The 2022 Georgia Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of

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. Incumbent

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Secretary of State

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won re-election to a second term. Raffensperger emerged as a major national figure in early January, 2021 when he faced significant pressure from then-President

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the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. The party primary elections took place on May 24, with runoffs scheduled for June 21. Trump had been taped in a

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asking Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes," the exact number needed for Trump to carry the state. Raffensperger was elected in 2018 to a first term in a runoff against Democratic former U.S. representative John Barrow, the first time in Georgia history that any statewide executive election went to a second round.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

, incumbent Secretary of State

Eliminated in primary

* David Belle Isle, former mayor of

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and candidate for Secretary of State in

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* Jody Hice,

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for * TJ Hudson, former Treutlen County Probate Judge

Endorsements

Debates

Polling

;Graphical summary

Results

Despite opinion polls suggesting a tight race between Brad Raffensperger and Jody Hice as well as Trump's endorsement of Hice, Raffensperger ultimately won the primary election with a 19-point margin over Hice and avoided a potential runoff by winning an outright majority of the vote. This has been attributed to Hice's insufficient name recognition across the state and

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in Georgia's

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system where some Democratic voters voted in the Republican primary to vote against "Trump-backed extremists" like Hice. Raffensperger performed best in the

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, while Hice performed best in , where he serves as a U.S. representative; only five counties outside the district are won by Hice. The only county to not be won by either Raffensperger or Hice is Treutlen County, Hudson's home county, which he won with 76.42% of the vote.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Bee Nguyen, state representative

Eliminated in runoff

* Dee Dawkins-Haigler, former state representative and candidate for Secretary of State in

Eliminated in initial primary

* John Eaves, former chair of the

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Commission and candidate for

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* Floyd Griffin, former state senator and former mayor of Milledgeville *Michael Owens, former chair of the

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Democratic Party, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and cybersecurity executive

Did not file

*Manswell Peterson, former college professor

Endorsements

First round

Debates

Polling

Results

Runoff

Debate

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

*Ted Metz, former chair of the

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and nominee for governor in

General election

Debate

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

;Graphical summary

Results

By congressional district

Raffensperger won 9 of 14 congressional districts.

Notes

References

External links

;Official campaign websites
Ted Metz (L) for Secretary of StateBee Nguyen (D) for Secretary of StateBrad Raffensperger (R) for Secretary of State
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