2018 Georgia State Senate election
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The 2018 Georgia State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Georgia voters elected state senators in all 56 of the state senate's districts. State senators serve two-year terms in the Georgia State Senate.
A primary election on May 22, 2018, determined which candidates appeared on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the Georgia Secretary of State's website. A statewide map of Georgia's state Senate districts can be obtained from the Georgia Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office here, and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Census here.
Following the 2016 state senate elections, Republicans maintained effective control of the Senate with 38 members. However, on December 5, 2017, Democrats flipped State Senate district 6 after Democrat Jen Jordan won a special election. This decreased Republican seats from 38 to 37 and increased Democratic seats from 18 to 19.
To reclaim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net nine Senate seats and win the concurrent lieutenant gubernatorial election, or net 10 seats without the lieutenant governor's office. Democrats flipped two seats—districts 40 and 48—from Republican control; however, Republicans retained control of the Georgia State Senate following the 2018 general election.
Results
Summary of results
Source:
Closest races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- State Senate district 9, 3.8%
- State Senate district 56, 5%
- State Senate district 48, 7.2% (gain)
- State Senate district 17, 9%
- State Senate district 40, 9.6% (gain)
Predictions
Detailed results
- Note: If a district only lists one primary election, the other major party failed to field a candidate in that district.
Sources:
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 42
District 43
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
District 48
District 49
District 50
District 51
District 52
District 53
District 54
District 55
District 56
See also
- United States elections, 2018
- United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2018
- Georgia elections, 2018
- Georgia gubernatorial election, 2018
- Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018
- Georgia Secretary of State election, 2018
- Georgia House of Representatives election, 2018
- Elections in Georgia (U.S. state)
- List of Georgia state legislatures