2016 Georgia State Senate Special Election

The 2016 Georgia State Senate Special Election took place on December 13, 2016. Republican won the seat by receiving 72.58% of the popular vote. A total number of 4,964 votes were casted in the election. There were totally 5 candidates ran for the seat.

Results by Districts

District 54

Chuck Payne of Republican received 36.10% of the votes, totaling 1,792 votes, to win the election, defeated Debby Peppers of Nonpartisan by a margin of 8.68%. The total votes casted was 4,964.

2016 Georgia State Senate Special Election in District 54
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Chuck Payne	Republican	1,792	36.10%
Debby Peppers	Nonpartisan	1,361	27.42%
William Vinyard	Republican	856	17.24%
Shell Underwood	Republican	536	10.80%
Conda Lowery Goodson	Republican	419	8.44%
Election Date: 2016-12-13, Valid Votes: 4,964, Margin: 8.68%

2016 Georgia State Senate Special Election in District 54 (General) - Results by County
County	CHUCK PAYNE Republican		DEBBY PEPPERS Nonpartisan		WILLIAM VINYARD Republican		SHELL UNDERWOOD Republican		CONDA LOWERY GOODSON Republican		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Gordon	109	33.23%	68	20.73%	76	23.17%	48	14.63%	27	8.23%	328	12.50%
Murray	302	30.57%	202	20.45%	191	19.33%	104	10.53%	189	19.13%	988	10.12%
Pickens	51	30.72%	32	19.28%	5	3.01%	22	13.25%	56	33.73%	166	11.45%
Whitfield	1,330	38.20%	1,059	30.41%	584	16.77%	362	10.40%	147	4.22%	3,482	7.78%
Total	1,792	36.10%	1,361	27.42%	856	17.24%	536	10.80%	419	8.44%	4,964	8.68%

Gordon

Results by Voting Types in Gordon (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
CHUCK PAYNE	Republican	2	14	93	-	109
WILLIAM VINYARD	Republican	3	7	66	-	76
DEBBY PEPPERS	Nonpartisan	5	15	48	-	68
SHELL UNDERWOOD	Republican	2	10	36	-	48
CONDA LOWERY GOODSON	Republican	2	8	17	-	27
Total		14	54	260	-	328

Murray

Results by Voting Types in Murray (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
CHUCK PAYNE	Republican	2	49	251	-	302
DEBBY PEPPERS	Nonpartisan	2	59	141	-	202
WILLIAM VINYARD	Republican	-	27	164	-	191
CONDA LOWERY GOODSON	Republican	1	35	153	-	189
SHELL UNDERWOOD	Republican	1	15	88	-	104
Total		6	185	797	-	988

Pickens

Results by Voting Types in Pickens (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
CONDA LOWERY GOODSON	Republican	-	16	40	-	56
CHUCK PAYNE	Republican	-	4	47	-	51
DEBBY PEPPERS	Nonpartisan	1	8	23	-	32
SHELL UNDERWOOD	Republican	-	2	20	-	22
WILLIAM VINYARD	Republican	-	1	4	-	5
Total		1	31	134	-	166

Whitfield

Results by Voting Types in Whitfield (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
CHUCK PAYNE	Republican	12	285	1,033	-	1330
DEBBY PEPPERS	Nonpartisan	13	320	726	-	1059
WILLIAM VINYARD	Republican	3	117	464	-	584
SHELL UNDERWOOD	Republican	3	53	306	-	362
CONDA LOWERY GOODSON	Republican	-	25	122	-	147
Total		31	800	2,651	-	3482