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The 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Georgia. Incumbent Republican Governor Brian Kemp won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams in a rematch. Abrams conceded on election night. [1] The primary occurred on May 24, 2022. [2]
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 ...
On December 1, 2021, Abrams announced she would run again for governor of Georgia. [100] She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on May 24, 2022, and faced Georgia governor Brian Kemp in the November 8 general election. [101] Abrams and Kemp had their first of two scheduled debates on October 17.
Georgia's 2022 election field began firming up on Monday, as the Democratic incumbent and Republican frontrunner in the state's high-profile U.S. Senate race officially qualified to run for office.
Abrams lost a bid to Republican Brian Kemp in 2018 and rebuked what she said was a "rotten and rigged" election process.
On May 24, Republican incumbent Brian Kemp will face off against challengers for the GOP gubernatorial nod to face Stacey Abrams in the fall
Stacey Abrams, former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives and Democratic nominee for governor in 2018, ran unchallenged for the Democratic nomination. [ 9 ] Kemp easily won reelection, receiving 53.4% to Abrams’ 45.9% (7.5%).
Georgia's massive increase in Democratic vote came from population growth, automatic voter registration — and Stacey Abrams’s organizing work over the past decade.