Elections / 2018 · Governor · GA
Georgia — 2018 governor election
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Akashicstate2018 gubernatorial electionGeorgia · GovernorKempR+1.4
How it voted
Share of the 2018 vote
| Brian Kemp ✓Republican | 50.2% | 1,978,408 |
|---|---|---|
| Stacey AbramsDemocrat | 48.8% | 1,923,685 |
| Ted MetzLibertarian | 0.9% | 37,235 |
2018gubernatorial margin
D+60R+60
159 counties, each filled by 2018 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (159 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Appling, GA | Republican | R+59.8 |
| Atkinson, GA | Republican | R+49.1 |
| Bacon, GA | Republican | R+73.9 |
| Baker, GA | Republican | R+16.9 |
| Baldwin, GA | Democratic | D+0.4 |
| Banks, GA | Republican | R+80.3 |
| Barrow, GA | Republican | R+48.4 |
| Bartow, GA | Republican | R+53.3 |
| Ben Hill, GA | Republican | R+28.1 |
| Berrien, GA | Republican | R+70.6 |
| Bibb, GA | Democratic | D+22.8 |
| Bleckley, GA | Republican | R+57.9 |
| Brantley, GA | Republican | R+83.2 |
| Brooks, GA | Republican | R+23.1 |
| Bryan, GA | Republican | R+41.3 |
| Bulloch, GA | Republican | R+26.3 |
| Burke, GA | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Butts, GA | Republican | R+44.1 |
| Calhoun, GA | Democratic | D+14.4 |
| Camden, GA | Republican | R+31.7 |
| Candler, GA | Republican | R+45.1 |
| Carroll, GA | Republican | R+40.7 |
| Catoosa, GA | Republican | R+60.2 |
| Charlton, GA | Republican | R+50.7 |
| Chatham, GA | Democratic | D+19.0 |
| Chattahoochee, GA | Republican | R+9.9 |
| Chattooga, GA | Republican | R+60.4 |
| Cherokee, GA | Republican | R+45.7 |
| Clarke, GA | Democratic | D+41.7 |
| Clay, GA | Democratic | D+8.9 |
| Clayton, GA | Democratic | D+76.0 |
| Clinch, GA | Republican | R+52.4 |
| Cobb, GA | Democratic | D+9.6 |
| Coffee, GA | Republican | R+42.0 |
| Colquitt, GA | Republican | R+52.3 |
| Columbia, GA | Republican | R+33.9 |
| Cook, GA | Republican | R+42.2 |
| Coweta, GA | Republican | R+40.6 |
| Crawford, GA | Republican | R+46.5 |
| Crisp, GA | Republican | R+26.5 |
| Dade, GA | Republican | R+66.3 |
| Dawson, GA | Republican | R+72.8 |
| Decatur, GA | Republican | R+20.5 |
| Dekalb, GA | Democratic | D+67.8 |
| Dodge, GA | Republican | R+48.2 |
| Dooly, GA | Republican | R+5.8 |
| Dougherty, GA | Democratic | D+40.3 |
| Douglas, GA | Democratic | D+20.5 |
| Early, GA | Republican | R+10.8 |
| Echols, GA | Republican | R+77.2 |
| Effingham, GA | Republican | R+54.9 |
| Elbert, GA | Republican | R+40.0 |
| Emanuel, GA | Republican | R+40.5 |
| Evans, GA | Republican | R+39.2 |
| Fannin, GA | Republican | R+66.8 |
| Fayette, GA | Republican | R+13.3 |
| Floyd, GA | Republican | R+43.3 |
| Forsyth, GA | Republican | R+42.6 |
| Franklin, GA | Republican | R+73.8 |
| Fulton, GA | Democratic | D+45.7 |
| Gilmer, GA | Republican | R+68.4 |
| Glascock, GA | Republican | R+83.2 |
| Glynn, GA | Republican | R+27.9 |
| Gordon, GA | Republican | R+64.8 |
| Grady, GA | Republican | R+35.0 |
| Greene, GA | Republican | R+30.7 |
| Gwinnett, GA | Democratic | D+14.3 |
| Habersham, GA | Republican | R+67.9 |
| Hall, GA | Republican | R+47.9 |
| Hancock, GA | Democratic | D+50.6 |
| Haralson, GA | Republican | R+76.1 |
| Harris, GA | Republican | R+48.9 |
| Hart, GA | Republican | R+54.0 |
| Heard, GA | Republican | R+67.1 |
| Henry, GA | Democratic | D+15.3 |
| Houston, GA | Republican | R+16.8 |
| Irwin, GA | Republican | R+51.9 |
| Jackson, GA | Republican | R+64.2 |
| Jasper, GA | Republican | R+49.6 |
| Jeff Davis, GA | Republican | R+65.7 |
| Jefferson, GA | Democratic | D+5.7 |
| Jenkins, GA | Republican | R+29.7 |
| Johnson, GA | Republican | R+45.2 |
| Jones, GA | Republican | R+36.2 |
| Lamar, GA | Republican | R+39.6 |
| Lanier, GA | Republican | R+42.8 |
| Laurens, GA | Republican | R+32.2 |
| Lee, GA | Republican | R+49.9 |
| Liberty, GA | Democratic | D+26.9 |
| Lincoln, GA | Republican | R+39.5 |
| Long, GA | Republican | R+30.5 |
| Lowndes, GA | Republican | R+15.3 |
| Lumpkin, GA | Republican | R+59.9 |
| Macon, GA | Democratic | D+26.0 |
| Madison, GA | Republican | R+57.8 |
| Marion, GA | Republican | R+28.5 |
| McDuffie, GA | Republican | R+21.6 |
| McIntosh, GA | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Meriwether, GA | Republican | R+18.4 |
| Miller, GA | Republican | R+56.2 |
| Mitchell, GA | Republican | R+12.6 |
| Monroe, GA | Republican | R+44.8 |
| Montgomery, GA | Republican | R+52.9 |
| Morgan, GA | Republican | R+43.2 |
| Murray, GA | Republican | R+72.3 |
| Muscogee, GA | Democratic | D+22.3 |
| Newton, GA | Democratic | D+9.2 |
| Oconee, GA | Republican | R+40.8 |
| Oglethorpe, GA | Republican | R+42.0 |
| Paulding, GA | Republican | R+34.0 |
| Peach, GA | Republican | R+4.5 |
| Pickens, GA | Republican | R+70.6 |
| Pierce, GA | Republican | R+78.2 |
| Pike, GA | Republican | R+72.1 |
| Polk, GA | Republican | R+59.0 |
| Pulaski, GA | Republican | R+40.0 |
| Putnam, GA | Republican | R+44.2 |
| Quitman, GA | Republican | R+11.9 |
| Rabun, GA | Republican | R+61.2 |
| Randolph, GA | Democratic | D+9.4 |
| Richmond, GA | Democratic | D+36.3 |
| Rockdale, GA | Democratic | D+35.5 |
| Schley, GA | Republican | R+62.7 |
| Screven, GA | Republican | R+21.0 |
| Seminole, GA | Republican | R+33.7 |
| Spalding, GA | Republican | R+23.3 |
| Stephens, GA | Republican | R+62.0 |
| Stewart, GA | Democratic | D+16.1 |
| Sumter, GA | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Talbot, GA | Democratic | D+20.2 |
| Taliaferro, GA | Democratic | D+23.7 |
| Tattnall, GA | Republican | R+53.2 |
| Taylor, GA | Republican | R+26.2 |
| Telfair, GA | Republican | R+34.0 |
| Terrell, GA | Democratic | D+8.3 |
| Thomas, GA | Republican | R+22.9 |
| Tift, GA | Republican | R+39.9 |
| Toombs, GA | Republican | R+49.9 |
| Towns, GA | Republican | R+64.3 |
| Treutlen, GA | Republican | R+38.0 |
| Troup, GA | Republican | R+22.2 |
| Turner, GA | Republican | R+26.3 |
| Twiggs, GA | Republican | R+5.9 |
| Union, GA | Republican | R+67.8 |
| Upson, GA | Republican | R+34.3 |
| Walker, GA | Republican | R+63.1 |
| Walton, GA | Republican | R+54.4 |
| Ware, GA | Republican | R+43.8 |
| Warren, GA | Democratic | D+6.5 |
| Washington, GA | Republican | R+1.4 |
| Wayne, GA | Republican | R+61.0 |
| Webster, GA | Republican | R+19.9 |
| Wheeler, GA | Republican | R+42.3 |
| White, GA | Republican | R+70.1 |
| Whitfield, GA | Republican | R+45.5 |
| Wilcox, GA | Republican | R+46.9 |
| Wilkes, GA | Republican | R+18.4 |
| Wilkinson, GA | Republican | R+11.6 |
| Worth, GA | Republican | R+51.2 |
presidential baselinePresident 2016R+5.1Governor 2018R+1.4vs. baselineD+3.7
Georgia's 2018 governor race ran 3.7 points more Democratic than its 2016 presidential margin.
By county — 159 counties
| County | Won | Led by | Margin | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton | D | Stacey Abrams | +45.7 | 423,788 |
| Gwinnett | D | Stacey Abrams | +14.3 | 314,918 |
| Dekalb | D | Stacey Abrams | +67.8 | 312,741 |
| Cobb | D | Stacey Abrams | +9.6 | 311,814 |
| Cherokee | R | Brian Kemp | +45.7 | 106,411 |
| Chatham | D | Stacey Abrams | +19.0 | 103,543 |
| Henry | D | Stacey Abrams | +15.3 | 98,558 |
| Forsyth | R | Brian Kemp | +42.6 | 93,298 |
| Clayton | D | Stacey Abrams | +76.0 | 92,212 |
| Richmond | D | Stacey Abrams | +36.3 | 70,155 |
| Hall | R | Brian Kemp | +47.9 | 67,406 |
| Muscogee | D | Stacey Abrams | +22.3 | 63,272 |
| Columbia | R | Brian Kemp | +34.0 | 61,634 |
| Paulding | R | Brian Kemp | +34.0 | 61,305 |
| Bibb | D | Stacey Abrams | +22.8 | 60,692 |
| Houston | R | Brian Kemp | +16.8 | 59,232 |
| Coweta | R | Brian Kemp | +40.6 | 58,071 |
| Fayette | R | Brian Kemp | +13.3 | 57,998 |
| Douglas | D | Stacey Abrams | +20.5 | 55,255 |
| Clarke | D | Stacey Abrams | +41.7 | 43,302 |
| Newton | D | Stacey Abrams | +9.2 | 43,141 |
| Carroll | R | Brian Kemp | +40.7 | 41,843 |
| Walton | R | Brian Kemp | +54.4 | 38,686 |
| Bartow | R | Brian Kemp | +53.3 | 37,359 |
| Rockdale | D | Stacey Abrams | +35.5 | 36,655 |
| Lowndes | R | Brian Kemp | +15.3 | 35,753 |
| Glynn | R | Brian Kemp | +27.9 | 32,648 |
| Dougherty | D | Stacey Abrams | +40.3 | 31,425 |
| Floyd | R | Brian Kemp | +43.3 | 30,338 |
| Barrow | R | Brian Kemp | +48.4 | 27,405 |
| Whitfield | R | Brian Kemp | +45.5 | 27,327 |
| Jackson | R | Brian Kemp | +64.2 | 26,899 |
| Spalding | R | Brian Kemp | +23.3 | 24,417 |
| Troup | R | Brian Kemp | +22.2 | 23,913 |
| Catoosa | R | Brian Kemp | +60.2 | 23,758 |
| Bulloch | R | Brian Kemp | +26.3 | 23,683 |
| Effingham | R | Brian Kemp | +54.9 | 23,371 |
| Walker | R | Brian Kemp | +63.1 | 21,490 |
| Oconee | R | Brian Kemp | +40.8 | 20,744 |
| Laurens | R | Brian Kemp | +32.2 | 18,952 |
| Gordon | R | Brian Kemp | +64.8 | 17,804 |
| Thomas | R | Brian Kemp | +22.9 | 17,244 |
| Camden | R | Brian Kemp | +31.7 | 17,061 |
| Harris | R | Brian Kemp | +48.9 | 15,986 |
| Baldwin | D | Stacey Abrams | +0.4 | 15,636 |
| Habersham | R | Brian Kemp | +67.9 | 15,500 |
| Liberty | D | Stacey Abrams | +26.9 | 15,368 |
| Bryan | R | Brian Kemp | +41.3 | 14,985 |
| Tift | R | Brian Kemp | +39.9 | 13,673 |
| Lee | R | Brian Kemp | +49.9 | 13,555 |
| Pickens | R | Brian Kemp | +70.6 | 13,362 |
| Colquitt | R | Brian Kemp | +52.3 | 12,963 |
| Monroe | R | Brian Kemp | +44.8 | 12,938 |
| Polk | R | Brian Kemp | +59.0 | 12,861 |
| Coffee | R | Brian Kemp | +42.0 | 12,615 |
| Gilmer | R | Brian Kemp | +68.4 | 12,510 |
| Jones | R | Brian Kemp | +36.2 | 12,441 |
| Union | R | Brian Kemp | +67.8 | 11,865 |
| Madison | R | Brian Kemp | +57.8 | 11,699 |
| Dawson | R | Brian Kemp | +72.8 | 11,581 |
| Lumpkin | R | Brian Kemp | +60.0 | 11,558 |
| White | R | Brian Kemp | +70.1 | 11,439 |
| Fannin | R | Brian Kemp | +66.8 | 11,218 |
| Murray | R | Brian Kemp | +72.3 | 11,091 |
| Ware | R | Brian Kemp | +43.8 | 11,016 |
| Haralson | R | Brian Kemp | +76.1 | 10,585 |
| Upson | R | Brian Kemp | +34.3 | 10,568 |
| Sumter | D | Stacey Abrams | +2.0 | 10,556 |
| Peach | R | Brian Kemp | +4.5 | 10,445 |
| Wayne | R | Brian Kemp | +61.0 | 10,131 |
| Hart | R | Brian Kemp | +54.0 | 9,622 |
| Morgan | R | Brian Kemp | +43.2 | 9,558 |
| Putnam | R | Brian Kemp | +44.2 | 9,335 |
| Decatur | R | Brian Kemp | +20.5 | 9,146 |
| Stephens | R | Brian Kemp | +62.0 | 9,087 |
| Greene | R | Brian Kemp | +30.7 | 8,995 |
| Butts | R | Brian Kemp | +44.1 | 8,863 |
| Toombs | R | Brian Kemp | +49.9 | 8,860 |
| McDuffie | R | Brian Kemp | +21.6 | 8,792 |
| Burke | R | Brian Kemp | +1.6 | 8,721 |
| Meriwether | R | Brian Kemp | +18.4 | 8,650 |
| Pike | R | Brian Kemp | +72.1 | 8,543 |
| Grady | R | Brian Kemp | +35.0 | 8,370 |
| Washington | R | Brian Kemp | +1.4 | 8,169 |
| Franklin | R | Brian Kemp | +73.8 | 8,148 |
| Worth | R | Brian Kemp | +51.2 | 7,846 |
| Emanuel | R | Brian Kemp | +40.5 | 7,716 |
| Rabun | R | Brian Kemp | +61.2 | 7,578 |
| Mitchell | R | Brian Kemp | +12.6 | 7,455 |
| Chattooga | R | Brian Kemp | +60.4 | 7,434 |
| Elbert | R | Brian Kemp | +40.0 | 7,388 |
| Lamar | R | Brian Kemp | +39.6 | 7,357 |
| Dodge | R | Brian Kemp | +48.2 | 7,061 |
| Crisp | R | Brian Kemp | +26.5 | 7,050 |
| Pierce | R | Brian Kemp | +78.2 | 6,884 |
| Banks | R | Brian Kemp | +80.3 | 6,852 |
| Appling | R | Brian Kemp | +59.8 | 6,809 |
| Jefferson | D | Stacey Abrams | +5.7 | 6,767 |
| Tattnall | R | Brian Kemp | +53.2 | 6,647 |
| Oglethorpe | R | Brian Kemp | +42.0 | 6,485 |
| Berrien | R | Brian Kemp | +70.6 | 6,252 |
| Towns | R | Brian Kemp | +64.3 | 6,132 |
| Jasper | R | Brian Kemp | +49.5 | 5,945 |
| Cook | R | Brian Kemp | +42.2 | 5,803 |
| Brooks | R | Brian Kemp | +23.1 | 5,722 |
| Brantley | R | Brian Kemp | +83.2 | 5,694 |
| Ben Hill | R | Brian Kemp | +28.1 | 5,547 |
| Dade | R | Brian Kemp | +66.3 | 5,462 |
| Screven | R | Brian Kemp | +21.0 | 5,414 |
| McIntosh | R | Brian Kemp | +19.6 | 5,408 |
| Crawford | R | Brian Kemp | +46.5 | 4,934 |
| Bleckley | R | Brian Kemp | +57.9 | 4,860 |
| Jeff Davis | R | Brian Kemp | +65.7 | 4,815 |
| Wilkes | R | Brian Kemp | +18.4 | 4,377 |
| Wilkinson | R | Brian Kemp | +11.6 | 4,265 |
| Macon | D | Stacey Abrams | +26.0 | 4,217 |
| Early | R | Brian Kemp | +10.8 | 4,135 |
| Heard | R | Brian Kemp | +67.1 | 4,055 |
| Long | R | Brian Kemp | +30.5 | 3,998 |
| Lincoln | R | Brian Kemp | +39.5 | 3,969 |
| Terrell | D | Stacey Abrams | +8.3 | 3,939 |
| Bacon | R | Brian Kemp | +73.9 | 3,830 |
| Dooly | R | Brian Kemp | +5.8 | 3,795 |
| Twiggs | R | Brian Kemp | +5.9 | 3,792 |
| Telfair | R | Brian Kemp | +34.0 | 3,632 |
| Pulaski | R | Brian Kemp | +40.0 | 3,622 |
| Irwin | R | Brian Kemp | +51.9 | 3,562 |
| Hancock | D | Stacey Abrams | +50.6 | 3,548 |
| Candler | R | Brian Kemp | +45.1 | 3,539 |
| Montgomery | R | Brian Kemp | +52.9 | 3,528 |
| Johnson | R | Brian Kemp | +45.3 | 3,483 |
| Evans | R | Brian Kemp | +39.2 | 3,447 |
| Charlton | R | Brian Kemp | +50.7 | 3,375 |
| Taylor | R | Brian Kemp | +26.2 | 3,294 |
| Turner | R | Brian Kemp | +26.3 | 3,274 |
| Seminole | R | Brian Kemp | +33.7 | 3,227 |
| Talbot | D | Stacey Abrams | +20.2 | 2,954 |
| Marion | R | Brian Kemp | +28.5 | 2,931 |
| Jenkins | R | Brian Kemp | +29.7 | 2,872 |
| Wilcox | R | Brian Kemp | +46.9 | 2,815 |
| Randolph | D | Stacey Abrams | +9.4 | 2,789 |
| Lanier | R | Brian Kemp | +42.8 | 2,681 |
| Treutlen | R | Brian Kemp | +38.0 | 2,614 |
| Atkinson | R | Brian Kemp | +49.1 | 2,522 |
| Miller | R | Brian Kemp | +56.2 | 2,315 |
| Warren | D | Stacey Abrams | +6.5 | 2,261 |
| Clinch | R | Brian Kemp | +52.4 | 2,258 |
| Schley | R | Brian Kemp | +62.7 | 1,933 |
| Wheeler | R | Brian Kemp | +42.3 | 1,931 |
| Calhoun | D | Stacey Abrams | +14.4 | 1,899 |
| Stewart | D | Stacey Abrams | +16.1 | 1,819 |
| Glascock | R | Brian Kemp | +83.2 | 1,301 |
| Baker | R | Brian Kemp | +16.9 | 1,293 |
| Clay | D | Stacey Abrams | +8.9 | 1,186 |
| Echols | R | Brian Kemp | +77.2 | 1,143 |
| Chattahoochee | R | Brian Kemp | +9.9 | 1,105 |
| Webster | R | Brian Kemp | +19.9 | 1,100 |
| Quitman | R | Brian Kemp | +11.9 | 940 |
| Taliaferro | D | Stacey Abrams | +23.7 | 921 |
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Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2018 gubernatorial returns · precinct returns aggregated to county. Real returns — nothing estimated.