The 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022 to elect the governor of Georgia. Incumbent

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governor

Brian Kemp Brian Porter Kemp (born November 2, 1963) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 83rd governor of Georgia since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Kemp served as the 27th secretary of state of Georgia from 2010 to ...

won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee

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. Kemp is expected to be sworn in for a second term on January 12, 2023. Abrams conceded on election night. The primary occurred on May 24, 2022. Kemp was endorsed by former

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Mike Pence. He faced a primary challenge from former U.S. Senator

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, who was endorsed by former President

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after Kemp refused to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the

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and founder of

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who was narrowly defeated by Kemp in the 2018 gubernatorial election, was once again the Democratic nominee for the governorship. This was Georgia's first gubernatorial rematch since

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. Libertarian Shane T. Hazel, the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in

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, also declared he would run. This race was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Despite Kemp's narrow 55,000-vote victory in 2018, which was Georgia's closest gubernatorial election since 1966, he went on to win by 300,000 votes (7.5%) - the largest raw vote victory for a Georgia governor since 2006. The race was seen as a potential benefit to Herschel Walker, who ran in the concurrent Senate race, as it was speculated Kemp's strong performance could help Walker avoid a runoff. He vastly underperformed compared to Kemp, however, and lost to incumbent Democratic Senator

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in the December 6 runoff election.

Republican primary

Incumbent Governor Brian Kemp faced criticism from former President

for his refusal to overturn the results of the 2020 United States presidential election. Kemp was booed at the Georgia Republican Convention in June 2021, and in December former Senator

announced a primary challenge to Kemp, and was promptly endorsed by Trump. Initial polling showed a competitive race, however Kemp significantly outraised his opponent and signed conservative legislation such as permitless carry of firearms and a temporary suspension of the gas tax that shored up his position among voters, and on election day, he won by over 50 points, a margin far larger than predicted.

Candidates

Nominee

, incumbent governor (2019–present) David Perdue, Official Portrait, 114th Congress (cropped)

Eliminated in primary

*Catherine Davis, HR Professional *

, former U.S. Senator from Georgia (2015–2021) *Kandiss Taylor, educator and candidate for U.S. Senate in

*Tom Williams, civil service retiree

Withdrawn

Vernon Jones Vernon Angus Jones (born October 31, 1960) is an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001 and from 2017 to 2021. Between his periods in the Georgia House of Representatives, Jones was Chief Execut ...

, former state representative (1993–2001, 2017–2021, Democratic until 2020) and CEO of

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(2001–2009) (''endorsed Perdue'') ''( ran for U.S. House in GA-10)''

Declined

* Doug Collins, former

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for (2013–2021) and candidate for U.S. Senate in

* Herschel Walker, former

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player ''( running for U.S. Senate)''

Debates

Endorsements

Polling

Graphical summary

;Aggregate polls ;Runoff polling ;Doug Collins vs. Brian Kemp ;Marjorie Taylor Greene vs. Brian Kemp ;Brian Kemp vs. David Perdue ;Brian Kemp vs. Herschel Walker

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

, founder of

, former Minority Leader of the

(2011–2017) and nominee for governor in

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Declined

Kasim Reed Mohammed Kasim Reed (born June 10, 1969) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 59th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia's state capital and largest city, from 2010 to 2018. A Democrat, Reed was a member of the Georgia House of Represe ...

, former

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(2010–2018) ''( ran for mayor)''

Endorsements

Results

Independent and third-party candidates

Declared

*Al Bartell (Independent), businessman,

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veteran, and

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*Shane T. Hazel (Libertarian), radio host, Republican candidate for in

, and Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in

General election

Predictions

Debates

Endorsements

Polling

;Aggregate polls ;Graphical summary ;Vernon Jones vs. Stacey Abrams ;Doug Collins vs. Stacey Abrams ;David Perdue vs. Stacey Abrams ;Marjorie Taylor Greene vs. Stacey Abrams ;Herschel Walker vs. Stacey Abrams

Results

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

External links

;Official campaign websites
Stacey Abrams (D) for Governor

Al Bartell (I) for Governor

Shane T. Hazel (L) for Governor

Brian Kemp (R) for Governor
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