2020 Senate elections · Georgia history
Georgia U.S. Senate election 2020
Jon Ossoff DEM +1.2 gain · Class II seat · held 1/5/21
- Votes counted
- 4,484,902
- Margin
- 1.2 pts
- Seat held by
- Republicanchanged party
- President in GA
- D+0.2same year
General election 11/3/20
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David A. Perdue Won | REP | 2,462,617 | 49.73% | |
| Jon Ossoff | DEM | 2,374,519 | 47.95% | |
| Shane Hazel | LIB | 115,039 | 2.32% | |
| Total | 4,952,175 | |||
Official source: web.264614
Runoff 1/5/21
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Ossoff Won | DEM | 2,269,923 | 50.61% | |
| David A. Perdue | REP | 2,214,979 | 49.39% | |
| Total | 4,484,902 | |||
Official source: web.264614
Other Georgia Senate races
| Year | Seat | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Class III | Raphael Warnock | 2.8 |
| 2020 | Class II | Jon Ossoff | 1.2 |
| 2020 special | Class III | Raphael Warnock | 2.1 |
| 2016 | Class III | Johnny Isakson | 13.8 |
| 2014 | Class II | David A. Perdue | 7.7 |
| 2010 | Class III | Johnny Isakson | 19.3 |
| 2008 | Class II | Saxby Chambliss | 14.9 |
| 2004 | Class III | Johnny Isakson | 17.9 |
| 2002 | Class II | Saxby Chambliss | 6.8 |
| 2000 special | Class III | Zell Bryan Miller | 20.4 |
| 1998 | Class III | Paul Coverdell | 7.2 |
| 1996 | Class II | Max Cleland | 1.3 |
Questions and answers
Who won the 2020 Georgia Senate race?
Jon Ossoff (DEM) won with 50.6% of the vote, ahead of David A. Perdue (49.4%), a margin of 1.2 points.
Did the Georgia Senate seat change party in 2020?
Yes. It moved from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party.
How many votes were cast in the 2020 Georgia Senate race?
4,484,902 votes were counted for the candidates in the runoff.
Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.