2017 Georgia State House Special Election

The 2017 Georgia State House Special Election took place in 6 electoral districts to elect 6 seats. Democratic secured 4 seats, receiving 64.38% of the popular vote. A total number of 35,182 votes were casted in the election. There were totally 17 candidates ran for 6 seats across the 6 districts.

Results by Party

There were totally 17 candidates competed for seats. Democratic won 4 seats, making up 66.67% of the total seats being elected, while receiving 64.38% of the popular vote. Republican won 2 seats (33.33%)

2017 Georgia State House Special Election - Summary by Political Party
Party	Votes	% Votes	Candidates	Elected	% Seats	Seats: option = {color: ['blue','red'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 4, name: 'Democratic'},{value: 2, name: 'Republican'}] }]} Votes: option = {color: ['blue','red'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 22650, name: 'Democratic'},{value: 12532, name: 'Republican'}] }]}
Democratic	22,650	64.38%	8	4	66.67%
Republican	12,532	35.62%	9	2	33.33%
Total	35,182	100%	17	6	100%

2017 Georgia State House Special Election - Summary by Party in Districts
Electoral District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Valid Votes
Electoral District	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes
District 4	516	14.44%	3,058	85.56%	-	-	3,574
District 26	680	21.22%	2,524	78.78%	-	-	3,204
District 60	4,224	100.00%	-	-	-	-	4,224
District 89	8,745	100.00%	-	-	-	-	8,745
District 117	3,999	53.15%	3,525	46.85%	-	-	7,524
District 119	4,486	56.71%	3,425	43.29%	-	-	7,911
Total	22,650	64.38%	12,532	35.62%	0	-	35,182

Elected Candidates

There are 1 districts with winning margins of no more than 5%:

District 89: Democratic won by 4.88%

2017 Georgia State House Special Election - Elected Candidates
Electoral District	Elected Candidate				Second Candidate				Margin
Electoral District	Name	Party	Votes	%	Name	Party	Votes	%	Margin
District 4	Kasey Carpenter	Republican	1,928	53.95%	Eddie Caldwell	Republican	704	19.70%	34.25%
District 26	Marc Morris	Republican	1,915	59.77%	Steve Smith	Democratic	680	21.22%	38.55%
District 60	Kim Schofield	Democratic	2,229	52.77%	De'Andre S. Pickett	Democratic	1,995	47.23%	5.54%
District 89	Bee Nguyen	Democratic	4,586	52.44%	Sachin Varghese	Democratic	4,159	47.56%	4.88%
District 117	Deborah Gonzalez	Democratic	3,999	53.15%	Houston Gaines	Republican	3,525	46.85%	6.30%
District 119	Jonathan Wallace	Democratic	4,486	56.71%	Tom Lord	Republican	1,573	19.88%	36.83%

Results by Candidates

There are 17 candidates competed for 17 seats, with 17 candidates (100.00%) received at least 5% of votes in their electoral districts.

2017 Georgia State House Special Election - Summary by Candidate
Electoral District	Candidate	Affiliation	Valid Votes	%
District 4	Kasey Carpenter	Republican	1,928	53.95%
	Eddie Caldwell	Republican	704	19.70%
	Peter Pociask	Democratic	516	14.44%
	Beau Patton	Republican	426	11.92%
District 26	Marc Morris	Republican	1,915	59.77%
	Steve Smith	Democratic	680	21.22%
	Tina Trent	Republican	609	19.01%
District 60	Kim Schofield	Democratic	2,229	52.77%
District 60	De'Andre S. Pickett	Democratic	1,995	47.23%
District 89	Bee Nguyen	Democratic	4,586	52.44%
District 89	Sachin Varghese	Democratic	4,159	47.56%
District 117	Deborah Gonzalez	Democratic	3,999	53.15%
District 117	Houston Gaines	Republican	3,525	46.85%
District 119	Jonathan Wallace	Democratic	4,486	56.71%
	Tom Lord	Republican	1,573	19.88%
	Marcus A. Wiedower	Republican	1,368	17.29%
	Steven Strickland	Republican	484	6.12%

Results by Districts

District 4

Kasey Carpenter of Republican received 53.95% of the votes, totaling 1,928 votes, to win the election, defeated Eddie Caldwell of Republican by a comfortable margin of 34.25%. The total votes casted was 3,574.

2017 Georgia State House Special Election in District 4
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#3DC43B','blue','#8AB831'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 1928, name: 'Kasey Carpenter'},{value: 704, name: 'Eddie Caldwell'},{value: 516, name: 'Peter Pociask'},{value: 426, name: 'Beau Patton'}] }]}
Kasey Carpenter	Republican	1,928	53.95%
Eddie Caldwell	Republican	704	19.70%
Peter Pociask	Democratic	516	14.44%
Beau Patton	Republican	426	11.92%
Election Date: 2017-11-07, Valid Votes: 3,574, Margin: 34.25%

2017 Georgia State House Special Election in District 4 (General) - Results by County
County	KASEY CARPENTER Republican		EDDIE CALDWELL Republican		PETER POCIASK Democratic		BEAU PATTON Republican		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Whitfield	1,928	53.95%	704	19.70%	516	14.44%	426	11.92%	3,574	34.25%
Total	1,928	53.95%	704	19.70%	516	14.44%	426	11.92%	3,574	34.25%

Whitfield

Results by Voting Types in Whitfield (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
KASEY CARPENTER	Republican	30	630	1,267	1	1928
EDDIE CALDWELL	Republican	7	138	559	-	704
PETER POCIASK	Democratic	10	127	379	-	516
BEAU PATTON	Republican	6	130	290	-	426
Total		53	1,025	2,495	1	3574

District 26

Marc Morris of Republican received 59.77% of the votes, totaling 1,915 votes, to win the election, defeated Steve Smith of Democratic by a comfortable margin of 38.55%. The total votes casted was 3,204.

2017 Georgia State House Special Election in District 26
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue','#76B0E0'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 1915, name: 'Marc Morris'},{value: 680, name: 'Steve Smith'},{value: 609, name: 'Tina Trent'}] }]}
Marc Morris	Republican	1,915	59.77%
Steve Smith	Democratic	680	21.22%
Tina Trent	Republican	609	19.01%
Election Date: 2017-11-07, Valid Votes: 3,204, Margin: 38.55%

2017 Georgia State House Special Election in District 26 (General) - Results by County
County	MARC MORRIS Republican		STEVE SMITH Democratic		TINA TRENT Republican		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Forsyth	1,915	59.77%	680	21.22%	609	19.01%	3,204	38.55%
Total	1,915	59.77%	680	21.22%	609	19.01%	3,204	38.55%

Forsyth

Results by Voting Types in Forsyth (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
MARC MORRIS	Republican	14	643	1,257	1	1915
STEVE SMITH	Democratic	1	182	497	-	680
TINA TRENT	Republican	4	131	474	-	609
Total		19	956	2,228	1	3204

District 60

Kim Schofield of Democratic received 52.77% of the votes, totaling 2,229 votes, to win the election, defeated De'Andre S. Pickett of Democratic by a margin of 5.54%. The total votes casted was 4,224.

2017 Georgia State House Special Election in District 60
Runoff
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#2265CA'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 2229, name: 'Kim Schofield'},{value: 1995, name: 'DeAndre S. Pickett'}] }]}
Kim Schofield	Democratic	2,229	52.77%
De'Andre S. Pickett	Democratic	1,995	47.23%
Election Date: 2017-12-05, Valid Votes: 4,224, Margin: 5.54%
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#2B85E9','#3C0D32'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 1853, name: 'Kim Schofield'},{value: 1807, name: 'DeAndre S. Pickett'},{value: 1510, name: 'Sparkle Adams'}] }]}
Kim Schofield	Democratic	1,853	35.84%
De'Andre S. Pickett	Democratic	1,807	34.95%
Sparkle Adams	Democratic	1,510	29.21%
Election Date: 2017-11-07, Valid Votes: 5,170, Margin: 0.89%

2017 Georgia State House Special Election in District 60 (Runoff) - Results by County
County	KIM SCHOFIELD Democratic		DE'ANDRE S. PICKETT Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Clayton	54	46.15%	63	53.85%	117	-7.69%
Fulton	2,175	52.96%	1,932	47.04%	4,107	5.92%
Total	2,229	52.77%	1,995	47.23%	4,224	5.54%

2017 Georgia State House Special Election in District 60 (General) - Results by County
County	KIM SCHOFIELD Democratic		DE'ANDRE S. PICKETT Democratic		SPARKLE ADAMS Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Clayton	184	27.88%	135	20.45%	341	51.67%	660	7.42%
Fulton	1,669	37.01%	1,672	37.07%	1,169	25.92%	4,510	-0.07%
Total	1,853	35.84%	1,807	34.95%	1,510	29.21%	5,170	0.89%

Clayton

Results by Voting Types in Clayton (Runoff)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
DE'ANDRE S. PICKETT	Democratic	2	15	46	-	63
KIM SCHOFIELD	Democratic	6	9	39	-	54
Total		8	24	85	-	117

Results by Voting Types in Clayton (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
SPARKLE ADAMS	Democratic	51	96	194	-	341
KIM SCHOFIELD	Democratic	9	32	143	-	184
DE'ANDRE S. PICKETT	Democratic	3	17	115	-	135
Total		63	145	452	-	660

Fulton

Results by Voting Types in Fulton (Runoff)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
KIM SCHOFIELD	Democratic	13	485	1,676	1	2175
DE'ANDRE S. PICKETT	Democratic	14	433	1,484	1	1932
Total		27	918	3,160	2	4107

Results by Voting Types in Fulton (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
DE'ANDRE S. PICKETT	Democratic	18	465	1,187	2	1672
KIM SCHOFIELD	Democratic	12	419	1,238	-	1669
SPARKLE ADAMS	Democratic	10	332	826	1	1169
Total		40	1,216	3,251	3	4510

District 89

Bee Nguyen of Democratic received 52.44% of the votes, totaling 4,586 votes, to win the election, defeated Sachin Varghese of Democratic by a narrow margin of 4.88%. The total votes casted was 8,745.

2017 Georgia State House Special Election in District 89
Runoff
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#A9373B'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 4586, name: 'Bee Nguyen'},{value: 4159, name: 'Sachin Varghese'}] }]}
Bee Nguyen	Democratic	4,586	52.44%
Sachin Varghese	Democratic	4,159	47.56%
Election Date: 2017-12-05, Valid Votes: 8,745, Margin: 4.88%
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#A29248','#9C4E0B','#C4FA3E'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 4255, name: 'Bee Nguyen'},{value: 3639, name: 'Sachin Varghese'},{value: 1865, name: 'Monique Keane'},{value: 954, name: 'David C. Abbott'}] }]}
Bee Nguyen	Democratic	4,255	39.72%
Sachin Varghese	Democratic	3,639	33.97%
Monique Keane	Democratic	1,865	17.41%
David C. Abbott	Democratic	954	8.91%
Election Date: 2017-11-07, Valid Votes: 10,713, Margin: 5.75%

2017 Georgia State House Special Election in District 89 (Runoff) - Results by County
County	BEE NGUYEN Democratic		SACHIN VARGHESE Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
DeKalb	4,586	52.44%	4,159	47.56%	8,745	4.88%
Total	4,586	52.44%	4,159	47.56%	8,745	4.88%

2017 Georgia State House Special Election in District 89 (General) - Results by County
County	BEE NGUYEN Democratic		SACHIN VARGHESE Democratic		MONIQUE KEANE Democratic		DAVID C. ABBOTT Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
DeKalb	4,255	39.72%	3,639	33.97%	1,865	17.41%	954	8.91%	10,713	5.75%
Total	4,255	39.72%	3,639	33.97%	1,865	17.41%	954	8.91%	10,713	5.75%

DeKalb

Results by Voting Types in DeKalb (Runoff)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
BEE NGUYEN	Democratic	55	470	4,056	5	4586
SACHIN VARGHESE	Democratic	58	476	3,623	2	4159
Total		113	946	7,679	7	8745

Results by Voting Types in DeKalb (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
BEE NGUYEN	Democratic	38	622	3,556	39	4255
SACHIN VARGHESE	Democratic	26	535	3,044	34	3639
MONIQUE KEANE	Democratic	22	245	1,585	13	1865
DAVID C. ABBOTT	Democratic	13	119	812	10	954
Total		99	1,521	8,997	96	10713

District 117

Deborah Gonzalez of Democratic received 53.15% of the votes, totaling 3,999 votes, to win the election, defeated Houston Gaines of Republican by a margin of 6.30%. The total votes casted was 7,524.

2017 Georgia State House Special Election in District 117
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','red'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 3999, name: 'Deborah Gonzalez'},{value: 3525, name: 'Houston Gaines'}] }]}
Deborah Gonzalez	Democratic	3,999	53.15%
Houston Gaines	Republican	3,525	46.85%
Election Date: 2017-11-07, Valid Votes: 7,524, Margin: 6.30%

2017 Georgia State House Special Election in District 117 (General) - Results by County
County	DEBORAH GONZALEZ Democratic		HOUSTON GAINES Republican		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Barrow	121	30.33%	278	69.67%	399	-39.35%
Clarke	3,113	64.15%	1,740	35.85%	4,853	28.29%
Jackson	149	31.84%	319	68.16%	468	-36.32%
Oconee	616	34.15%	1,188	65.85%	1,804	-31.71%
Total	3,999	53.15%	3,525	46.85%	7,524	6.30%

Barrow

Results by Voting Types in Barrow (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
HOUSTON GAINES	Republican	2	51	225	-	278
DEBORAH GONZALEZ	Democratic	3	18	100	-	121
Total		5	69	325	-	399

Clarke

Results by Voting Types in Clarke (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
DEBORAH GONZALEZ	Democratic	48	907	2,154	4	3113
HOUSTON GAINES	Republican	37	451	1,252	-	1740
Total		85	1,358	3,406	4	4853

Jackson

Results by Voting Types in Jackson (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
HOUSTON GAINES	Republican	3	62	254	-	319
DEBORAH GONZALEZ	Democratic	-	23	126	-	149
Total		3	85	380	-	468

Oconee

Results by Voting Types in Oconee (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
HOUSTON GAINES	Republican	14	433	741	-	1188
DEBORAH GONZALEZ	Democratic	7	226	383	-	616
Total		21	659	1,124	-	1804

District 119

Jonathan Wallace of Democratic received 56.71% of the votes, totaling 4,486 votes, to win the election, defeated Tom Lord of Republican by a comfortable margin of 36.83%. The total votes casted was 7,911.

2017 Georgia State House Special Election in District 119
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','red','#CEBBB4','#E9785C'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 4486, name: 'Jonathan Wallace'},{value: 1573, name: 'Tom Lord'},{value: 1368, name: 'Marcus A. Wiedower'},{value: 484, name: 'Steven Strickland'}] }]}
Jonathan Wallace	Democratic	4,486	56.71%
Tom Lord	Republican	1,573	19.88%
Marcus A. Wiedower	Republican	1,368	17.29%
Steven Strickland	Republican	484	6.12%
Election Date: 2017-11-07, Valid Votes: 7,911, Margin: 36.83%

2017 Georgia State House Special Election in District 119 (General) - Results by County
County	JONATHAN WALLACE Democratic		TOM LORD Republican		MARCUS A. WIEDOWER Republican		STEVEN STRICKLAND Republican		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Clarke	2,960	76.39%	453	11.69%	281	7.25%	181	4.67%	3,875	64.70%
Oconee	1,526	37.81%	1,120	27.75%	1,087	26.93%	303	7.51%	4,036	10.06%
Total	4,486	56.71%	1,573	19.88%	1,368	17.29%	484	6.12%	7,911	36.83%

Clarke

Results by Voting Types in Clarke (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
JONATHAN WALLACE	Democratic	33	931	1,993	3	2960
TOM LORD	Republican	29	115	309	-	453
MARCUS A. WIEDOWER	Republican	-	50	231	-	281
STEVEN STRICKLAND	Republican	2	30	148	1	181
Total		64	1,126	2,681	4	3875

Oconee

Results by Voting Types in Oconee (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
JONATHAN WALLACE	Democratic	18	726	782	-	1526
TOM LORD	Republican	20	397	703	-	1120
MARCUS A. WIEDOWER	Republican	5	308	774	-	1087
STEVEN STRICKLAND	Republican	2	70	231	-	303
Total		45	1,501	2,490	-	4036

Results by Party

Elected Candidates

Results by Candidates

Results by Districts

District 4

Whitfield

District 26

Forsyth

District 60

Clayton

Fulton

District 89

DeKalb

District 117

Barrow

Clarke

Jackson

Oconee

District 119

Clarke

Oconee

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