The 2018 Georgia State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Georgia voters elected state senators in all 56 of the state senate's districts. State senators serve two-year terms in the Georgia State Senate.
A primary election on May 22, 2018, determined which candidates appeared on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the Georgia Secretary of State's website. A statewide map of Georgia's state Senate districts can be obtained from the Georgia Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office here, and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Census here.
Following the 2016 state senate elections, Republicans maintained effective control of the Senate with 38 members. However, on December 5, 2017, Democrats flipped State Senate district 6 after Democrat Jen Jordan won a special election. This decreased Republican seats from 38 to 37 and increased Democratic seats from 18 to 19.
To reclaim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net nine Senate seats and win the concurrent lieutenant gubernatorial election, or net 10 seats without the lieutenant governor's office. Democrats flipped two seats—districts 40 and 48—from Republican control; however, Republicans retained control of the Georgia State Senate following the 2018 general election.
Results
Results State senate districtIncumbent PartyElected senator Party1st1st Ben Watson Rep Ben WatsonRepublican2nd2nd Lester G. Jackson Dem Lester G. JacksonDemocratic3rd3rd William T. Ligon Jr. Rep Willam T. Ligon Jr.Republican4th4th Jack Hill Rep Jack HillRepublican5th5th Curt Thompson Dem Sheikh RahmanDemocratic6th6th Jen Jordan Dem Jen JordanDemocratic7th7th Tyler Harper Rep Tyler HarperRepublican8th8th Ellis Black Rep Ellis BlackRepublican9th9th P.K. Martin IV Rep P.K. Martin IVRepublican10th10th Emanuel Jones Dem Emanuel JonesDemocratic11th11th Dean Burke Rep Dean BurkeRepublican12th12th Freddie Powell Sims Dem Freddie Powell SimsDemocratic13th13th Greg Kirk Rep Greg KirkRepublican14th14th Bruce Thompson Rep Bruce ThompsonRepublican15th15th Ed Harbison Dem Ed HarbisonDemocratic16th16th Marty Harbin Rep Marty HarbinRepublican17th17th Brian Strickland Rep Brian StricklandRepublican18th18th John F. Kennedy Rep John F. KennedyRepublican19th19th Blake Tillery Rep Blake TilleryRepublican20th20th Larry Walker III Rep Larry WalkerRepublican21st21st Brandon Beach Rep Brandon BeachRepublican22nd22nd Harold V. Jones II Dem Harold V. Jones IIDemocratic23rd23rd Jesse Stone Rep Jesse StoneRepublican24th24th Lee Anderson Rep Lee AndersonRepublican25th25th Burt Jones Rep Burt JonesRepublican26th26th David Lucas Dem David LucasDemocratic27th27th Michael Williams Rep Greg DolezalRepublican28th28th Matt Brass Rep Matt BrassRepublican29th29th Joshua McKoon Rep Randy RobertsonRepublican30th30th Mike Dugan Rep Mike DuganRepublican31st31st Bill Heath Rep Bill HeathRepublican32nd32nd Kay Kirkpatrick Rep Kay KirkpatrickRepublican33rd33rd Michael "Doc" Rhett Dem Doc RhettDemocratic34th34th Valencia Seay Dem Valencia SeayDemocratic35th35th Donzella James Dem Donzella JamesDemocratic36th36th Nan Orrock Dem Nan OrrockDemocratic37th37th Lindsey Tippins Rep Lindsey TippinsRepublican38th38th Horacena Tate Dem Horacena TateDemocratic39th39th Nikema Williams Dem Nikema WilliamsDemocratic40th40th Fran Millar Rep Sally Harrell Democratic41st41st Steve Henson Dem Steve HensonDemocratic42nd42nd Elena Parent Dem Elena ParentDemocratic43rd43rd Tonya Anderson Dem Tonya AndersonDemocratic44th44th Gail Davenport Dem Gail DavenportDemocratic45th45th Renee Unterman Rep Renee Unterman Republican46th46th Bill Cowsert Rep Bill Cowsert Republican47th47th Frank Ginn Rep Frank Ginn Republican48th48th David Shafer Rep Zahra Karinshak Democratic49th49th Butch Miller Rep Butch Miller Republican50th50th John Wilkinson Rep John Wilkinson Republican51st51st Steve Gooch Rep Steve Gooch Republican52nd52nd Chuck Hufstetler Rep Chuck Hufstetler Republican53rd53rd Jeff Mullis Rep Jeff Mullis Republican54th54th Chuck Payne Rep Chuck Payne Republican55th55th Gloria Butler Dem Gloria Butler Democratic56th56th John Albers Rep John Albers Republican
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Predictions SourceRankingAs of Governing | October 8, 2018
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See also United States elections, 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2018 Georgia elections, 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election, 2018 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018 Georgia Secretary of State election, 2018 Georgia House of Representatives election, 2018 Elections in Georgia (U.S. state) List of Georgia state legislatures
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