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2022 Georgia Attorney General election

The 2022 Georgia Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Georgia. Incumbent Republican attorney general Christopher M. Carr was appointed to the office on November 1, 2016, following the resignation of Sam Olens to become the president of Kennesaw State University.[1] Carr ran for a second full term in office.[2] Carr won re-election over state senator Jen Jordan by a margin of 5.3 points.

2022 Georgia Attorney General election
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CandidateChris CarrJen Jordan
PartyRepublicanDemocratic
Popular vote2,032,5001,826,437
Percentage51.86%46.60%
Carr:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Jordan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%     >90%
Attorney General before election

Chris Carr
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Chris Carr
Republican

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • John Gordon, businessman and lawyer[3]

Endorsements

John Gordon
U.S. Executive Branch officials

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size[a]		Margin
of error		Chris
Carr		John
Gordon		Undecided
Landmark CommunicationsMay 22, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%49%24%27%
ARW Strategies (R)April 30 – May 1, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%25%9%66%
Landmark CommunicationsApril 9–10, 2022660 (LV)± 3.8%32%17%52%

Results

Results by county
  Carr
  •   50–60%
      60–70%
      70–80%
      80–90%
Republican primary results[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanChris Carr (incumbent) 834,383 73.75%
RepublicanJohn Gordon297,03726.25%
Total votes1,131,420 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Christian Wise Smith, lawyer[7]

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Jen Jordan
Organizations

Results

Democratic primary results[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJen Jordan 533,266 77.60%
DemocraticChristian Wise Smith153,92822.40%
Total votes687,194 100.0%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[17]Lean RNovember 3, 2022
Elections Daily[18]Likely RNovember 1, 2022

Endorsements

Jen Jordan (D)
U.S. Senators
Organizations

Polling

Graphical summary
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size[a]		Margin
of error		Chris
Carr (R)		Jen
Jordan (D)		OtherUndecided
Landmark CommunicationsNovember 4–7, 20221,214 (LV)± 2.8%47%43%6%[b]4%
The Trafalgar Group (R)November 4–6, 20221,103 (LV)± 2.9%51%42%3%[c]3%
The Trafalgar Group (R)October 8–11, 20221,084 (LV)± 2.9%46%37%4%[d]13%
SurveyUSASeptember 30 – October 4, 20221,076 (LV)± 3.7%40%36%4%20%
University of GeorgiaSeptember 5–16, 2022861 (LV)± 3.3%45%35%5%16%
The Trafalgar Group (R)August 24–27, 20221,079 (LV)± 2.9%48%40%4%8%
SurveyUSAJuly 21–24, 2022604 (LV)± 5.3%38%34%4%24%

Results

2022 Georgia Attorney General election[22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanChris Carr (incumbent) 2,032,500 51.86% +0.56%
DemocraticJen Jordan1,826,43746.60%-2.10%
LibertarianMartin Cowen60,1071.53%N/A
Total votes3,919,044 100.0%
Republican hold

See also

Notes

References

Official campaign websites
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