2022 Georgia House of Representatives election

The 2022 Georgia House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2022 as part of the biennial United States elections. Georgia voters elected state representatives in all 180 of the state house's districts to the 157th Georgia General Assembly. State representatives serve two-year terms in the Georgia House of Representatives.

2022 Georgia House of Representatives election

November 8, 2022

All 180 seats in the Georgia House of Representatives
91 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader David Ralston (not seeking renomination) James Beverly
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 11, 2010 January 11, 2021
Leader's seat 7th 143rd
Last election 103 77
Seats before 103 77
Seats won 101 79
Seat change Decrease2 Increase2
Popular vote '
Percentage %  %
Swing  %  %

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain

Speaker before election

David Ralston
Republican

Elected Speaker

Jon G. Burns
Republican

Primaries were held on May 24, 2022, and primary runoffs occurred June 21, 2022, to determine which candidates would appear on the November 8 ballot.[1]

Incumbents retiring

Democrats

  1. District 39: Erica Thomas retired.
  2. District 40: Erick Allen retired to run for lieutenant governor.
  3. District 50: Angelika Kausche retired.
  4. District 51: Josh McLaurin retired to run for state senator from District 14.
  5. District 55: Marie Metze retired.
  6. District 59: David Dreyer retired.
  7. District 62: William Boddie retired to run for Commissioner of Labor.
  8. District 64: Derrick Jackson retired to run for lieutenant governor.
  9. District 79: Mike Wilensky retired.
  10. District 80: Matthew Wilson retired to run for Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner.
  11. District 84: Renitta Shannon retired to run for lieutenant governor.
  12. District 86: Zulma Lopez retired.
  13. District 89: Bee Nguyen retired to run for Secretary of State.
  14. District 95: Beth Moore retired to run for state senator from District 7.
  15. District 105: Donna McLeod retired to run for U.S. representative in Georgia's 7th congressional district.
  16. District 125: Sheila Clark Nelson retired.
  17. District 135: Calvin Smyre resigned early.
  18. District 153: CaMia Hopson Jackson retired.
  19. District 154: Winfred Dukes retired to run for Commissioner of Agriculture.
  20. District 163: Derek Mallow retired to run for state senator from District 2.

Republicans

  1. District 3: Dewayne Hill retired.
  2. District 21: Tommy Benton retired.
  3. District 22: Wes Cantrell retired.
  4. District 35: Ed Setzler retired to run for state senator from District 37.
  5. District 45: Mitchell Kaye retired.
  6. District 67: Micah Gravley retired.
  7. District 69: Randy Nix retired.
  8. District 71: Philip Singleton retired.
  9. District 103: Timothy Barr retired to run for U.S. representative in Georgia's 10th congressional district.
  10. District 112: Dave Belton retired.
  11. District 114: Tom Kirby retired.
  12. District 116: Terry England retired.
  13. District 129: Susan Holmes retired.
  14. District 145: Rick Williams retired to run for state senator from District 25.
  15. District 147: Heath Clark retired.
  16. District 160: Jan Tankersley retired.
  17. District 169: Dominic LaRiccia retired.
  18. District 179: Don Hogan retired.

Incumbents defeated in primary

Democrats

  1. District 106: Rebecca Mitchell lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Shelly Hutchinson.

Republicans

  1. District 24: Sheri Gilligan lost to challenger Carter Barrett in Primary Runoff
  2. District 100: Bonnie Rich lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent David Clark.
  3. District 149: Robert Pruitt lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Danny Mathis.

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] Likely R May 19, 2022

Results

Popular vote
Republican
55.53%
Democratic
44.47%
House seats
Republican
56.12%
Democratic
43.88%

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 117, 1.46%
  2. District 105, 3.44%
  3. District 108, 4.2%
  4. District 53, 5.26%
  5. District 50, 8.02%
  6. District 48, 9.62% (gain)

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28District 29District 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35District 36District 37District 38District 39District 40District 41District 42District 43District 44District 45District 46District 47District 48District 49District 50District 51District 52District 53District 54District 55District 56District 57District 58District 59District 60District 61District 62District 63District 64District 65District 66District 67District 68District 69District 70District 71District 72District 73District 74District 75District 76District 77District 78District 79District 80District 81District 82District 83District 84District 85District 86District 87District 88District 89District 90District 91District 92District 93District 94District 95District 96District 97District 98District 99District 100District 101District 102District 103District 104District 105District 106District 107District 108District 109District 110District 111District 112District 113District 114District 115District 116District 117District 118District 119District 120District 121District 122District 123District 124District 125District 126District 127District 128District 129District 130District 131District 132District 133District 134District 135District 136District 137District 138District 139District 140District 141District 142District 143District 144District 145District 146District 147District 148District 149District 150District 151District 152District 153District 154District 155District 156District 157District 158District 159District 160District 161District 162District 163District 164District 165District 166District 167District 168District 169District 170District 171District 172District 173District 174District 175District 176District 177District 178District 179District 180

Sources:[3]

District 1

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Cameron (incumbent) 5,501 75.8%
Republican Jackie Harling 1,755 24.2%
Total votes 7,256 100%

District 2

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Coles 1,710 17.1%
Republican Ted Noblitt 1,685 16.9%
Republican Steve Tarvin (incumbent) 6,581 66.0%
Total votes 9,976 100%

District 3

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitchell Horner 4,725 54.0%
Republican Darrell Weldon Sr. 4,031 46.0%
Total votes 8,756 100%

District 4

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kasey Carpenter (incumbent)
Republican Nick Voyles
Total votes

District 5

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matt Barton (incumbent)
Total votes

District 6

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lee Coker
Republican Jason Ridley (incumbent)
Total votes

District 7

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Ralston (incumbent)
Total votes

District 8

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stan Gunter (incumbent)
Total votes
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic June Krise
Total votes

District 9

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tyler Tolin
Republican Will Wade (incumbent)
Total votes

District 10

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Victor Anderson (incumbent)
Total votes

District 11

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Jasperse (incumbent)
Total votes
Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kayla Hollifield
Total votes

District 12

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Eddie Lumsden (incumbent)
Republican Robert Watson
Total votes

District 13

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brad Barnes
Republican Katie Dempsey (incumbent)
Republican Luke Martin
Total votes

District 14

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitchell Scoggins (incumbent)
Total votes

District 15

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matthew Gambill (incumbent)
Total votes

District 16

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Trey Kelley (incumbent)
Republican Scott Richards
Total votes

District 17

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin Momtahan (incumbent)
Republican Neil Wolin
Total votes
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sunshine Marshall
Total votes

District 18

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tyler Smith (incumbent)
Total votes
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pat Rhudy
Total votes

District 19

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joseph Gullett (incumbent)
Total votes
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic R.J. Coyle
Total votes

District 20

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charlice Byrd (incumbent)
Republican Stu Hixon
Republican Lynne Saunders
Total votes

District 21

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brad Thomas (incumbent)
Total votes

District 22

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donna Kosicki
Republican Jordan Ridley
Total votes
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stacee Lashone Hill
Total votes

District 23

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mandi Ballinger (incumbent)
Republican Allen Hutchinson
Total votes

District 24

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carter Barrett
Republican Sheri Smallwood Gilligan (incumbent)
Republican Ed Solly
Total votes
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sydney Walker
Total votes

District 25

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Todd Jones (incumbent)
Total votes
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Craig Meyer
Total votes

District 26

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lauren McDonald (incumbent)
Total votes
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Matthew Helms
Total votes

District 27

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lee Hawkins (incumbent)
Total votes

District 28

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brent Cox
Republican Donald Lannom
Republican Blake McClellan
Republican Tim Short
Republican Julie Tressler
Total votes
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Claudia Wood
Total votes

District 29

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matt Dubnik (incumbent)
Total votes
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Devin Pandy
Total votes

District 30

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Derrick McCollum
Republican Whitney Pimentel
Republican Barry Sanders
Total votes
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kim Floria
Total votes

District 31

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Don Clerici
Republican Emory Dunahoo (incumbent)
Total votes

District 32

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Erwin (incumbent)
Total votes

District 33

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alan Powell (incumbent)
Republican Dylan Purcell
Total votes

District 34

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Devan Seabaugh (incumbent)
Total votes
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dorothy Coker
Total votes

District 35

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Trim
Total votes
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lisa Campbell
Democratic Nick Miller
Democratic Kyle Rinaudo
Total votes

District 36

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ginny Ehrhart (incumbent)
Total votes
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Ryner
Total votes

District 37

Republican Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Marites Redding
Total votes
Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Frances Williams (incumbent)
Total votes

District 38

Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Wilkerson (incumbent)
Total votes

References

  1. King, Maya; Corasaniti, Nick (2022-03-28). "Local Election Officials in Georgia Oppose G.O.P. Election Bill". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  2. Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  3. "Qualifying Candidate Information". Georgia Secretary of State. Retrieved 2022-05-13.

See also

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