos[161]	September 26–29, 2020	969 (LV)	± 3.5%	44%	49%	4%[ah]	4%
Gravis Marketing (R)[179][I]	July 2, 2020	513 (LV)	± 4.3%	47%	38%	–	15%
Public Policy Polling (D)[180][J]	June 25–26, 2020	734 (RV)	± 3.6%	43%	41%	–	17%
Civiqs/Daily Kos[182]	May 16–18, 2020	1,339 (RV)	± 3.1%	44%	45%	6%[az]	5%
The Progress Campaign (D)[254]	May 6–15, 2020	2,893 (LV)	± 2.0%	43%	41%	–	16%[ba]
Battleground Connect (R)[251][H]	March 31 – April 1, 2020	1,035 (LV)	± 3.0%	49%	36%	–	15%
The Progress Campaign (D)[252]	March 12–21, 2020	3,042 (RV)	± 4.5%	41%	39%	–	20%

Loeffler vs. Broun

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Kelly Loeffler	Paul Broun	Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[253]	December 12–13, 2019	711 (LV)[at]	—	27%	14%	59%

Collins vs. Abrams

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Doug Collins (R)	Stacey Abrams (D)	Undecided
The Progress Campaign (D)[252]	March 12–21, 2020	3,042 (RV)	± 4.5%	43%	47%	10%

Loeffler vs. generic opponent

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Kelly Loeffler	Someone else	Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[253]	December 12–13, 2019	711 (LV)[at]	—	26%	30%	44%

with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Generic Republican	Generic Democrat	Undecided
RMG Research/PoliticalIQ[255]	December 8–14, 2020	1,377 (LV)	± 2.6%	46%[bb]	42%	11%[bc]
Quinnipiac University[163]	September 23–27, 2020	1,125 (LV)	± 2.9%	48%	49%	3%

Results

2021 United States Senate special election in Georgia runoff^[256]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Raphael Warnock	2,289,113	51.04%	N/A
	Republican	Kelly Loeffler (incumbent)	2,195,841	48.96%	N/A
Total votes			4,484,954	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic gain from Republican

By county

By county

County[257] Raphael Warnock Democratic Kelly Loeffler Republican Margin Total votes # % # % # % Appling 1,596 21.91 5,690 78.09 -4,094 -56.18 7,286 Atkinson 722 27.27 1,926 72.73 -1,204 -45.46 2,648 Bacon 559 13.53 3,572 86.47 -3,013 -72.94 4,131 Baker 625 43.40 815 56.60 -190 -13.20 1,440 Baldwin 8,569 52.03 7,899 47.97 670 4.06 16,468 Banks 860 11.55 6,586 88.45 -6,003 -76.90 7,446 Barrow 9,417 29.36 22,660 70.64 -13,243 -41.28 32,077 Bartow 10,928 25.43 32,049 74.57 -21,121 -49.14 42,977 Ben Hill 2,193 38.30 3,533 61.70 -1,340 -23.32 5,726 Berrien 1,145 17.13 5,539 82.87 -4,394 -65.74 6,684 Bibb 39,972 62.92 23,555 37.08 16,417 25.84 63,527 Bleckley 1,214 23.75 3,898 76.25 -2,684 -52.50 5,112 Brantley 613 9.27 5,999 90.73 -5,386 -81.46 6,612 Brooks 2,455 39.49 3,761 60.51 -1,306 -21.02 6,216 Bryan 6,009 32.30 12,596 67.70 -6,587 -35.40 18,605 Bulloch 9,848 37.68 16,287 62.32 -6,439 -24.64 26,135 Burke 4,695 49.43 4,804 50.57 -109 -1.14 9,499 Butts 3,026 29.64 7,183 70.36 -4,157 -40.72 10,209 Calhoun 1,206 59.35 826 40.65 380 18.70 2,032 Camden 6,807 34.26 13,063 65.74 -6,256 -31.49 19,870 Candler 1,131 28.87 2,787 71.13 -1,656 -42.26 3,918 Carroll 14,819 31.42 32,338 68.58 -17,519 -37.16 47,157 Catoosa 5,985 21.55 21,792 78.45 -15,807 -56.90 27,777 Charlton 952 24.42 2,947 75.58 -1,995 -51.16 3,899 Chatham 72,550 59.83 48,707 40.17 23,843 19.66 121,257 Chattahoochee 601 45.50 720 54.50 -119 -9.00 1,321 Chattooga 1,686 20.47 6,550 79.53 -4,864 -59.06 8,236 Cherokee 38,362 30.01 89,480 69.99 -51,118 -39.98 127,842 Clarke 33,187 71.84 13,009 28.16 20,178 43.68 46,196 Clay 727 55.50 583 44.50 144 11.00 1,310 Clayton 91,189 88.57 11,765 11.43 79,424 77.14 102,954 Clinch 616 25.09 1,839 74.91 -1,223 -49.82 2,455 Cobb 203,876 56.85 154,714 43.15 49,162 13.70 358,590 Coffee 4,082 30.88 9,137 69.12 -5,055 -38.24 13,129 Colquitt 3,727 26.51 10,330 73.49 -6,603 -46.98 14,057 Columbia 26,545 36.80 45,588 63.20 -19,043 -26.40 72,133 Cook 1,895 30.54 4,310 69.46 -2,415 -38.92 6,205 Coweta 21,825 32.44 45,462 67.56 -23,637 -35.12 67,287 Crawford 1,502 27.96 3,869 72.04 -2,367 -44.08 5,371 Crisp 2,702 37.85 4,436 62.15 -1,734 -24.30 7,138 Dade 1,111 17.53 5,227 82.47 -4,116 -64.94 6,338 Dawson 2,274 15.81 12,113 84.19 -9,839 -68.38 14,387 Decatur 4,121 41.02 5,926 58.98 -1,805 -17.78 10,047 DeKalb 293,902 84.12 55,479 15.88 238,423 68.24 349,381 Dodge 2,021 28.14 5,160 71.86 -3,139 -43.72 7,181 Dooly 1,812 48.40 1,932 51.60 -120 -3.20 3,744 Dougherty 22,793 70.98 9,320 29.02 13,473 41.96 32,113 Douglas 40,630 65.14 21,743 34.86 18,887 30.28 62,373 Early 2,172 47.75 2,377 52.25 -205 -4.50 4,549 Echols 128 10.79 1,058 89.21 -930 -78.42 1,186 Effingham 7,137 25.66 20,682 74.34 -13,545 -48.68 27,819 Elbert 2,482 30.97 5,531 69.03 -3,049 -38.06 8,013 Emanuel 2,569 30.74 5,787 69.26 -3,218 -38.52 8,356 Evans 1,201 32.11 2,539 67.89 -1,338 -35.78 3,740 Fannin 2,436 18.13 11,004 81.88 -8,568 -63.75 13,440 Fayette 31,297 46.44 36,094 53.56 -4,167 -7.12 67,391 Floyd 10,834 30.27 24,959 69.73 -14,125 -39.46 35,793 Forsyth 37,687 32.73 77,451 67.27 -39,764 -34.54 115,138 Franklin 1,345 14.64 7,840 85.36 -6,495 -70.72 9,185 Fulton 354,552 72.54 134,191 27.46 220,361 45.08 488,743 Gilmer 2,697 18.19 12,132 81.81 -9,435 -63.62 14,829 Glascock 130 9.53 1,234 90.47 -1,104 -80.94 1,364 Glynn 13,981 37.35 23,448 62.65 -9,467 -25.30 37,429 Gordon 3,929 19.30 16,425 80.70 -12,496 -61.40 20,354 Grady 3,102 33.25 6,226 66.75 -3,124 -33.50 9,328 Greene 3,758 35.41 6,855 64.59 -3,097 -29.18 11,247 Gwinnett 224,197 60.63 145,597 39.37 78,600 21.26 369,794 Habersham 3,243 18.00 14,776 82.00 -11,533 -64.00 18,019 Hall 22,296 28.22 56,718 71.78 -34,422 -43.56 79,014 Hancock 2,780 72.43 1,058 27.57 1,722 43.84 3,838 Haralson 1,626 13.37 10,533 86.63 -8,907 -73.26 12,159 Harris 5,034 27.52 13,258 72.48 -8,224 -44.96 18,292 Hart 2,847 25.42 8,354 74.58 -5,507 -49.16 11,201 Heard 801 17.12 3,877 82.88 -3,076 -65.76 4,678 Henry 68,576 62.68 40,824 37.32 27,752 25.36 109,400 Houston 29,749 44.81 36,644 55.19 -6,895 -10.38 66,393 Irwin 885 24.47 2,732 75.53 -1,847 -51.06 3,617 Jackson 6,925 21.25 25,658 78.75 -18,733 -57.50 32,583 Jasper 1,683 24.74 5,120 75.26 -3,437 -50.52 6,803 Jeff Davis 937 18.44 4,143 81.56 -3,206 -63.12 5,080 Jefferson 3,767 54.39 3,159 45.61 608 8.78 6,926 Jenkins 1,169 37.54 1,945 62.46 -776 -24.92 3,114 Johnson 1,047 29.28 2,529 70.72 -1,482 -41.44 3,576 Jones 4,534 34.00 8,803 66.00 -4,269 -32.00 13,337 Lamar 2,428 30.40 5,558 69.60 -3,130 -39.20 7,986 Lanier 910 29.97 2,126 70.03 -1,216 -40.06 3,036 Laurens 7,435 36.73 12,806 63.27 -5,371 -26.54 20,241 Lee 4,240 28.46 10,657 71.54 -6,417 -43.08 14,897 Liberty 11,875 64.78 6,457 35.22 5,418 29.56 18,332 Lincoln 1,317 31.21 2,903 68.79 -1,586 -37.58 4,220 Long 1,803 38.87 2,835 61.13 -1,032 -22.26 4,638 Lowndes 17,382 43.63 22,455 56.37 -5,073 -12.74 39,837 Lumpkin 2,868 20.94 10,831 79.06 -7,963 -58.12 13,699 Macon 2,685 62.79 1,591 37.21 1,094 25.58 4,276 Madison 3,102 23.49 10,101 76.51 -6,999 -53.02 13,203 Marion 1,217 37.90 1,994 62.10 -777 -24.20 3,211 McDuffie 3,752 40.64 5,480 59.36 -1,728 -18.72 9,232 McIntosh 2,417 40.64 3,531 59.36 -1,114 -18.72 5,948 Meriwether 4,036 41.00 5,808 59.00 -1,772 -19.00 9,844 Miller 651 26.53 1,803 73.47 -1,152 -46.94 2,454 Mitchell 3,569 45.36 4,300 54.64 -731 -9.28 7,869 Monroe 4,058 28.75 10,057 71.25 -5,999 -42.50 14,115 Montgomery 896 25.41 2,630 74.59 -1,734 -49.18 3,526 Morgan 3,129 28.91 7,696 71.09 -4,567 -42.18 10,825 Murray 2,028 15.61 10,966 84.39 -8,938 -68.78 12,994 Muscogee 45,049 62.99 26,473 37.01 18,576 25.98 71,522 Newton 28,324 58.02 20,493 41.98 7,831 16.04 48,817 Oconee 7,496 31.85 16,041 68.15 -8,545 -36.30 23,557 Oglethorpe 2,259 31.30 4,959 68.70 -2,700 -37.40 7,218 Paulding 27,335 36.96 46,619 63.04 -19,284 -26.08 73,954 Peach 5,350 48.41 5,701 51.59 -351 -3.18 11,051 Pickens 2,612 17.25 12,532 82.75 -9,920 -65.50 15,144 Pierce 947 11.95 6,980 88.05 -6,033 -76.10 7,927 Pike 1,391 14.44 8,241 85.56 -6,850 -71.12 9,632 Polk 3,325 22.39 11,525 77.61 -8,200 -55.22 14,850 Pulaski 1,138 30.92 2,543 69.08 -1,405 -38.16 3,681 Putnam 3,448 29.08 8,291 69.94 -4,843 -40.85 11,855 Quitman 497 44.94 604 54.61 -107 -9.67 1,106 Rabun 1,984 20.74 7,474 78.11 -5,490 -57.38 9,568 Randolph 1,671 54.36 1,391 45.25 280 9.11 3,074 Richmond 59,124 67.95 26,781 30.78 32,343 37.17 87,016 Rockdale 31,244 69.92 13,012 29.12 18,232 40.80 44,686 Schley 462 20.31 1,800 79.12 -1,338 -58.81 2,275 Screven 2,661 40.15 3,916 59.08 -1,255 -18.93 6,628 Seminole 1,254 32.29 2,611 67.22 -1,357 -34.94 3,884 Spalding 11,784 39.13 18,057 59.96 -6,273 -20.83 30,116 Stephens 2,385 20.07 9,368 78.82 -6,983 -58.75 11,885 Stewart 1,182 59.40 801 40.25 381 19.15 1,990 Sumter 6,318 52.00 5,732 47.18 586 4.82 12,150 Talbot 2,114 60.02 1,392 39.52 722 20.50 3,522 Taliaferro 561 60.45 360 38.79 201 21.66 928 Tattnall 2,061 25.19 6,053 73.97 -3,992 -48.78 8,183 Taylor 1,387 36.13 2,418 62.99 -1,031 -26.86 3,839 Telfair 1,487 34.32 2,825 65.20 -1,338 -30.88 4,333 Terrell 2,376 53.80 2,004 45.38 372 8.42 4,416 Thomas 8,708 39.85 12,954 59.28 -4,246 -19.43 21,853 Tift 5,322 32.68 10,784 66.23 -5,462 -33.54 16,283 Toombs 2,939 26.93 7,872 72.13 -4,933 -45.20 10,914 Towns 1,550 19.43 6,384 80.01 -4,834 -60.58 7,979 Treutlen 952 30.94 2,101 68.28 -1,149 -37.34 3,077 Troup 11,578 38.53 18,143 60.38 -6,565 -21.85 30,049 Turner 1,410 37.18 2,349 61.95 -939 -24.76 3,792 Twiggs 2,044 45.99 2,370 53.33 -326 -7.34 4,444 Union 2,801 18.00 12,651 81.30 -9,850 -63.30 15,560 Upson 4,201 32.55 8,608 66.70 -4,407 -34.15 12,905 Walker 5,769 19.65 23,174 78.95 -17,405 -59.29 29,354 Walton 12,682 24.82 37,842 74.06 -25,160 -49.24 51,095 Ware 4,211 29.67 9,865 69.51 -5,654 -39.84 14,192 Warren 1,469 55.41 1,166 43.98 303 11.43 2,651 Washington 4,730 50.01 4,663 49.30 67 0.71 9,459 Wayne 2,687 21.03 9,987 78.16 -7,300 -57.13 12,778 Webster 639 45.97 748 53.81 -109 -7.84 1,390 Wheeler 689 30.15 1,583 69.28 -894 -39.12 2,285 White 2,411 16.27 12,222 82.49 -9,811 -66.22 14,816 Whitfield 10,670 29.04 25,636 69.77 -14,966 -40.73 36,746 Wilcox 862 26.27 2,403 73.24 -1,541 -46.97 3,281 Wilkes 2,160 42.95 2,823 56.13 -663 -13.18 5,029 Wilkinson 2,075 43.50 2,664 55.85 -589 -12.35 4,770 Worth 2,395 25.79 6,830 73.56 -4,435 -47.77 9,285 Totals 2,289,113 51.04 2,195,841 48.96 93,550 2.09 4,484,296 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic[258] Baldwin (largest municipality: Milledgeville) Cobb (largest municipality: Marietta) Gwinnett (largest municipality: Peachtree Corners) Henry (largest municipality: Stockbridge) Newton (largest municipality: Covington) Randolph (largest municipality: Cuthbert) Sumter (largest municipality: Americus) Terrell (largest municipality: Dawson) Washington (largest municipality: Sandersville)

By congressional district

Despite losing the statewide runoff, Loeffler won eight of 14 congressional districts.^[259]

District	Loeffler	Warnock	Elected Representative
1st	56%	44%	Buddy Carter
2nd	43%	57%	Sanford Bishop
3rd	62%	38%	Drew Ferguson
4th	19%	81%	Hank Johnson
5th	13%	87%	Nikema Williams
6th	46%	54%	Lucy McBath
7th	46%	54%	Carolyn Bourdeaux
8th	62%	38%	Austin Scott
9th	77%	23%	Andrew Clyde
10th	60%	40%	Jody Hice
11th	58%	42%	Barry Loudermilk
12th	56%	44%	Rick W. Allen
13th	21%	79%	David Scott
14th	73%	27%	Marjorie Taylor Greene

Election-related lawsuits

Republicans filed two federal and one state lawsuit in December to restrict the January 5 vote. On December 17, Judge Eleanor L. Ross found that plaintiffs lacked standing based on possible future harm to toss out a consent decree regarding signatures on absentee ballot applications. Judge James Randal Hall threw out another case that tried to block the use of drop boxes for absentee ballots. A third lawsuit, to restrict the use of drop boxes, was heard in state court on December 24.^{[260][citation needed]}

On December 18, a federal judge threw out a Republican lawsuit alleging that out-of-state residents were voting in the runoff election, as Republican attorney Bill Price had recommended.^[261] Another lawsuit was filed against the use of voting machines manufactured by Dominion Voting Systems, alleging that election officials are handling mail-in absentee ballots improperly and illegally.^[262]

Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner, sister of Democratic politician Stacey Abrams, of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia rejected the attempted purge of 4,000 voters in Muscogee County and Ben Hill County, Georgia, on December 29. The ruling means the voters were able to participate in the January 5 runoff election.^[263] The ruling was amended to allow provisional voting to prevent election-day challenges.^[264]

See also

• 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia
• 2020 Georgia (U.S. state) elections
• 117th United States Congress
• List of special elections to the United States Senate

Notes

Partisan clients

1. The American Action Forum is a 501 organization which usually supports Republican candidates.
2. The Human Rights Campaign endorsed Biden before this poll's sampling period
3. Poll sponsored by Warnock's campaign.
4. Poll sponsored by AARP.
5. Poll sponsored by Matt Lieberman's campaign
6. This poll's sponsor, DFER, primarily supports Democratic candidates
7. This poll's sponsor is the American Principles Project, a 501 that supports the Republican Party.
8. Internal poll for Collins
9. Poll is sponsored by OANN, a far-right television news channel.
10. This poll is sponsored by End Citizens United, a PAC which has endorsed Democratic candidates who are against the landmark Citizens United court ruling.
11. Steve Phillips, who sponsored this poll, is a senior fellow at the Democratic-leaning Center for American Progress
12. Poll conducted for the Speaker of Georgia's House Republican caucus
13. Internal poll for Loeffler
14. Americas PAC exclusively supports Republican candidates

Voter samples and additional candidates

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. Slowinski (L) with 1%
3. "Other candidate or write-in" with 1%
4. With voters who lean towards a given candidate
5. "Someone else" with 2%
6. Slowinski (L) with 2%
7. "Other candidate" with 4%; Slowinski (L) with 2%; "No one" with 1%
8. With a likely voter turnout model featuring higher turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
9. With a likely voter turnout model featuring lower turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
10. Slowinski (L) with 3%; "Other Candidate" with 2%
11. Would not vote with 1%
12. Includes "Refused"
13. Bartell (I), Did not vote, Johnson (R), Johnson-Shealey (D) and "Someone else" with 2%; Dien Winfield (D) with 1%
14. "Someone else" with 0%
15. "Some other candidate" with 2%
16. Includes Undecided
17. Fortuin (G), Johnson-Shealey (D) and Taylor (R) with 1%; Bartell (I), Slade (D) and Stovall (I) with 0%; Buckley (I), Grayson (R), Greene (I), Jackson (R), James (D), Slowinski (L) and Winfield (D) with no voters
18. Slowinski (L) with 2%; "Other candidate" with 1%
19. "Someone else" with 1%
20. Additional data sourced from FiveThirtyEight
21. "Other Democratic Candidate" with 2%; "Third Party/Write-in" with 1%; "Other Republican Candidate" with 0%
22. "Other candidate" and Slowinski (L) with 3%; "No one" with 0%
23. Slowinski (L) with 3%; "Other" with 2%
24. Slowinski (L) and "Other" with 2%
25. Slowinski (L) with 3%; "Other candidate" with 1%
26. "Other Democratic Candidate" with 3%; "Another Third Party/Write-in" and "Other Republican Candidate" with 1%
27. Would not vote with 1%; "Other candidate" with 0%
28. Johnson-Shealey (D) with 5%; Bartell (I), Dien Winfield (D) and Johnson (R) with 2%; "One of the other candidates" and would not vote with 1%
29. Slowinski (L) with 5%; Johnson (R) and would not vote with 4%; "Another candidate/still undecided" with 3%; Winfield (D) with 2%
30. "TThird-partycandidate" with 1%
31. "Other candidate" with 5%; Slowinski (L) with 3%
32. "Other" with 4%; Slowinski (L) with 2%
33. "Other" with 3%; would not vote with 2%
34. "Someone else" with 4%
35. All other candidates with 5% or less
36. "Another candidate who qualified to run but isn't listed" with 2%
37. Bartell (I) with 2%; Slowinski (L) and "someone else" with 1%
38. Johnson (R) with 4%; Winfield (D) with 3%; Bartell (I) with 2%; "refused" with 0%
39. Democratic candidates have 31% of the vote combined
40. Bartell with 5%; Johnson (R) with 2%
41. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
42. Archived November 19, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
43. "Someone else" with 9%
44. "Someone else" with 8%
45. "Someone else" with 18%
46. Likely Republican primary voters, though there is no exclusively Republican primary for Georgia's special election
47. "Someone else" with 17%
48. "Someone else" with 20%
49. "Someone else" with 13%
50. "Someone else" with 7%
51. "Someone else" with 5%
52. "Someone else" with 6%
53. Listed as "other/undecided"
54. "It is more important for Republicans to have control of the Senate" as opposed to "It is more important for Democrats to have control of the Senate" with 46%
55. "It does not matter which party has control of the Senate" with 7%; Undecided with 4%

Miscellaneous

1. In January 2020, Loeffler was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Johnny Isakson, due to ill health.