2020 Senate elections · Georgia history
Georgia U.S. Senate election 2020 (special)
Raphael Warnock DEM +2.1 gain · Class III seat · held 1/5/21
- Votes counted
- 4,484,954
- Margin
- 2.1 pts
- Seat held by
- Republicanchanged party
- President in GA
- D+0.2same year
Top-two primary 11/3/20
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raphael Warnock Won | DEM | 1,617,035 | 32.90% | |
| Kelly Loeffler | REP | 1,273,214 | 25.91% | |
| Doug Collins | REP | 980,454 | 19.95% | |
| Deborah A. Jackson | DEM | 324,118 | 6.60% | |
| Matt Lieberman | DEM | 136,021 | 2.77% | |
| Tamara Y. Johnson-Shealey | DEM | 106,767 | 2.17% | |
| Jamesia James | DEM | 94,406 | 1.92% | |
| Derrick E. Grayson | REP | 51,592 | 1.05% | |
| Joy Felicia Slade | DEM | 44,945 | 0.92% | |
| Annette L. Davis Jackson | REP | 44,335 | 0.90% | |
| Kandiss Taylor | REP | 40,349 | 0.82% | |
| A. Wayne Johnson | REP | 36,176 | 0.74% | |
| Brian Richard Slowinski | LIB | 35,431 | 0.72% | |
| Richard Dien Winfield | DEM | 28,687 | 0.58% | |
| Ed Tarver | DEM | 26,333 | 0.54% | |
| Allen Buckley | IND | 17,954 | 0.37% | |
| John Fortuin | GRE | 15,293 | 0.31% | |
| Al Bartell | IND | 14,640 | 0.30% | |
| Valencia Stovall | IND | 13,318 | 0.27% | |
| Michael Todd Greene | IND | 13,293 | 0.27% | |
| Rod Mack | W | 7 | 0.00% | |
| Total | 4,914,368 | |||
Official source: web.264614
Runoff 1/5/21
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raphael Warnock Won | DEM | 2,289,113 | 51.04% | |
| Kelly Loeffler | REP | 2,195,841 | 48.96% | |
| Total | 4,484,954 | |||
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 (special election)?
Raphael Warnock (DEM) won with 51.0% of the vote, ahead of Kelly Loeffler (49.0%), a margin of 2.1 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?
4,484,954 votes were counted for the candidates in the runoff.
Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.