2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election

The 2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election took place in 4 electoral districts to elect 4 seats. Democratic secured 2 seats, receiving 67.75% of the popular vote. A total number of 78,732 votes were casted in the election. There were totally 8 candidates ran for 4 seats across the 4 districts.

Results by Party

There were totally 8 candidates competed for seats. Democratic won 2 seats, making up 50.00% of the total seats being elected, while receiving 67.75% of the popular vote. Republican won 2 seats (50.00%)

2017 Georgia State Senate 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: 2, name: 'Democratic'},{value: 2, name: 'Republican'}] }]} Votes: option = {color: ['blue','red','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 53342, name: 'Democratic'},{value: 23048, name: 'Republican'},{value: 2342, name: 'Nonpartisan'}] }]}
Democratic	53,342	67.75%	5	2	50.00%
Republican	23,048	29.27%	2	2	50.00%
Nonpartisan	2,342	2.97%	1	0	-
Total	78,732	100%	8	4	100%

2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election - Summary by Party in Districts
Electoral District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Valid Votes
Electoral District	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes
District 6	16,716	100.00%	-	-	-	-	16,716
District 32	14,057	43.02%	18,619	56.98%	-	-	32,676
District 39	22,569	100.00%	-	-	-	-	22,569
District 54	-	-	4,429	65.41%	2,342	34.59%	6,771
Total	53,342	67.75%	23,048	29.27%	2,342	2.97%	78,732

Elected Candidates

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

District 39: Democratic won by 2.10%

2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election - Elected Candidates
Electoral District	Elected Candidate				Second Candidate				Margin
Electoral District	Name	Party	Votes	%	Name	Party	Votes	%	Margin
District 6	Jen Jordan	Democratic	10,688	63.94%	Jaha Howard	Democratic	6,028	36.06%	27.88%
District 32	Kay Kirkpatrick	Republican	18,619	56.98%	Christine Triebsch	Democratic	14,057	43.02%	13.96%
District 39	Nikema Williams	Democratic	11,522	51.05%	Linda Pritchett	Democratic	11,047	48.95%	2.10%
District 54	Chuck Payne	Republican	4,429	65.41%	Debby Peppers	Nonpartisan	2,342	34.59%	30.82%

Results by Candidates

There are 8 candidates competed for 8 seats, with 8 candidates (100.00%) received at least 5% of votes in their electoral districts.

2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election - Summary by Candidate
Electoral District	Candidate	Affiliation	Valid Votes	%
District 6	Jen Jordan	Democratic	10,688	63.94%
District 6	Jaha Howard	Democratic	6,028	36.06%
District 32	Kay Kirkpatrick	Republican	18,619	56.98%
District 32	Christine Triebsch	Democratic	14,057	43.02%
District 39	Nikema Williams	Democratic	11,522	51.05%
District 39	Linda Pritchett	Democratic	11,047	48.95%
District 54	Chuck Payne	Republican	4,429	65.41%
District 54	Debby Peppers	Nonpartisan	2,342	34.59%

Results by Districts

District 6

Jen Jordan of Democratic received 63.94% of the votes, totaling 10,688 votes, to win the election, defeated Jaha Howard of Democratic by a comfortable margin of 27.88%. The total votes casted was 16,716.

2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election in District 6
Runoff
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Jen Jordan	Democratic	10,688	63.94%
Jaha Howard	Democratic	6,028	36.06%
Election Date: 2017-12-05, Valid Votes: 16,716, Margin: 27.88%
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#4A37AE','red','#C55CFC','#9FF3D1','#7B3553','#B06FC2','#4F77D6'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 5868, name: 'Jen Jordan'},{value: 5408, name: 'Jaha Howard'},{value: 4431, name: 'Leah Aldridge'},{value: 4026, name: 'Charlie Fiveash'},{value: 2695, name: 'Matt Bentley'},{value: 728, name: 'Kathy Eichenblatt'},{value: 562, name: 'Taos Wynn'},{value: 299, name: 'Leo Smith'}] }]}
Jen Jordan	Democratic	5,868	24.43%
Jaha Howard	Democratic	5,408	22.52%
Leah Aldridge	Republican	4,431	18.45%
Charlie Fiveash	Republican	4,026	16.76%
Matt Bentley	Republican	2,695	11.22%
Kathy Eichenblatt	Republican	728	3.03%
Taos Wynn	Democratic	562	2.34%
Leo Smith	Republican	299	1.24%
Election Date: 2017-11-07, Valid Votes: 24,017, Margin: 1.91%

2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election in District 6 (Runoff) - Results by County
County	JEN JORDAN Democratic		JAHA HOWARD Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Cobb	2,068	40.62%	3,023	59.38%	5,091	-18.76%
Fulton	8,620	74.15%	3,005	25.85%	11,625	48.30%
Total	10,688	63.94%	6,028	36.06%	16,716	27.88%

2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election in District 6 (General) - Results by County
County	JEN JORDAN Democratic		JAHA HOWARD Democratic		LEAH ALDRIDGE Republican		CHARLIE FIVEASH Republican		MATT BENTLEY Republican		KATHY EICHENBLATT Republican		TAOS WYNN Democratic		LEO SMITH Republican		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Cobb	1,755	21.79%	3,494	43.37%	640	7.94%	481	5.97%	1,202	14.92%	123	1.53%	215	2.67%	146	1.81%	8,056	-21.59%
Fulton	4,113	25.77%	1,914	11.99%	3,791	23.75%	3,545	22.21%	1,493	9.35%	605	3.79%	347	2.17%	153	0.96%	15,961	13.78%
Total	5,868	24.43%	5,408	22.52%	4,431	18.45%	4,026	16.76%	2,695	11.22%	728	3.03%	562	2.34%	299	1.24%	24,017	1.91%

Cobb

Results by Voting Types in Cobb (Runoff)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
JAHA HOWARD	Democratic	10	347	2,664	2	3023
JEN JORDAN	Democratic	34	292	1,740	2	2068
Total		44	639	4,404	4	5091

Results by Voting Types in Cobb (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
JAHA HOWARD	Democratic	11	308	3,168	7	3494
JEN JORDAN	Democratic	30	211	1,510	4	1755
MATT BENTLEY	Republican	34	116	1,050	2	1202
LEAH ALDRIDGE	Republican	17	67	556	-	640
CHARLIE FIVEASH	Republican	15	44	421	1	481
TAOS WYNN	Democratic	-	19	194	2	215
LEO SMITH	Republican	4	12	130	-	146
KATHY EICHENBLATT	Republican	5	16	102	-	123
Total		116	793	7,131	16	8056

Fulton

Results by Voting Types in Fulton (Runoff)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
JEN JORDAN	Democratic	180	2,513	5,922	5	8620
JAHA HOWARD	Democratic	40	758	2,198	9	3005
Total		220	3,271	8,120	14	11625

Results by Voting Types in Fulton (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
JEN JORDAN	Democratic	164	1,135	2,811	3	4113
LEAH ALDRIDGE	Republican	93	1,128	2,566	4	3791
CHARLIE FIVEASH	Republican	52	975	2,515	3	3545
JAHA HOWARD	Democratic	40	455	1,416	3	1914
MATT BENTLEY	Republican	35	375	1,082	1	1493
KATHY EICHENBLATT	Republican	16	212	375	2	605
TAOS WYNN	Democratic	9	98	240	-	347
LEO SMITH	Republican	9	52	92	-	153
Total		418	4,430	11,097	16	15961

District 32

Kay Kirkpatrick of Republican received 56.98% of the votes, totaling 18,619 votes, to win the election, defeated Christine Triebsch of Democratic by a comfortable margin of 13.96%. The total votes casted was 32,676.

2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election in District 32
Runoff
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 18619, name: 'Kay Kirkpatrick'},{value: 14057, name: 'Christine Triebsch'}] }]}
Kay Kirkpatrick	Republican	18,619	56.98%
Christine Triebsch	Democratic	14,057	43.02%
Election Date: 2017-05-02, Valid Votes: 32,676, Margin: 13.96%
General
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Christine Triebsch	Nonpartisan	14,199	24.22%
Kay Kirkpatrick	Nonpartisan	12,369	21.09%
Royden "roy" Daniels	Nonpartisan	8,912	15.20%
Gus Makris	Nonpartisan	5,969	10.18%
Matt Campbell	Nonpartisan	5,858	9.99%
Bob Wiskind	Nonpartisan	5,097	8.69%
Exton Howard	Nonpartisan	4,063	6.93%
Hamilton Matthew Beck	Nonpartisan	2,168	3.70%
Election Date: 2017-04-18, Valid Votes: 58,635, Margin: 3.13%

2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election in District 32 (Runoff) - Results by County
County	KAY KIRKPATRICK Republican		CHRISTINE TRIEBSCH Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Cobb	17,588	58.21%	12,627	41.79%	30,215	16.42%
Fulton	1,031	41.89%	1,430	58.11%	2,461	-16.21%
Total	18,619	56.98%	14,057	43.02%	32,676	13.96%

2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election in District 32 (General) - Results by County
County	CHRISTINE TRIEBSCH Nonpartisan		KAY KIRKPATRICK Nonpartisan		ROYDEN "ROY" DANIELS Nonpartisan		GUS MAKRIS Nonpartisan		MATT CAMPBELL Nonpartisan		BOB WISKIND Nonpartisan		EXTON HOWARD Nonpartisan		HAMILTON MATTHEW BECK Nonpartisan		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Cobb	12,721	24.01%	11,601	21.90%	7,967	15.04%	5,572	10.52%	5,392	10.18%	4,171	7.87%	3,595	6.79%	1,965	3.71%	52,984	2.11%
Fulton	1,478	26.15%	768	13.59%	945	16.72%	397	7.03%	466	8.25%	926	16.39%	468	8.28%	203	3.59%	5,651	12.56%
Total	14,199	24.22%	12,369	21.09%	8,912	15.20%	5,969	10.18%	5,858	9.99%	5,097	8.69%	4,063	6.93%	2,168	3.70%	58,635	3.13%

Cobb

Results by Voting Types in Cobb (Runoff)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
KAY KIRKPATRICK	Republican	451	2,593	14,527	17	17588
CHRISTINE TRIEBSCH	Democratic	313	1,866	10,438	10	12627
Total		764	4,459	24,965	27	30215

Results by Voting Types in Cobb (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
CHRISTINE TRIEBSCH	Nonpartisan	852	3,617	8,228	24	12721
KAY KIRKPATRICK	Nonpartisan	273	1,788	9,527	13	11601
ROYDEN "ROY" DANIELS	Nonpartisan	176	1,125	6,659	7	7967
GUS MAKRIS	Nonpartisan	169	891	4,506	6	5572
MATT CAMPBELL	Nonpartisan	58	630	4,696	8	5392
BOB WISKIND	Nonpartisan	406	1,236	2,519	10	4171
EXTON HOWARD	Nonpartisan	219	768	2,598	10	3595
HAMILTON MATTHEW BECK	Nonpartisan	17	160	1,785	3	1965
Total		2,170	10,215	40,518	81	52984

Fulton

Results by Voting Types in Fulton (Runoff)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
CHRISTINE TRIEBSCH	Democratic	78	367	984	1	1430
KAY KIRKPATRICK	Republican	18	173	840	-	1031
Total		96	540	1,824	1	2461

Results by Voting Types in Fulton (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
CHRISTINE TRIEBSCH	Nonpartisan	69	623	781	5	1478
ROYDEN "ROY" DANIELS	Nonpartisan	9	197	739	-	945
BOB WISKIND	Nonpartisan	41	387	498	-	926
KAY KIRKPATRICK	Nonpartisan	8	146	614	-	768
EXTON HOWARD	Nonpartisan	20	157	289	2	468
MATT CAMPBELL	Nonpartisan	3	72	391	-	466
GUS MAKRIS	Nonpartisan	3	91	303	-	397
HAMILTON MATTHEW BECK	Nonpartisan	2	33	168	-	203
Total		155	1,706	3,783	7	5651

District 39

Nikema Williams of Democratic received 51.05% of the votes, totaling 11,522 votes, to win the election, defeated Linda Pritchett of Democratic by a narrow margin of 2.10%. The total votes casted was 22,569.

2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election in District 39
Runoff
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Nikema Williams	Democratic	11,522	51.05%
Linda Pritchett	Democratic	11,047	48.95%
Election Date: 2017-12-05, Valid Votes: 22,569, Margin: 2.10%
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#C7D332','red','#5CC93E','#9352A0'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 9208, name: 'Nikema Williams'},{value: 8337, name: 'Linda Pritchett'},{value: 3840, name: 'Nick Carlson'},{value: 2883, name: 'Marckeith Dejesus'},{value: 2178, name: 'Elijah Tutt'}] }]}
Nikema Williams	Democratic	9,208	34.82%
Linda Pritchett	Democratic	8,337	31.52%
Nick Carlson	Republican	3,840	14.52%
Marckeith Dejesus	Democratic	2,883	10.90%
Elijah Tutt	Democratic	2,178	8.24%
Election Date: 2017-11-07, Valid Votes: 26,446, Margin: 3.30%

2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election in District 39 (Runoff) - Results by County
County	NIKEMA WILLIAMS Democratic		LINDA PRITCHETT Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Fulton	11,522	51.05%	11,047	48.95%	22,569	2.10%
Total	11,522	51.05%	11,047	48.95%	22,569	2.10%

2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election in District 39 (General) - Results by County
County	NIKEMA WILLIAMS Democratic		LINDA PRITCHETT Democratic		NICK CARLSON Republican		MARCKEITH DEJESUS Democratic		ELIJAH TUTT Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Fulton	9,208	34.82%	8,337	31.52%	3,840	14.52%	2,883	10.90%	2,178	8.24%	26,446	3.29%
Total	9,208	34.82%	8,337	31.52%	3,840	14.52%	2,883	10.90%	2,178	8.24%	26,446	3.30%

Fulton

Results by Voting Types in Fulton (Runoff)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
NIKEMA WILLIAMS	Democratic	112	2,442	8,957	11	11522
LINDA PRITCHETT	Democratic	87	2,707	8,240	13	11047
Total		199	5,149	17,197	24	22569

Results by Voting Types in Fulton (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
NIKEMA WILLIAMS	Democratic	108	2,261	6,831	8	9208
LINDA PRITCHETT	Democratic	81	2,438	5,810	8	8337
NICK CARLSON	Republican	44	1,024	2,772	-	3840
MARCKEITH DEJESUS	Democratic	28	683	2,170	2	2883
ELIJAH TUTT	Democratic	23	590	1,564	1	2178
Total		284	6,996	19,147	19	26446

District 54

Chuck Payne of Republican received 65.41% of the votes, totaling 4,429 votes, to win the election, defeated Debby Peppers of Nonpartisan by a comfortable margin of 30.82%. The total votes casted was 6,771.

2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election in District 54
Runoff
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 4429, name: 'Chuck Payne'},{value: 2342, name: 'Debby Peppers'}] }]}
Chuck Payne	Republican	4,429	65.41%
Debby Peppers	Nonpartisan	2,342	34.59%
Election Date: 2017-01-10, Valid Votes: 6,771, Margin: 30.82%

2017 Georgia State Senate Special Election in District 54 (Runoff) - Results by County
County	CHUCK PAYNE Republican		DEBBY PEPPERS Nonpartisan		Valid Votes	Margin
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes	Margin
Gordon	309	71.20%	125	28.80%	434	42.40%
Murray	768	68.02%	361	31.98%	1,129	36.05%
Pickens	151	74.75%	51	25.25%	202	49.50%
Whitfield	3,201	63.94%	1,805	36.06%	5,006	27.89%
Total	4,429	65.41%	2,342	34.59%	6,771	30.82%

Gordon

Results by Voting Types in Gordon (Runoff)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
CHUCK PAYNE	Republican	10	56	243	-	309
DEBBY PEPPERS	Nonpartisan	5	35	85	-	125
Total		15	91	328	-	434

Murray

Results by Voting Types in Murray (Runoff)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
CHUCK PAYNE	Republican	4	181	583	-	768
DEBBY PEPPERS	Nonpartisan	14	116	231	-	361
Total		18	297	814	-	1129

Pickens

Results by Voting Types in Pickens (Runoff)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
CHUCK PAYNE	Republican	-	21	130	-	151
DEBBY PEPPERS	Nonpartisan	-	12	39	-	51
Total		-	33	169	-	202

Whitfield

Results by Voting Types in Whitfield (Runoff)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
CHUCK PAYNE	Republican	29	694	2,478	-	3201
DEBBY PEPPERS	Nonpartisan	57	523	1,225	-	1805
Total		86	1,217	3,703	-	5006

Results by Party

Elected Candidates

Results by Candidates

Results by Districts

District 6

Cobb

Fulton

District 32

Cobb

Fulton

District 39

Fulton

District 54

Gordon

Murray

Pickens

Whitfield

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