Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

November 6, 2018

 
Nominee Geoff Duncan Sarah Riggs Amico
Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Lieutenant Governor

Casey Cagle
Republican


The 2018 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election will be held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Lieutenant Governor 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 Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle is not running for re-election in order to run for governor.[1]

Republican primary

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

Defeated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Geoff Duncan
U.S. Senators
State Representatives
Individuals
Rick Jeffares
U.S. Representatives
State Senators
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
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
State Senators
State Representatives
Statewide officials
Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Geoff
Duncan
Rick
Jeffares
David
Shafer
Undecided
University of Georgia April 19–26, 2018 507 ± 4.4% 12% 7% 14% 65%
Republican primary results by county
  David Shafer
  Rick Jeffares
  Geoff Duncan

Results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Shafer 267,736 48.91%
Republican Geoff Duncan 145,897 26.65%
Republican Rick Jeffares 133,788 24.44%
Total votes 547,421 100%

Runoff

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Geoff
Duncan
David
Shafer
Undecided
Rosetta Stone June 7, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 19% 46% 35%

Results

Republican primary runoff results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Geoff Duncan 279,226 50.2
Republican David Shafer 277,496 49.8
Total votes 556,722 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Sarah Riggs Amico, businesswoman[43]
  • Triana Arnold James, small businessowner, and veteran[44]

Declined

Endorsements

Sarah Riggs Amico
Triana Arnold James
  • Teresa Shook Cooper, original founder of the Women's March[52]
Democratic primary results by county
  Sarah Riggs Amico
  Triana Arnold James

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Sarah
Amico
Triana
James
Undecided
University of Georgia April 12–18, 2018 473 ± 4.5% 10% 20% 70%

Results

Democratic primary results[53]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sarah Riggs Amico 279,343 55.6
Democratic Triana Arnold James 223,089 44.4
Total votes 502,432 100

General election

Endorsements

Geoff Duncan (R)
State politicians

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Geoff
Duncan (R)
Sarah Riggs
Amico (D)
Undecided
University of Georgia September 30 – October 9, 2018 1,232 ± 2.8% 45% 39% 15%
Landmark Communications October 1, 2018 964 ± 3.2% 48% 46% 6%
Gravis Marketing July 27–29, 2018 650 ± 3.8% 41% 43% 15%

Results

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sarah Riggs Amico
Republican Geoff Duncan
Total votes

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