Georgia Secretary of State election, 2018

Georgia Secretary of State election, 2018

November 6, 2018

 
Nominee Brad Raffensperger John Barrow
Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Secretary of State

Brian Kemp
Republican


The 2018 Georgia Secretary of State election will be held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Secretary of State of Georgia, concurrently with the 2018 gubernatorial election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp is not running for re-election in order to run for governor.[1]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

David Belle Isle

[9]

Buzz Brockway
State Representatives

Results

Republican primary results[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brad Raffensperger 185,115 34.97
Republican David Belle Isle 151,026 28.53
Republican Joshua McKoon 111,905 21.14
Republican Buzz Brockway 81,272 15.35
Total votes 529,318 100

Runoff

Candidates

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
David
Belle Isle
Brad
Raffensperger
Undecided
Rosetta Stone June 7, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 24% 42% 34%

Results

Republican primary runoff results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brad Raffensperger 329,667 61.8
Republican David Belle Isle 204,159 38.2
Total votes 533,826 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Barrow 264,019 51.52%
Democratic Dee Dawkins-Haigler 151,260 29.51%
Democratic RJ Hadley 97,226 18.97%
Total votes 512,505 100%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

  • J. Smythe Duval ran unopposed at convention. Smythe is registered nurse and works in medical I.T. field[16]

Declined

  • Beth Pollack, business development manager

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Brad
Raffensperger (R)
John
Barrow (D)
Smythe
DuVal (L)
Undecided
University of Georgia September 30 – October 9, 2018 1,232 ± 2.8% 41% 37% 6% 15%
Public Policy Polling October 5–6, 2018 729 ± 3.0% 43% 41% 16%
Gravis Marketing July 27–29, 2018 650 ± 3.8% 41% 45% 15%

Results

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Barrow
Republican Brad Raffensperger
Total votes

References

  1. 1 2 Bluestein, Greg (March 31, 2017). "Brian Kemp enters race for governor". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Bluestein, Greg (April 24, 2017). "Alpharetta mayor announces candidacy for Georgia Secretary of State". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Bluestein, Greg (March 13, 2017). "Buzz Brockway to seek Secretary of State gig in 2018". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  4. Salzer, James (July 6, 2017). "Georgia's "religious liberty" senator joins Secretary of State race". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  5. Hassinger, Mike (April 4, 2017). "New Entrant For Secretary Of State". GeorgiaPol.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 Bluestein, Greg (March 29, 2017). "Vogtle fallout: Ending reactor project, loss of thousands of jobs on table". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  7. Bluestein, Greg (July 5, 2016). "An early Donald Trump backer aims for higher office in Georgia". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  8. Bluestein, Greg (June 2, 2017). "Pro-Trump loyalist Michael Williams enters governor race". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  9. "Release: Belle Isle Campaign for Secretary of State Announces Endorsements From Across Georgia". davidbelleisle.com.
  10. Michael Caldwell. "I could not be more excited to support @votehunterhill for Governor, @GeoffDuncanGA for Lt. Governor and @buzzbrockway for Secretary of State. Please consider these great, Conservative Georgians when you hit the ballot box today and Tuesday! #gapol #gahouse #gagop #gop". Twitter.
  11. Bluestein, Greg (September 25, 2017). "John Barrow aims for comeback with bid for Georgia secretary of state". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  12. Williams, Chuck (April 12, 2017). "Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson weighs run for governor, secretary of state". Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  13. Williams, Chuck (May 10, 2017). "Mayor Teresa Tomlinson makes decision on running for 2018 statewide office". Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  14. http://duvalforga.net/
Official campaign websites
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