2022 Georgia Attorney General election

The 2022 Georgia Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Georgia. Incumbent Republican attorney general Christopher M. Carr was appointed to the office on November 1, 2016, following the resignation of Sam Olens to become the president of Kennesaw State University.^[1] Carr ran for a second full term in office.^[2] Carr won re-election over state senator Jen Jordan by a margin of 5.3 points.

2022 Georgia Attorney General election

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Candidate Chris Carr Jen Jordan Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,032,500 1,826,437 Percentage 51.86% 46.60%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Carr:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Jordan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Attorney General before election Chris Carr Republican Elected Attorney General Chris Carr Republican

Republican primary

Incumbent Republican Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr faced criticism from former president Donald Trump and other Republican officials for his refusal to pursuit a lawsuit over the disputed results of the 2020 United States presidential election in Georgia.^[3] He was faced in the primary by businessman John Gordon, who Trump subsequently endorsed.

Candidates

Nominee

• Chris Carr, incumbent attorney general^[2]

Eliminated in primary

• John Gordon, businessman and lawyer^[4]

Endorsements

John Gordon

U.S. Executive Branch officials

• Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States (2017–2021)^[5]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Chris Carr	John Gordon	Undecided
Landmark Communications[6]	May 22, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	49%	24%	27%
ARW Strategies (R)[7]	April 30 – May 1, 2022	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	25%	9%	66%
Landmark Communications[8]	April 9–10, 2022	660 (LV)	± 3.8%	32%	17%	52%

Results

Results by county

  Carr

•   50–60%
    60–70%
    70–80%
    80–90%

Republican primary results^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Carr (incumbent)	834,383	73.75%
	Republican	John Gordon	297,037	26.25%
Total votes			1,131,420	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jen Jordan, state senator from the 6th district^[10]

Eliminated in primary

• Christian Wise Smith, lawyer^[11]

Withdrawn

• Charlie Bailey, former Fulton County senior assistant district attorney and nominee for Attorney General in 2018 (running for Lieutenant Governor)^[12][13]

Endorsements

Jen Jordan

Organizations

• EMILY's List^[14]
• End Citizens United^[15]
• Giffords^[16]
• NARAL Pro-Choice America^[17]

Results

Democratic primary results^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jen Jordan	533,266	77.60%
	Democratic	Christian Wise Smith	153,928	22.40%
Total votes			687,194	100.0%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

• Martin Cowen, former Clayton County probate judge^[18][19][20]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[21]	Lean R	November 3, 2022
Elections Daily[22]	Likely R	November 1, 2022

Post-primary endorsements

Jen Jordan (D)

U.S. Senators

• Jon Ossoff, U.S. Senator from Georgia (2021–)^[23]

Organizations

• Georgia Equality^[24]
• Human Rights Campaign^[25]

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Chris Carr (R)	Jen Jordan (D)	Other	Undecided
Landmark Communications[26]	November 4–7, 2022	1,214 (LV)	± 2.8%	47%	43%	6%[b]	4%
The Trafalgar Group (R)[27]	November 4–6, 2022	1,103 (LV)	± 2.9%	51%	42%	3%[c]	3%
The Trafalgar Group (R)[28]	October 8–11, 2022	1,084 (LV)	± 2.9%	46%	37%	4%[d]	13%
SurveyUSA[29]	September 30 – October 4, 2022	1,076 (LV)	± 3.7%	40%	36%	4%	20%
University of Georgia[30]	September 5–16, 2022	861 (LV)	± 3.3%	45%	35%	5%	16%
The Trafalgar Group (R)[31]	August 24–27, 2022	1,079 (LV)	± 2.9%	48%	40%	4%	8%
SurveyUSA[32]	July 21–24, 2022	604 (LV)	± 5.3%	38%	34%	4%	24%

Results

2022 Georgia Attorney General election^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Chris Carr (incumbent)	2,032,500	51.86%	+0.56%
	Democratic	Jen Jordan	1,826,437	46.60%	−2.10%
	Libertarian	Martin Cowen	60,107	1.53%	N/A
Total votes			3,919,044	100.0%
	Republican hold

By congressional district

Carr won 9 of 14 congressional districts.^[34]

District	Carr	Jordan	Representative
1st	59%	40%	Buddy Carter
2nd	47%	52%	Sanford Bishop
3rd	67%	32%	Drew Ferguson
4th	22%	77%	Hank Johnson
5th	18%	81%	Nikema Williams
6th	61%	37%	Lucy McBath (117th Congress)
			Rich McCormick (118th Congress)
7th	39%	59%	Carolyn Bourdeaux (117th Congress)
			Lucy McBath (118th Congress)
8th	67%	32%	Austin Scott
9th	72%	27%	Andrew Clyde
10th	63%	35%	Jody Hice (117th Congress)
			Mike Collins (118th Congress)
11th	60%	38%	Barry Loudermilk
12th	58%	41%	Rick Allen
13th	19%	80%	David Scott
14th	70%	29%	Marjorie Taylor Greene

See also

• 2022 Georgia state elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. Cowen with 6%
3. Cowen with 3%
4. Cowen with 4%