2020 Georgia State Senate election

Not to be confused with 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia or 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia.

The 2020 Georgia State Senate election was held on November 3, 2020. Georgia voters elected state senators in all 56 of the state senate's districts to the 156th Georgia General Assembly for two-year terms in the Georgia State Senate. The elections coincided with the 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 United States House of Representatives elections, 2020 Georgia House of Representatives election, and more.

2020 Georgia State Senate election

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All 56 seats in the Georgia State Senate 29[a] seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Butch Miller Steve Henson Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 49th 41st Last election 35 21 Seats after 34 22 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 2,419,281 2,013,405 Percentage 54.58% 45.42% Swing 0.16% 0.16%
Results:      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Democratic hold
President pro tempore before election Butch Miller Republican Elected President pro tempore Butch Miller Republican

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[1]	Lean R	October 21, 2020

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. State Senate district 17, 1.88%
2. State Senate district 56, 2.18%
3. State Senate district 9, 3.92% (gain)

Results

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 •District 15 • District 16 •. District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 •District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 • District 49 • District 50 • District 51 • District 52 • District 53 • District 54 • District 55 • District 56

District 1

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 1^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Watson (incumbent)	72,192	100%
Total votes			72,192	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 2

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 2^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lester Jackson (incumbent)	62,334	100%
Total votes			62,334	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 3

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 3^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sheila McNeill (incumbent)	63,891	100%
Total votes			63,891	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 4

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 4^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Billy Hickman (incumbent)	65,492	100%
Total votes			65,492	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 5

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 5^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheikh Rahman (incumbent)	44,991	100%
Total votes			44,991	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 6

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 6^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jen Jordan (incumbent)	62,148	61.51%
	Republican	Lance Harris	38,891	38.49%
Total votes			101,039	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 7

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 7^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tyler Harper (incumbent)	56,433	100%
Total votes			56,433	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 8

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 8^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russ Goodman (incumbent)	43,324	61.77%
	Democratic	Treva Gear	26,819	38.23%
Total votes			70,143	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 9

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 9^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nikki Merritt	53,941	51.96%
	Republican	P. K. Martin IV (incumbent)	49,879	48.04%
Total votes			103,820	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 10

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 10^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emanuel Jones (incumbent)	84,994	100%
Total votes			84,994	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 11

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 11^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dean Burke (incumbent)	57,018	100%
Total votes			57,018	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 12

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 12^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Freddie Powell Sims (incumbent)	40,396	64.18%
	Republican	Tracy Taylor	22,546	35.82%
Total votes			62,942	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 13

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 13^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carden Summers (incumbent)	48,153	69.45%
	Democratic	Mary Egler	21,178	30.55%
Total votes			69,331	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 14

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 14^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Thompson (incumbent)	66,534	70.01%
	Democratic	Travis Johnson	28,505	29.99%
Total votes			95,039	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 15

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 15^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Harbison (incumbent)	48,998	100%
Total votes			48,998	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 16

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 16^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marty Harbin (incumbent)	65,626	68.17%
	Democratic	Cinquez Jester	30,643	31.83%
Total votes			96,269	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 17

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 17^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Strickland (incumbent)	52,454	50.94%
	Democratic	Kelly Rose	50,513	49.06%
Total votes			102,967	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 18

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 18^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John F. Kennedy (incumbent)	71,209	100%
Total votes			71,209	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 19

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 19^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blake Tillery (incumbent)	54,197	100%
Total votes			54,197	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 20

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 20^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Walker III (incumbent)	57,946	64.96%
	Democratic	Julius Newberry Johnson	31,257	35.043%
Total votes			89,203	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 21

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 21^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brandon Beach (incumbent)	94,143	100%
Total votes			94,143	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 22

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 22^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold V. Jones II (incumbent)	60,966	100%
Total votes			60,966	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 23

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 23^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Max Burns	46,712	59.29%
	Democratic	Ceretta Smith	32,069	40.71%
Total votes			78,781	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 24

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 24^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee Anderson (incumbent)	83,776	100%
Total votes			83,776	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 25

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 25^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Burt Jones (incumbent)	61,330	67.66%
	Democratic	Veronica Brinson	29,315	32.34%
Total votes			90,645	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 26

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 26^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David E. Lucas Sr. (incumbent)	53,421	100%
Total votes			53,421	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 27

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 27^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Dolezal (incumbent)	87,192	70.02%
	Democratic	Brooke Griffiths	37,340	29.98%
Total votes			124,532	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 28

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 28^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Brass (incumbent)	82,691	100%
Total votes			82,691	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 29

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 29^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Robertson (incumbent)	70,161	100%
Total votes			70,161	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 30

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 30^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Dugan (incumbent)	58,303	67.54%
	Democratic	Montenia Edwards	28,023	32.46%
Total votes			86,326	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 31

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 31^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Anavitarte	66,020	70.86%
	Democratic	Tianna Smith	27,146	29.14%
Total votes			93,166	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 32

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 32^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kay Kirkpatrick (incumbent)	63,544	55.96%
	Democratic	Christine Triebsch	50,005	44.04%
Total votes			113,549	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 33

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 33^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Rhett (incumbent)	66,207	100%
Total votes			66,207	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 34

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 34^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Valencia Seay (incumbent)	64,110	100%
Total votes			64,110	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 35

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 35^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donzella James (incumbent)	82,600	100%
Total votes			82,600	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 36

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 36^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nan Orrock (incumbent)	78,536	100%
Total votes			78,536	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 37

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 37^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lindsey Tippins (incumbent)	60,238	57.04%
	Democratic	Vanessa Parker	45,370	42.96%
Total votes			105,608	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 38

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 38^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Horacena Tate (incumbent)	79,748	100%
Total votes			79,748	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 39

Incumbent senator Nikema Williams resigned to run for Georgia's 5th congressional district, which John Lewis had represented until his death. A special primary took place on November 3, 2020, and a runoff took place December 1, 2020. No Republican had filed to face Williams in the general election, so the special primary acted as the general election.

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 39, special primary election^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sonya Halpern	31,294	45.19%
	Democratic	Linda Pritchett	17,573	25.37%
	Democratic	Jo Anna Potts	10,751	15.52%
	Democratic	Zan Fort	9,636	13.91%
Total votes			69,254	100.0%

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 39, special runoff election^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sonya Halpern	4,435	80.78%
	Democratic	Linda Pritchett	1,055	19.22%
Total votes			5,490	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 40

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 40^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sally Harrell (incumbent)	54,359	60.50%
	Republican	Garry Guan	35,494	39.50%
Total votes			89,853	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 41

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 41^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kim Jackson (incumbent)	58,154	79.68%
	Republican	William Park Freeman	14,828	20.32%
Total votes			72,982	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 42

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 42^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elena Parent (incumbent)	85,202	100%
Total votes			85,202	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 43

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 43^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tonya Anderson (incumbent)	67,857	77.50%
	Republican	Melanie Williams	19,703	22.50%
Total votes			87,560	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 44

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 44^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gail Davenport (incumbent)	77,593	88.18%
	Republican	Benjamin Brooks	10,405	11.82%
Total votes			87,998	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 45

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 45^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clint Dixon (incumbent)	56,965	55.60%
	Democratic	Matielyn Jones	45,493	44.40%
Total votes			102,458	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 46

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 46^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Cowsert (incumbent)	59,278	60.98%
	Democratic	Zachary Perry	37,924	39.02%
Total votes			97,202	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 47

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 47^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Ginn (incumbent)	60,282	65.86%
	Democratic	Dawn Johnson	31,255	34.14%
Total votes			91,537	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 48

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 48^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelle Au	49,184	56.18%
	Republican	Matt Reeves	38,358	43.82%
Total votes			87,542	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 49

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 1^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Butch Miller (incumbent)	74,684	100%
Total votes			74,684	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 50

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 50^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bo Hatchett	71,693	83.18%
	Democratic	Dee Daley	14,493	16.82%
Total votes			86,186	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 51

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 51^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Gooch (incumbent)	84,767	82.79%
	Democratic	June Krise	17,625	17.21%
Total votes			102,392	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 52

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 52^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Hufstetler (incumbent)	57,621	76.44%
	Democratic	Charles DeYoung	17,755	23.56%
Total votes			75,376	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 53

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 53^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Mullis (incumbent)	66,064	100%
Total votes			66,064	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 54

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 54^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Payne (incumbent)	57,768	100%
Total votes			57,768	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 55

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 55^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloria S. Butler (incumbent)	85,654	100%
Total votes			85,654	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 56

2020 general election, Georgia State Senate District 52^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Albers (incumbent)	51,476	51.09%
	Democratic	Sarah Beeson	49,284	48.91%
Total votes			100,760	100.0%
	Republican hold

See also

• List of Georgia state legislatures

Notes

1. Because the lieutenant governor has the power to break ties in the Senate, a Senate majority requires either 29 seats or 28 seats with control of the lieutenant governor's office.