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Jason Carter, grandson of former Georgia Governor and President Jimmy Carter, former state senator, and nominee for governor of Georgia in 2014 (endorsed Tomlinson) [24] [25] [26] Stacey Evans , former state representative and candidate for governor of Georgia in 2018 ( running for state house ) [ 27 ]
On August 28, 2019, sitting Georgia senator Johnny Isakson announced that he would resign at the end of the year, citing health reasons. [29] On December 4, 2019, in accordance with Georgia law, Governor Kemp appointed Loeffler to fill Isakson's unexpired term until the next regularly scheduled statewide election in November 2020. [ 30 ]
Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, Georgia's senators were chosen by the Georgia General Assembly, and before 1935, their terms began March 4. Popular Senate elections remained despite the General Assembly not taking action to ratify the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that was passed in ...
Though Georgia is currently a purple state at the federal level (having voted very close to the nation as a whole in Donald Trump's 2024 win, with Georgia voting for Trump by 2.3% while having two Democratic Senators), it continues to maintain a slight to moderate red lean at the state level, with Republicans holding all state seats between 5-10% in the 2022 midterms despite the year overall ...
Jason Carter, nominee for Governor of Georgia in 2014, former state senator, and grandson of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter (endorsed Raphael Warnock) [24] Stacey Evans, candidate for Governor of Georgia in 2018 and former state representative (running for state house) [25] Jen Jordan, state senator [26] [27]
Doug Collins, former U.S. Representative for Georgia's 9th congressional district and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2020 [36] [37] Geoff Duncan, Lieutenant Governor of Georgia and former state representative [38] [39] Randy Evans, former U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg [38] [40] (endorsed Walker)
Doug Collins, former U.S. representative for Georgia's 9th congressional district (2013–2021) and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020 [21] [22] Herschel Walker , former American football player ( ran for U.S. Senate ) [ 23 ]
The 2016 United States Senate election in Georgia was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Georgia, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.