The Green Papers: Georgia 2016 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 24 May 2016
✓ Primary Runoff - CD 3 R: Tuesday 26 July 2016
✓ General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
✓ State and Local General Runoff: Tuesday 6 December 2016
✓ Federal General Election Runoff (no offices covered by this website have a runoff): Tuesday 10 January 2017
Tuesday 24 May 2016 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p EDT (1100-2300 UTC).
Tuesday 26 July 2016 - Primary Runoff - CD 3 R . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p EDT (1100-2300 UTC).
Tuesday 8 November 2016 - General Election . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p EST (1200-0000 UTC).
Tuesday 6 December 2016 - State and Local General Runoff . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p EST (1200-0000 UTC).
Tuesday 10 January 2017 - Federal General Election Runoff (no offices covered by this website have a runoff) . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p EST (1200-0000 UTC).
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:9,727,566 (3.14% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:16(2.97% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:14(3.22% of 435)
Capital:Atlanta
 

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Georgia 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


For all offices EXCEPT President of the United States, if no candidate receives 50% of the vote plus 1 in the Primary or General Election, the top 2 vote getters will advance to a runoff.


Qualifying Candidate Information from the Georgia Secretary of State.


24 May 2016 Primary results from
Returns from the Secretary of State.
AP Statewide.

26 July 2016 run-off results from
AP.


8 November 2016 balloted and write-in returns from the Georgia Secretary of State.

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President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 16 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2016
 Candidate list (3, 17 write-ins)
  Elected Republican 2,089,104 50.77% Donald John Trump, Sr.
for Vice President: Indiana Governor Michael R. "Mike" Pence
(16 Electoral Votes)
FEC P80001571; 28 Nov 16; Tot $341,062,859; Dsb $333,457,857
  Candidate Democratic 1,877,963 45.64% former Secretary of State Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton
for Vice President: Virginia Senator Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine
FEC P00003392; 28 Nov 16; Tot $583,217,328; Dsb $582,378,679
  Candidate Libertarian 125,306 3.05% former Governor New Mexico Gary Earl Johnson
for Vice President: former Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William F. "Bill" Weld
FEC P20002671; 28 Nov 16; Tot $11,670,597; Dsb $11,505,633
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 13,017 0.32% David Evan "Evan" McMullin
for Vice President: Nathan Daniel Johnson
FEC P60022654; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,634,839; Dsb $1,618,074
  Candidate Write-in; (Green) 7,674 0.19% Jill E. Stein
for Vice President: Ajamu Baraka
FEC P20003984; 28 Nov 16; Tot $9,485,845; Dsb $5,315,546
  Candidate Write-in; (Constitution) 1,110 0.03% Darrell Lane Castle
for Vice President: Scott N. Bradley
FEC P60021102; 28 Nov 16; Tot $71,876; Dsb $67,084
  Candidate Write-in; (American Solidarity) 151 0.00% Michael Andrew "Mike" Maturen
for Vice President: Juan Antonio Muñoz
FEC P60022787
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 78 0.00% Cherunda Lynn Fox
for Vice President: Roger Matthew Kushner
FEC P60005303; 28 Oct 16; Tot $36,288; Dsb $36,288
  Candidate Write-in; (America's Party) 70 0.00% Thomas Conrad "Tom" Hoefling
for Vice President: Steven Bernard "Steve" Schulin
FEC P20005260
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 53 0.00% Michael Lynn "Mike" Smith
for Vice President: Daniel Lee White
FEC P60020781
  Candidate Write-in; (Kotlikoff for President) 34 0.00% Laurence J. "Larry" Kotlikoff
for Vice President: Edward Emery "Ed" Leamer
FEC P20004511
  Candidate Write-in 32 0.00% Sandra Wilson
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 31 0.00% Robert Lewis "Bob" Buchanan
for Vice President: Jason Alexander Washington
FEC P60020757
  Candidate Write-in 30 0.00% Ricky Muhammad
  Candidate Write-in 24 0.00% Scott Ralston Cubbler
for Vice President: Michael Rodriguez
FEC P60023207; 28 Nov 16; Tot $2,157; Dsb $1,274
  Candidate Write-in 22 0.00% Loren Collins
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 15 0.00% Claire Elisabeth Elliott
FEC P80003643; 28 Nov 16; Tot $0; Dsb $0
  Candidate Write-in 8 0.00% David C. Byrne
  Candidate Write-in 5 0.00% Stephen L. Allen
  Candidate Write-in 5 0.00% Marc Urbach
Total 4,114,732 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 114th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Republican Senator David Alfred Perdue
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Class 3
Seat up for regular election
Republican Senator John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2010.
(also served in U.S. House- first elected in a special election [to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Congressman Newt Gingrich]: 1999; re-elected: 2000, 2002.)
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 24 May 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (3, 1 write-in)
  Elected Republican 2,135,806 54.78% Senator John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson
FEC S6GA00119; 28 Nov 16; Tot $8,444,906; Dsb $9,847,235
  Candidate Democratic 1,599,726 41.03% James Freeman "Jim" Barksdale
FEC S6GA00200; 28 Nov 16; Tot $4,912,063; Dsb $4,772,457
  Candidate Libertarian 162,260 4.16% Allen Buckley
FEC S4GA11103
  Candidate Write-in 813 0.02% Michelle Gates
FEC S6GA00259
Total 3,898,605 100.00%  

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor John Nathan "Nathan" Deal
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Libertarian     Doug Craig

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Elected separately from Governor

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Lowell S. "Casey" Cagle
First elected: 2006, re-elected: 2010, 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

114th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2016, 2018. No Term Limit. 114th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
10 Republican (9 Renominated, 1 Open);
4 Democratic (4 Renominated)

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Earl Leroy "Buddy" Carter
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 24 May 2016 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
 Candidate list (1, 1 write-in) - 115th Congress
  Elected Republican 210,243 99.59% Congressman Earl Leroy "Buddy" Carter
FEC H4GA01039; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,261,228; Dsb $721,460
  Candidate Write-in 869 0.41% Nathan C. Russo
FEC H2GA01223
Total 211,112 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Sanford Dixon Bishop, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 1992
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 24 May 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (2) - 115th Congress
  Elected Democratic 148,543 61.23% Congressman Sanford Dixon Bishop, Jr.
FEC H2GA02031; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,112,055; Dsb $1,027,172
  Candidate Republican 94,056 38.77% Gregory Paul "Greg" Duke
FEC H4GA02060; 31 Dec 16; Tot $45,535; Dsb $44,957
Total 242,599 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Congressman Lynn Acton Westmoreland
First elected: 2004
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Open Seat - 7 January 2016: Announced that he would not run for re-election.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (2) - 115th Congress
  Elected Republican 207,218 68.35% West Point Mayor Anderson Drew "Drew" Ferguson, IV
FEC H6GA03113; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,248,954; Dsb $1,171,083
  Candidate Democratic 95,969 31.65% Angela Pendley
FEC H6GA03154
Total 303,187 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 2006
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 24 May 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (2) - 115th Congress
  Elected Democratic 220,146 75.72% Congressman Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
FEC H6GA04129; 28 Nov 16; Tot $502,447; Dsb $437,331
  Candidate Republican 70,593 24.28% Victor Armendariz
FEC H0GA04106; 28 Nov 16; Tot $7,095; Dsb $7,039
Total 290,739 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 5
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman John R. Lewis
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 1986
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 24 May 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (2) - 115th Congress
  Elected Democratic 253,781 84.44% Congressman John R. Lewis
FEC H6GA05217; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,060,810; Dsb $988,793
  Candidate Republican 46,768 15.56% Douglas Anthony "Doug" Bell
FEC H6GA05290; 28 Nov 16; Tot $10,114; Dsb $9,914
Total 300,549 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 6
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Thomas Edmunds "Tom" Price
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 2004
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 24 May 2016 Primary.
29 November 2016: Nominated by President-elect Donald Trump for the position of Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
 Candidate list (2) - 115th Congress
  Elected Republican 201,088 61.68% Congressman Thomas Edmunds "Tom" Price
FEC H4GA06087; 28 Nov 16; Tot $2,336,814; Dsb $2,333,320
  Candidate Democratic 124,917 38.32% Rodney Stooksbury
FEC H6GA06124; 07 Dec 16; Tot $0; Dsb $0
Total 326,005 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 7
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman William Robert "Rob" Woodall, III
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 24 May 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (2) - 115th Congress
  Elected Republican 174,081 60.38% Congressman William Robert "Rob" Woodall, III
FEC H0GA07133; 28 Nov 16; Tot $651,315; Dsb $382,479
  Candidate Democratic 114,220 39.62% Rashid Malik
FEC H6GA07163
Total 288,301 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 8
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman James Austin "Austin" Scott
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 24 May 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (2) - 115th Congress
  Elected Republican 173,983 67.64% Congressman James Austin "Austin" Scott
FEC H0GA08099; 28 Nov 16; Tot $993,174; Dsb $1,015,017
  Candidate Democratic 83,225 32.36% James Neal Harris
FEC H6GA08120
Total 257,208 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 9
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Douglas Allen "Doug" Collins
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 24 May 2016 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
 Candidate list (1) - 115th Congress
  Elected Republican 256,535 100.00% Congressman Douglas Allen "Doug" Collins
FEC H2GA09150; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,211,062; Dsb $1,310,381
Total 256,535 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 10
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Jody B. Hice
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 24 May 2016 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
 Candidate list (1, 1 write-in) - 115th Congress
  Elected Republican 243,725 99.64% Congressman Jody B. Hice
FEC H0GA07125; 28 Nov 16; Tot $491,849; Dsb $414,078
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 886 0.36% Leonard "Len" Ware
FEC H6GA10159
Total 244,611 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 11
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Barry D. Loudermilk
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 24 May 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (2) - 115th Congress
  Elected Republican 217,935 67.41% Congressman Barry D. Loudermilk
FEC H4GA11061; 28 Nov 16; Tot $833,370; Dsb $907,099
  Candidate Democratic 105,383 32.59% Donald E. "Don" Wilson, Jr.
FEC H4GA11111
Total 323,318 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 12
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Richard Wallen "Rick" Allen
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 24 May 2016 Primary
 Candidate list (2) - 115th Congress
  Elected Republican 159,492 61.60% Congressman Richard Wallen "Rick" Allen
FEC H2GA12121; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,140,563; Dsb $1,078,238
  Candidate Democratic 99,420 38.40% Patricia "Tricia" Carpenter McCracken
FEC H6GA12031; 28 Nov 16; Tot $27,528; Dsb $10,440
Total 258,912 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 13
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman David Albert Scott
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected: 2002
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 24 May 2016 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
 Candidate list (1) - 115th Congress
  Elected Democratic 252,833 100.00% Congressman David Albert Scott
FEC H2GA13012; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,243,041; Dsb $899,135
Total 252,833 100.00%  

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 14
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman John Thomas "Tom" Graves, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016
First elected in a special election (to fill the vacant seat of Congressman Nathan Deal, Republican) 8 June 2010.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Renominated - 24 May 2016 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
 Candidate list (1, 1 write-in) - 115th Congress
  Elected Republican 216,743 99.90% Congressman John Thomas "Tom" Graves, Jr.
FEC H0GA09030; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,359,836; Dsb $742,939
  Candidate Write-in 210 0.10% Patrick A. Boggs
FEC H6GA14037
Total 216,953 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Secretary of State Brian Porter Kemp
Appointed 8 January 2010 upon the resignation of Karen C. Handel. First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Attorney General Christopher M. "Chris" Carr
Appointed: 1 November 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 

On 1 November 2016, Samuel S. "Sam" Olens (Republican) who was first elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014 resigned to become President of Kennesaw State University.
On 12 October 2016, Governor John Nathan "Nathan" Deal (Republican) selected one of his deputies, Chris Carr, as the replacement Attorney General. Reference: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


Comptroller General/Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Comptroller General/Insurance Commissioner Ralph Terry Hudgens
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Superintendent of Education  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Education Superintendent Richard L. Woods
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Commissioner of Labor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Labor Commissioner John Mark "Mark" Butler
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 4 incumbents, 12 candidates
  Republican: 20 incumbents, 15 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian: 3 candidates
Other Third Parties
  America's Party: 1 candidate
  American Solidarity: 1 candidate
  Kotlikoff for President: 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 6 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 21 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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