The 2018 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the lieutenant governor of Georgia , concurrently with the 2018 gubernatorial election , as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections .
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Then-incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Casey Cagle chose to not run for re-election in order to run for governor.[1]
Endorsements
Geoff Duncan
U.S. Senators
State Representatives
Individuals
Rick Jeffares
U.S. Representatives
State Senators
John Albers , state senator[7]
Brandon Beach , state senator[7]
Matt Brass, state senator[7]
Dean Burke , state senator[7]
Steve Gooch , state senator[7]
Tyler Harper, state senator[7]
Burt Jones , state senator[24]
John F. Kennedy , state senator[7]
Brian Strickland, state senator[7]
Blake Tillery, state senator[7]
Lindsey Tippins , state senator[7]
State Representatives
Dave Belton, state representative[7]
Shaw Blackmon, state representative[7]
Geoff Cauble, state representative[7]
John Corbett, state representative[7]
Robert Dickey, state representative[7]
Matt Hatchett , state representative[7]
David Knight, state representative[7]
Dominic LaRiccia, state representative[7]
Jodi Lott, state representative[7]
Karen Mathiak , state representative[7]
John Meadows III , state representative[7]
Chad Nimmer, state representative[7]
Jay Powell , state representative[7]
Trey Rhodes, state representative[7]
Dale Rutledge, state representative[7]
Jason Shaw, state representative[7]
Andy Welch, state representative[7]
Bill Werkheiser, state representative[7]
David Shafer
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Ben Blackburn , former United States Congressman , 4th district [29]
Mac Collins , former United States Congressman , 8th district [30]
Newt Gingrich , former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives , 6th district [31]
Barry Goldwater Jr. , former United States Congressman from California and son of former United States Senator Barry Goldwater [27]
John Linder , former United States Congressman , 7th district [32]
Fletcher Thompson , former United States Congressman , 5th district [29]
State Senators
Lee Anderson , state senator[30]
C. Ellis Black , state senator[30]
Mike Dugan, state senator[30]
Marty Harbin, state senator[30]
Chuck Hufstetler, state senator[30]
Greg Kirk , state senator[30]
Kay Kirkpatrick , state senator[30]
William Ligon, state senator[30]
P.K. Martin IV , state senator[30]
Fran Millar , state senator[30]
Butch Miller , state senator[15]
Jeff Mullis , state senator[33]
Chuck Payne, state senator[30]
Jesse Stone, state senator[30]
Bruce Thompson , state senator[30]
Larry Walker III, state senator[30]
Ben Watson, state senator[30]
John Wilkinson, state senator[30]
State Representatives
Mandi Ballinger, state representative[30]
Paul Battles, state representative[30]
Tommy Benton, state representative[30]
Beth Beskin, state representative[30]
Bruce Boatright, state representative[30]
Josh Bonner, state representative[30]
Johnnie Caldwell Jr. , state representative[30]
John Carson, state representative[30]
Joyce Chandler , state representative[30]
Sharon Cooper , state representative[30]
Clay Cox , state representative[30]
John Deffenbaugh , state representative[30]
Matt Dollar , state representative[30]
Matt Dubnik, state representative[30]
Emory Dunahoo , state representative[30]
Chuck Efstration , state representative[30]
Earl Ehrhart , state representative[30]
Bubber Epps , state representative[30]
Barry Fleming, state representative[30]
Rich Golick , state representative[30]
Micah Gravely, state representative[30]
Meagan Hanson , state representative[30]
Buddy Harden , state representative[30]
Brett Harrell , state representative[30]
Lee Hawkins , state representative[30]
Dewayne Hill , state representative[30]
Scott Hilton , state representative[30]
Bill Hitchens , state representative[30]
Don Hogan, state representative[30]
Susan Holmes , state representative[30]
Rick Jasperse, state representative[30]
Jeff Jones, state representative[30]
Tom Kirby , state representative[30]
Howard Maxwell, state representative[30]
Tom McCall , state representative[30]
Don Parsons , state representative[30]
Jesse Petrea, state representative[30]
Alan Powell, state representative[30]
Paulette Rakestraw, state representative[30]
Jason Ridley, state representative[30]
Danae Roberts, state representative[30]
Terry Rogers, state representative[30]
Ed Rynders, state representative[30]
Deborah Silcox, state representative[30]
Richard Smith, state representative[30]
Ron Stephens , state representative[30]
Jan Tankersley , state representative[30]
Steve Tarvin , state representative[30]
Tom Taylor, state representative[30]
Wendell Willard , state representative[30]
Statewide officials
Organizations
Polling
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Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
Geoff Duncan
Rick Jeffares
David Shafer
Undecided
University of Georgia
April 19–26, 2018
507
± 4.4%
12%
7%
14%
65%
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30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
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Runoff
Polling
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Date(s) administered
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Geoff Duncan
David Shafer
Undecided
Rosetta Stone
June 7, 2018
400
± 4.9%
19%
46%
35%
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Results
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Candidates
Declared
Sarah Riggs Amico, businesswoman[40]
Triana Arnold James, small businessowner, and veteran[41]
Endorsements
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Polling
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Sarah Amico
Triana James
Undecided
University of Georgia
April 12–18, 2018
473
± 4.5%
10%
20%
70%
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Results
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Geoff Duncan (R)
Sarah Riggs Amico (D)
Undecided
University of Georgia
September 30 – October 9, 2018
1,232
± 2.8%
45%
39%
15%
Landmark Communications
October 1, 2018
964
± 3.2%
48%
46%
6%
Gravis Marketing
July 27–29, 2018
650
± 3.8%
41%
43%
15%
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By congressional district
Duncan won 9 of 14 congressional districts.[53]
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There was a significant drop-off in votes between the election for governor , which counted 3,939,409 votes, to the lieutenant governor election, with 3,780,304 votes. The undervote, larger than that seen in other statewide races, was found by the Coalition for Good Governance to have occurred in predominantly African American neighborhoods, but only with touchscreen voting machines, not absentee ballots. The change in votes was statistically significant compared to the typical smaller undervote in white areas.[54] [55]
"NRA Endorses Cagle for Governor Shafer for Lt. Governor" . nrapvf.org . April 13, 2018. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2018 . ...the National Rifle Association's Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) proudly announces its endorsement of Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle for governor and Sen. David Shafer for lieutenant governor. Young, Neely (August 1, 2016). "Political Patter" . Georgia Trend . Archived from the original on November 19, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2016 .
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