2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia

Not to be confused with 2020 Georgia State Senate election.

For the other Senate election in Georgia held in parallel, see 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia.

The 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 3, 2020, and on January 5, 2021 (as a runoff), to elect the Class II member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Georgia. Democrat Jon Ossoff narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator David Perdue in the runoff election, despite Perdue receiving more votes in the first round. The general election was held concurrently with the 2020 presidential election, as well as with other elections to the Senate, elections to the U.S. House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia

← 2014 November 3, 2020 (first round) January 5, 2021 (runoff) 2026 →
Turnout	65.4% (first round) 61.5% (runoff)
Candidate Jon Ossoff David Perdue Party Democratic Republican First round 2,374,519 47.95% 2,462,617 49.73% Runoff 2,269,923 50.61% 2,214,979 49.39%
First round county results First round congressional district results First round precinct results Runoff county results Runoff congressional district results Runoff precinct results Ossoff:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Perdue:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      50%      No data
U.S. senator before election David Perdue Republican Elected U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff Democratic

No candidate received a majority of the vote during the general election on November 3, so the top two finishers—Perdue (49.7%) and Ossoff (47.9%)—advanced to a runoff election, held on January 5, 2021. The runoff was held concurrently with the special election for Georgia's other U.S. Senate seat (which had also advanced to a runoff), in which Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler lost to Democratic nominee Raphael Warnock. After the general round of elections, Republicans held 50 Senate seats and the Democratic caucus 48 (including two independents who caucus with them). As a result, the two runoffs decided control of the Senate under the incoming Biden administration. By winning both seats, Democrats took control of the chamber, with Vice President Kamala Harris's tie-breaking vote giving them an effective majority. The extraordinarily high political stakes caused the races to attract significant attention nationwide and globally. On January 6, 2021, most major news outlets projected Ossoff the winner, in the midst of the US Capitol riot.^[1][2] Perdue conceded the race on January 8.^[3][4] According to OpenSecrets, this campaign was the most expensive in U.S. Senate history, with over $468 million spent.^[5] Ossoff's victory, along with Warnock's, gave the Democrats control of the Senate for the first time since 2015. Ossoff and Warnock became the first Democrats to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Georgia since Zell Miller in a 2000 special election.

Ossoff became the first Democrat elected to a full term in the Senate from Georgia since Max Cleland, who held this seat from 1997 to 2003, and the first Jewish member of the Senate from the state.^[6] Ossoff became the youngest senator since Don Nickles won in 1980, and the youngest Democrat since Joe Biden won in 1972. Georgia election officials certified Ossoff's victory on January 19, 2021; he was sworn in on January 20.^[7] Ossoff is the first Jewish senator from the Deep South since Benjamin F. Jonas of Louisiana, who was elected in 1878, and the first millennial United States senator. The two elections mark the first time since the 1994 United States Senate election in Tennessee and the concurrent special election that both Senate seats in a state have flipped from one party to the other in a single election cycle. This was also the first time the Democrats achieved this since West Virginia's 1958 Senate elections. With a margin of 1.2%, this election was also the closest race of the 2020 Senate election cycle.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• David Perdue, incumbent U.S. senator^[8]

Withdrawn

• James Jackson^[9][10]
• Michael Jowers, veteran^[9][10]
• Ervan Katari Miller, perennial candidate^[9][10]

Declined

• Derrick Grayson, activist and U.S. Senate candidate in 2014 and 2016.^[11] (ran in the special election).^[12]

Results

Republican primary results, June 9, 2020^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Perdue (incumbent)	992,555	100.00%
Total votes			992,555	100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jon Ossoff, investigative journalist, media executive, nominee for Georgia's 6th congressional district in 2017^[14]

Eliminated in primary

• Teresa Tomlinson, former mayor of Columbus^[15][16]
• Sarah Riggs Amico, nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia in 2018^[17]
• Marckeith DeJesus, candidate for Georgia State Senate in 2017 and candidate for Georgia House of Representatives in 2016^[18]
• Maya Dillard-Smith, former two-term Senate Appointee Judge over judicial performance and Rules Committee Chair^[19]
• James Knox, retired U.S. Air Force officer^[20]
• Tricia Carpenter McCracken, journalist and nominee for Georgia's 12th congressional district in 2016^[20]

Withdrew

• Akhenaten Amun, high school teacher^[9][10]
• Harold Shouse^[9][10]
• Ted Terry, mayor of Clarkston^[21] (endorsed Ossoff)
• Elaine Whigham Williams, pastor and candidate for president in 2016^[9][10]

Declined

• Stacey Abrams, nominee for governor of Georgia in 2018 and former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives^[22][23] (endorsed Ossoff)
• Jason Carter, grandson of former Georgia Governor and President Jimmy Carter, former state senator, and nominee for governor of Georgia in 2014 (endorsed Tomlinson)^[24][25][26]
• Stacey Evans, former state representative and candidate for governor of Georgia in 2018 (running for state house)^[27]
• Scott Holcomb, state representative^[8]
• Jen Jordan, state senator^[28]
• Michelle Nunn, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2014^[24][29]
• Kasim Reed, former mayor of Atlanta^[30][31]
• Doug Teper, former state representative^[24]
• Sally Yates, former United States Deputy Attorney General^[32]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Sarah Riggs Amico	Jon Ossoff	Teresa Tomlinson	Other	Undecided
Landmark Communications[33]	June 1, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	9%	42%	14%	7%[a]	28%
Cygnal (R)[34]	May 28–30, 2020	510 (LV)	± 4.3%	8%	49%	16%	4%[b]	24%
The Progress Campaign (D)[35]	May 6–15, 2020	1,162 (LV)	–	9%	46%	29%	–	16%[c]
The Progress Campaign (D)[36]	March 12–21, 2020	913 (RV)	± 4.6%	18%	34%	21%	27%[d]	–
University of Georgia[37]	March 4–14, 2020	807 (LV)	± 3.4%	15%	31%	16%	–	39%

Head-to-head polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jon Ossoff	Teresa Tomlinson	Undecided
Cygnal (R)[34]	May 28–30, 2020	510 (LV)	± 4.3%	58%	24%	18%

Endorsements

Jon Ossoff

Federal officials

• Hank Johnson, U.S. representative for GA-04^[38]
• John Lewis, U.S. representative for GA-05^[39] (deceased)

State officials

• Debra Bazemore, state representative^[40]
• Sharon Beasley-Teague, state representative^[40]
• Karen Bennett, state representative^[40]
• Rhonda Burnough, state representative^[40]
• Doreen Carter, state representative^[40]
• Steve Henson, state senator and Senate Minority Leader^[41]
• Shelly Hutchinson, state representative^[40]
• Derrick Jackson, state representative^[40]
• Donzella James, state senator^[40]
• Emanuel Jones, state senator (previously endorsed Teresa Tomlinson)^[42]
• Sheila Jones, state representative^[40]
• Josh McLaurin, state representative^[43]
• Miriam Paris, state representative and former state senator^[40]
• Doc Rhett, state senator^[40]
• Kim Schofield, state representative^[40]
• Erica Thomas, state representative^[40]

Local officials

• Ted Terry, mayor of Clarkston and former 2020 U.S. Senate candidate^[44]

Organizations

• End Citizens United^[45]
• Let America Vote^[45]

Individuals

• Alex Hirsch, writer, artist, and animator^[46]

Teresa Tomlinson

Federal officials

• Max Cleland, former U.S. senator (GA) (1997–2003), former secretary of state of Georgia (1983–1996), former Administrator of Veterans Affairs (1977–1981), and former secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission (2009–2017)^[47]
• Buddy Darden, former U.S. representative for GA-07 (1983–1995)^[47]
• Gordon Giffin, former United States Ambassador to Canada (1997–2001)^[47]
• Andrew Young, former mayor of Atlanta (1982–1990), former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (1977–1979), and U.S. representative for GA-05 (1973–1977)^[48]

State officials

• Roy Barnes, former governor of Georgia (1999–2003)^[47]
• Debbie Buckner, state representative
• Gail Buckner, former state senator, former state representative, and Democratic nominee in 2006 Georgia Secretary of State election^[47]
• Jason Carter, former state senator, Democratic nominee in 2014 Georgia governor's election, and grandson of the 39th President of the United States and former governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter^[47]
• J. Craig Gordon, state representative^[47]
• Carolyn Hugley, state representative^[47]
• Lester G. Jackson, state senator^[47]
• Harold V. Jones II, state senator^[47]
• Mary Margaret Oliver, state representative and former state senator^[47]
• Leah Ward Sears, former associate justice of the Georgia Supreme Court (1992–2005) and former chief justice (2005–2009)^[47]
• Freddie Sims, state senator and former state representative^[47]

Local officials

• Hardie Davis, mayor of Augusta^[47]
• Kelly Girtz, mayor of Athens-Clarke County^[47]
• Ceasar Mitchell, former president of the Atlanta City Council^[47]
• Felicia Moore, president of the Atlanta City Council^[41]

Individuals

• Hank Aaron, retired right-fielder for the Atlanta Braves^[47]
• Lil Yachty, Atlanta rapper, singer and songwriter

Organizations

• Democracy for America^[49]
• National Organization for Women^[50]

Sarah Riggs Amico

Labor unions

• BAC Local 8 Southeast^[51]
• Communication Workers of America^[51]
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 613^[52]
• SMART^[51]
• Southeastern Carpenters Regional Council^[51]

Results

County results

  Ossoff

•   Ossoff—60–70%
•   Ossoff—50–60%
•   Ossoff—40–50%
•   Ossoff—30–40%
•   Ossoff—<30%

  Ossoff/Riggs Amico tie

•   Ossoff/Riggs Amico tie—<30%

  Tomlinson

•   Tomlinson—60-70%
•   Tomlinson—50-60%
•   Tomlinson—40-50%
•   Tomlinson—30-40%
•   Tomlinson—<30%

  Riggs Amico

•   Riggs Amico—30-40%
•   Riggs Amico—<30%

  Smith

•   Smith—30-40%
•   Smith—<30%

  Knox

•   Knox—<30%

Almost four times as many Georgia voters participated in the 2020 Democratic Senate primary as in the 2016 primary, when only 310,053 votes were cast.^[53]

Democratic primary results, June 9, 2020^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jon Ossoff	626,819	52.82%
	Democratic	Teresa Tomlinson	187,416	15.79%
	Democratic	Sarah Riggs Amico	139,574	11.76%
	Democratic	Maya Dillard-Smith	105,000	8.85%
	Democratic	James Knox	49,452	4.17%
	Democratic	Marckeith DeJesus	45,936	3.87%
	Democratic	Tricia Carpenter McCracken	32,463	2.74%
Total votes			1,186,660	100.00%

Other candidates

Hazel in 2018

Libertarian Party

Nominee

• Shane Hazel, former U.S. Marine, podcaster, and Republican candidate for Georgia's 7th congressional district in 2018^[55]

Independents

Withdrawn

• Elbert "Al" Bartell, perennial candidate (running as an independent candidate in the 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia)^[56][57]
• Allen Buckley, Libertarian candidate for the 2016 United States Senate election in Georgia^[9] (running as an independent candidate in the 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia)^[58]
• Tom Jones^[59][58]
• Clifton Kilby^[60][10][58]
• Darrell McGuire (as a write-in candidate), retired Georgia State Trooper^[61][57]
• Valencia Stovall, Georgian Democratic state representative from District 74 since 2013^[9] (running as an independent candidate in the 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia)^[58]

General election

Debates

The first debate between Hazel, Ossoff, and Perdue occurred virtually^[62] on October 12.^[63]

A second debate between Ossoff and Perdue, held on October 28^[e] in Savannah and aired on television station WTOC-TV,^[64] was more heated and made national headlines, with Ossoff saying that Perdue had claimed "COVID-19 was no deadlier than the flu", was "looking after [his] own assets, and ... portfolio", and that Perdue voted "four times to end protections for preexisting conditions".^[65] Ossoff also called Perdue a "crook" and criticized him for "attacking the health of the people that [he] represent[s]".^[66] Perdue said Ossoff will "say and do anything to my friends in Georgia to mislead them about how radical and socialist" his agenda is.^[67] Video of the exchange went viral.^[62][66]

The next day, October 29, Perdue said he would not attend the third and final debate, previously scheduled to be broadcast on WSB-TV on November 1; instead Perdue decided to attend a rally with President Trump in Rome on the same day^[68]—"as lovely as another debate listening to Jon Ossoff lie to the people of Georgia sounds",^[67] according to a Perdue spokesman.

On December 6, Ossoff debated an empty podium as Perdue declined to participate in a Georgia Public Broadcasting-held debate.^[69] Ossoff criticized Perdue's absence, accusing him of skipping the event because of the negative response to his performance in the October debates.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
DDHQ[70]	Tossup	November 3, 2020
FiveThirtyEight[71]	Tossup	November 2, 2020
Inside Elections[72]	Tossup	October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[73]	Tossup	November 2, 2020
RCP[74]	Tossup	October 23, 2020
The Cook Political Report[75]	Tossup	October 29, 2020
Economist[76]	Tossup	November 2, 2020
Politico[77]	Tossup	November 2, 2020
Daily Kos[78]	Tossup	October 30, 2020

Post-primary endorsements

David Perdue (R)

U.S. executive branch officials

• Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States (2017–2021)^[79]
• George W. Bush, 43th president of the United States (2001–2009)^[80]

U.S. senators

• Saxby Chambliss, U.S. senator from Georgia (2003–2015)^[81]
• Johnny Isakson, U.S. senator from Georgia (2005–2019)^[81]
• Mack Mattingly, U.S. senator from Georgia (1981–1987)^[81]
• Tim Scott, U.S. senator from South Carolina (2013–present)^[82]

State officials

• Larry Hogan, Governor of Maryland (2015–2023)^[83]
• John F. King, Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner and former Doraville chief of police^[82]
• Brad Raffensperger, Secretary of State of Georgia (2019–present)^[84]

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[85]
• Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Political Action Committee (CCAGW PAC)^[86]
• Georgia Chamber of Commerce^[85]
• Huck PAC^[85]
• National Federation of Independent Business^[82]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[87][85]
• National Right to Life Committee^[85]
• Republican Jewish Coalition^[85]
• Senate Conservatives Fund^[85]

Jon Ossoff (D)

U.S. executive branch officials

• Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States (2009–2017), U.S. senator from Illinois (2005–2008)^[88]
• Joe Biden, president-elect of the United States, 47th vice president of the United States (2009–2017), U.S. senator from Delaware (1973–2009)^[89]
• Kamala Harris, vice president-elect of the United States, U.S. senator from California (2017–2021)^[90]
• Hillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State (2009–2013), U.S. Senator from New York (2001–2009), first lady of the United States (1993–2001) and 2016 Democratic nominee for president.^[91]

U.S. senators

• Cory Booker, U.S. senator from New Jersey (2013–present)^[92]
• Catherine Cortez Masto, U.S. senator from Nevada (2017–present)^[93]
• Amy Klobuchar, U.S. senator from Minnesota, 2020 Candidate for President (2007–present)^[94]

State legislators

• Stacey Abrams, nominee for governor of Georgia in 2018 and former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives^[95]

Local officials

• Pete Buttigieg, former Mayor of South Bend (2012–2020), 2020 Candidate for President^[96]

Organizations

• Black Economic Alliance^[97]
• Center for Biological Diversity^[98]
• Council for a Livable World^[99]
• Everytown for Gun Safety^[100]
• Humane Society of the United States Legislative Fund^[101]
• J Street PAC^[102]
• Jewish Democratic Council of America^[103]
• Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs^[104]
• League of Conservation Voters^[105]
• NARAL^[106]
• Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund^[107]
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund^[108][109]
• Sierra Club^[110]
• Climate Hawks Vote^[111]

Unions

• AFL–CIO^[112]
• National Education Association^[113]
• United Auto Workers^[114]

Individuals

• Amy Acker, actress^[115]
• Patrick J. Adams, actor^[115]
• Usman Ally, actor^[116]
• Ed Asner, actor^[117]
• Dan Bakkedahl, actor^[116]
• Troian Bellisario, actress^[115]
• Sufe Bradshaw, actress^[116]
• Don Cheadle, actor^[116]
• Anna Chlumsky, actress^[116]
• Stephen Colbert, actor and comedian^[116]
• Gary Cole, actor^[116]
• David Costabile, actor^[115]
• Bryan Cranston, actor^[116]
• Denise Crosby, actress^[115]
• Zooey Deschanel, actress^[117]
• Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, actress^[116]
• Kevin Dunn, actor^[116]
• Clea DuVall, actress^[116]
• Billie Eilish, singer^[118]
• Beanie Feldstein, actress^[116]
• Will Ferrell, actor^[117]
• Nelson Franklin, actor^[116]
• Tony Hale, actor^[116]
• Mark Hamill, actor^[116]
• Rachael Harris, actress^[115]
• Ed Helms, actor and comedian^[117]
• Rick Hoffman, actor^[115]
• Aaron Korsh, writer and producer^[115]
• Lisa Ling, journalist and author^[119]
• John Lithgow, actor^[117]
• Gabriel Macht, actor^[115]
• Rory O'Malley, actor^[119]
• David Mandel, writer and director^[116]
• Kumail Nanjiani, actor^[116]
• Bob Newhart, actor^[117]
• Matt Oberg, actor^[116]
• Patton Oswalt, actor and comedian^[116]
• Lennon Parham, actress^[116]
• David Pasquesi, actor^[116]
• Jordan Peele, actor, director and comedian^[119]
• Sarah Rafferty, actress^[115]
• Anthony Rapp, actor^[119]
• Sam Richardson, actor^[116]
• Andy Richter, actor and comedian^[117]
• Paul Scheer, actor^[116]
• Amanda Schull, actress^[115]
• Reid Scott, actor^[116]
• Amy Sedaris, actress^[117]
• Timothy Simons, actor^[116]
• Mary Steenburgen, actress^[117]
• Sarah Sutherland, actress^[116]
• Max Topplin, actor^[115]
• Gina Torres, actress^[115]
• Matt Walsh, actor^[116]
• Kerry Washington, actress^[119]
• D. B. Woodside, actor^[115]
• Bowen Yang, actor and comedian^[119]

Polling

Graphical summary

Aggregate polls

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	David Perdue Republican	Jon Ossoff Democratic	Other/ Undecided [f]	Margin
270 To Win[120]	November 2, 2020	November 3, 2020	46.2%	47.4%	6.4%	Ossoff +1.2
Real Clear Politics[121]	November 1, 2020	November 3, 2020	46.3%	47.0%	6.7%	Ossoff +0.7

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[g]	Margin of error	David Perdue (R)	Jon Ossoff (D)	Shane Hazel (L)	Other / Undecided
Landmark Communications[122]	November 1, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	49%	47%	3%	1%[h]
Swayable[123]	October 27 – November 1, 2020	407 (LV)	± 6.4%	49%	48%	3%	–
Data for Progress[124]	October 27 – November 1, 2020	1,036 (LV)	± 3%	46%	51%	3%	0%[i]
Emerson College[125]	October 29–31, 2020	749 (LV)	± 3.5%	49%[j]	51%	–	3%[k]
Morning Consult[126]	October 22–31, 2020	1,743 (LV)	± 2.0%	46%	47%	–	–
Landmark Communications[127]	October 28, 2020	750 (LV)	± 3.6%	47%	47%	3%	3%[l]
Public Policy Polling[128]	October 27–28, 2020	661 (V)	–	44%	47%	3%	6%[m]
Monmouth University[129]	October 23–27, 2020	504 (RV)	± 4.4%	46%	49%	2%	2%[n]
		504 (LV)[o]		47%	49%	–	–
		504 (LV)[p]		48%	49%	–	–
Swayable[130]	October 23–26, 2020	342 (LV)	± 7.2%	49%	48%	3%	–
Civiqs/Daily Kos[131]	October 23–26, 2020	1,041 (LV)	± 3.4%	46%	51%	2%	2%[q]
YouGov/CBS[132]	October 20–23, 2020	1,090 (LV)	± 3.4%	47%	46%	–	6%[r]
University of Georgia[133]	October 14–23, 2020	1,145 (LV)	± 4%	45%	46%	4%	5%[s]
Landmark Communications[134]	October 21, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	50%	45%	–	–
Citizen Data[135]	October 17–20, 2020	1,000 (LV)	± 3%	41%	47%	–	12%[t]
Morning Consult[126]	October 11–20, 2020	1,672 (LV)	± 2.4%	46%	44%	–	–
Emerson College[136]	October 17–19, 2020	506 (LV)	± 4.3%	46%	45%	–	9%[u]
Siena College/NYT Upshot[137]	October 13–19, 2020	759 (LV)	± 4.1%	43%	43%	4%	10%[v]
Opinion Insight (R)[138][A]	October 12–15, 2020	801 (LV)	± 3.46%	45%[j]	45%	–	8%[w]
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group (D)[139][B]	October 11–14, 2020	600 (LV)	–	43%	48%	6%	3%[l]
Quinnipiac University[140]	October 8–12, 2020	1,040 (LV)	± 3.0%	45%	51%	–	3%[x]
SurveyUSA[141]	October 8–12, 2020	677 (LV)	± 5.7%	46%	43%	–	11%[y]
Data for Progress[142]	October 8–11, 2020	782 (LV)	± 3.5%	43%	44%	1%	10%
Morning Consult[143]	October 2–11, 2020	1,837 (LV)	± 2.3%	46%	42%	–	–
Public Policy Polling[144]	October 8–9, 2020	528 (V)	± 4.3%	43%	44%	4%	9%[z]
Landmark Communications[145]	October 7, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4%	47%	46%	2%	6%[m]
University of Georgia[146]	September 27 – October 6, 2020	1,106 (LV)	± 2.9%	49%	41%	3%	7%[aa]
Civiqs/Daily Kos[147]	September 26–29, 2020	969 (LV)	± 3.5%	46%	48%	3%	3%[ab]
Hart Research Associates (D)[148][C]	September 24–27, 2020	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	49%	46%	–	–
Quinnipiac University[149]	September 23–27, 2020	1,125 (LV)	± 2.9%	48%	49%	–	2%[ac]
Redfield & Wilton Strategies[150]	September 23–26, 2020	789 (LV)	± 3.49%	42%	47%	–	12%[ad]
YouGov/CBS[151]	September 22–25, 2020	1,164 (LV)	± 3.4%	47%	42%	–	10%[ae]
Monmouth University[152]	September 17–21, 2020	402 (RV)	± 4.9%	48%	42%	4%	6%[af]
		402 (LV)[o]		48%	43%	3%	5%[s]
		402 (LV)[p]		50%	42%	2%	4%[ag]
Siena College/NYT Upshot[153]	September 16–21, 2020	523 (LV)	± 4.9%	41%	38%	5%	16%[ah]
University of Georgia[154]	September 11–20, 2020	1,150 (LV)	± 4%	47%	45%	4%	5%[s]
Morning Consult[155]	September 11–20, 2020	1,406 (LV)	± (2% – 7%)	43%[ai]	44%	–	–
Data For Progress (D)[156]	September 14–19, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	43%	41%	2%	14%[aj]
Morning Consult[157]	September 8–17, 2020	1,402 (LV)[ak]	± (2% – 4%)	43%	43%	–	–
GBAO Strategies (D)[158][D]	September 14–16, 2020	600 (LV)	–	48%	49%	–	–
Redfield & Wilton Strategies[159]	September 12–16, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.46%	43%	43%	–	14%[al]
Fabrizio Ward/Hart Research Associates[160][E]	August 30 – September 5, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	47%	48%	–	5%[am]
Opinion Insight/American Action Forum[161][A]	August 30 – September 2, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.46%	45%[j]	44%	–	11%[an]
HarrisX (D)[162][F]	August 20–30, 2020	1,616 (RV)	± 2.4%	47%	40%	8%	4%[ao]
Public Policy Polling[163]	August 13–14, 2020	530 (V)	± 4.1%	44%	44%	–	11%[ap]
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D)[164][B]	August 10–13, 2020	601 (LV)	± 4.0%	46%	48%	–	6%
SurveyUSA[165]	August 6–8, 2020	623 (LV)	± 5.3%	44%	41%	–	14%[aq]
YouGov/CBS[166]	July 28–31, 2020	1,101 (LV)	± 3.4%	45%	43%	–	13%[ar]
HIT Strategies (D)[167][G]	July 23–31, 2020	400 (RV)	± 4.9%	39%	42%	–	19%[as]
Monmouth University[152]	July 23–27, 2020	402 (RV)	± 4.9%	49%	43%	1%	7%[aa]
		402 (LV)[o]		50%	43%	1%	6%[m]
		402 (LV)[p]		51%	43%	1%	6%[m]
Morning Consult[168]	July 17–26, 2020	1,337 (LV)	± 3.0%	45%	42%	–	12%
Spry Strategies (R)[169][H]	July 11–16, 2020	700 (LV)	± 3.7%	46%	44%	–	10%[at]
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D)[170][B]	July 9–15, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	44%	45%	–	11%
Gravis Marketing (R)[171][I]	July 2, 2020	513 (LV)	± 4.3%	48%	43%	–	9%
Fox News[172]	June 20–23, 2020	1,013 (RV)	± 3.0%	45%	42%	–	13%[au]
Public Policy Polling[173]	June 12–13, 2020	661 (V)	± 3.4%	44%	45%	–	11%
Civiqs/Daily Kos[174]	May 16–18, 2020	1,339 (RV)	± 3.1%	45%	47%	–	7%[av]
The Progress Campaign (D)[35][175]	May 6–15, 2020	2,893 (LV)	± 2.0%	42%	42%	–	16%
BK Strategies (R)[176][J]	May 11–13, 2020	700 (LV)	± 3.7%	46%	41%	–	13%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)[177]	May 4–7, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	43%	41%	7%	8%[aw]
Cygnal (R)[178][179][K]	April 25–27, 2020	591 (LV)	± 4.0%	45%	39%	–	16%
The Progress Campaign (D)[180]	March 12–21, 2020	3,042 (RV)	± 4.5%	39%	40%	–	20%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[g]	Margin of error	David Perdue (R)	Teresa Tomlinson (D)	Other / Undecided
Civiqs/Daily Kos[174]	May 16–18	1,339 (RV)	±3.1%	45%	44%	10%[ax]
The Progress Campaign (D)[35][175]	May 6–15	2,893 (LV)	± 2%	41%	40%	19%
The Progress Campaign (D)[180]	March 12–21	3,042 (RV)	± 4.5%	40%	39%	21%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[g]	Margin of error	David Perdue (R)	Sarah Riggs Amico (D)	Other / Undecided
Civiqs/Daily Kos[174]	May 16–18	1,339 (RV)	±3.1%	45%	42%	13%[ay]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[g]	Margin of error	David Perdue (R)	Stacey Abrams (D)	Other / Undecided
The Progress Campaign (D)[180]	March 12–21	3,042 (RV)	± 4.5%	41%	46%	12%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[g]	Margin of error	David Perdue (R)	Generic Democrat	Other / Undecided
SurveyUSA[181]	November 15–18, 2019	1,303 (LV)	± 3.2%	40%	37%	23%
University of Georgia[182]	October 28–30, 2019	1,028 (RV)	–	35.1%	21.1%	43.8%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[g]	Margin of error	Generic Republican	Generic Democrat	Other / Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D)[183][L]	March 17–19, 2019	603 (LV)	± 4.0%	40%	42%	18%

Hypothetical polling

with Teresa Tomlinson

with Sarah Riggs Amico

with Stacey Abrams

with Generic Democrat

with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat

Results

First round state senate district results

No candidate received a majority of the vote on November 3, so the top two finishers—incumbent Republican senator David Perdue (49.7%) and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff (47.9%)—advanced to a runoff election held on January 5, 2021.^[184][185]

Voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected were allowed to submit corrections until 5pm on November 6.^[186][187]

2020 United States Senate election in Georgia^[188]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	David Perdue (incumbent)	2,462,617	49.73%	−3.16%
	Democratic	Jon Ossoff	2,374,519	47.95%	+2.74%
	Libertarian	Shane T. Hazel	115,039	2.32%	+0.42%
Total votes			4,952,175	100.0%

By congressional district

Perdue won 8 of 14 congressional districts in the general election.^[189]

District	Ossoff	Perdue	Elected Representative
1st	42.08%	55.5%	Buddy Carter
2nd	54.33%	43.88%	Sanford Bishop
3rd	35.53%	62.21%	Drew Ferguson
4th	77.77%	20.11%	Hank Johnson
5th	84.08%	13.76%	Nikema Williams
6th	51.32%	46.4%	Lucy McBath
7th	50.55%	46.78%	Carolyn Bourdeaux
8th	35.65%	62.3%	Austin Scott
9th	21.19%	76.29%	Andrew Clyde
10th	37.69%	60.04%	Jody Hice
11th	39.42%	57.87%	Barry Loudermilk
12th	41.72%	56.12%	Rick W. Allen
13th	74.64%	23.13%	David Scott
14th	24.65%	72.66%	Marjorie Taylor Greene

Runoff

The runoff election between Perdue and Ossoff was on January 5, 2021,^[190] alongside the special election for the Georgia U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Kelly Loeffler.

Following the 2020 Senate elections, Republicans held 50 Senate seats and the Democratic caucus 48.^[191] Since Democrats won both Georgia runoffs, their caucus gained control of the Senate, as the resultant 50–50 tie is broken by Democratic vice president Kamala Harris. If the Democrats had lost either race, Republicans would have retained control of the Senate.^[192] The high political stakes caused the races to attract significant nationwide attention.^{[193][194][195]} These elections are the third and fourth Senate runoff elections to be held in Georgia since runoffs were first mandated in 1964, following runoffs in 1992 and 2008.^[196] It is also the third time that both of Georgia's Senate seats have been up for election at the same time, following double-barrel elections in 1914 and 1932.^[197]

The deadline for registration for the runoff election was December 7, 2020. Absentee ballots for the runoff election were sent out beginning on November 18, and in-person voting began on December 14.^[198][199] Ossoff's runoff campaign largely focused around accusing Perdue of corruption as well as aggressively courting Black voters in an attempt to drive up turnout, while Perdue characterised Ossoff as a socialist and accused him of having ties to the People's Republic of China.^[200] Perdue's campaign was hampered by his refusal to state that Joe Biden had won that year's presidential election, which made it exceedingly difficult for him to argue that an Ossoff victory would create a Democratic trifecta.^[201]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[202]	Tossup	January 4, 2021
Inside Elections[203]	Tossup	December 14, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[204]	Tossup	January 5, 2021

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2020
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Jon Ossoff (D)	$156,146,537	$151,814,804	$4,331,733
David Perdue (R)	$102,722,245	$90,354,529	$12,414,00
Source: Federal Election Commission[205]

Polling

Aggregate polls

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	David Perdue Republican	Jon Ossoff Democratic	Undecided [f]	Margin
270 To Win[206]	Dec 30, 2020 – January 4, 2021	January 4, 2021	47.4%	50.2%	2.4%	Ossoff +2.8
RealClearPolitics[207]	Dec 14, 2020 – January 4, 2021	January 5, 2021	48.8%	49.3%	1.9%	Ossoff +0.5
538[208]	Nov 9, 2020 – January 4, 2021	January 5, 2021	47.4%	49.1%	3.5%	Ossoff +1.8
Average			47.9%	49.5%	2.6%	Ossoff +1.7

This section also contains pre-runoff polls excluding all candidates except head-to-head matchups.

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[g]	Margin of error	David Perdue (R)	Jon Ossoff (D)	Undecided
Trafalgar Group (R)[209]	January 2–4, 2021	1,056 (LV)	± 2.9%	49%	49%	2%
AtlasIntel[210]	January 2–4, 2021	857 (LV)	± 3%	47%	51%	2%
InsiderAdvantage[211]	January 3, 2021	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	49%	49%	3%
National Research Inc[212]	January 2–3, 2021	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	45%	46%	9%
University of Nevada Las Vegas Lee Business School[213]	December 30, 2020 – January 3, 2021	550 (LV)	± 4%	49%	48%	3%
Targoz Market Research[214]	December 30, 2020 – January 3, 2021	713 (LV)	± 3.7%	50%	50%	0%
		1,342 (RV)		47%	51%	2%
AtlasIntel[215]	December 25, 2020 – January 1, 2021	1,680 (LV)	± 2%	47%	51%	2%
Gravis Marketing[216]	December 29–30, 2020	1,011 (LV)	± 3.1%	47%	50%	3%
JMC Analytics and Polling[217]	December 28–29, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	45%	53%	2%
Trafalgar Group (R)[218]	December 23–27, 2020	1,022 (LV)	± 3.0%	48%	50%	2%
Open Model Project[219]	December 21–27, 2020	1,405 (LV)	± 4.7%	50%	46%	4%
InsiderAdvantage[220]	December 21–22, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	49%	48%	3%
Mellman Group[221]	December 18–22, 2020	578 (LV)	± 4.1%	47%	50%	3%
Reconnect Research/Probolsky Research[222]	December 14–22, 2020	1,027 (LV)	± 4%	43%	42%	15%
SurveyUSA[223]	December 16–20, 2020	600 (LV)	± 5.1%	46%	51%	3%
Trafalgar Group (R)[224]	December 14–16, 2020	1,064 (LV)	± 3.0%	50%	48%	2%
Emerson College[225]	December 14–16, 2020	605 (LV)	± 3.9%	51%	48%	1%
InsiderAdvantage[226]	December 14, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	49%	48%	3%
Wick[227]	December 10–14, 2020	1,500 (LV)	–	51%	47%	2%
RMG Research[228]	December 8–14, 2020	1,417 (LV)	± 2.6%	47%	49%	4%
Baris/Peach State Battleground Poll[229]	December 4–11, 2020	1,008 (LV)	± 3.1%	45%	47%	9%
Trafalgar Group (R)[230]	December 8–10, 2020	1,018 (LV)	± 3.0%	49%	49%	2%
Fabrizio Ward/Hart Research Associates[231]	November 30 – December 4, 2020	1,250 (LV)	± 3.2%	46%	48%	6%
Trafalgar Group (R)[232]	December 1–3, 2020	1,083 (LV)	± 2.9%	47%	48%	5%
SurveyUSA[233]	November 27–30, 2020	583 (LV)	± 5.2%	48%	50%	2%
RMG Research[234]	November 19–24, 2020	1,377 (LV)	± 2.6%	47%	48%	5%
Data For Progress (D)[235]	November 15–20, 2020	1,476 (LV)	± 2.6%	50%	48%	3%
InsiderAdvantage[236]	November 16, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	49%	49%	2%
Remington Research Group[237]	November 8–9, 2020	1,450 (LV)	± 2.6%	50%	46%	4%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group (D)[139][B]	October 11–14, 2020	600 (LV)	–	45%	50%	5%
Data For Progress (D)[156]	September 14–19, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	44%	44%	12%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[g]	Margin of error	Generic Republican	Generic Democrat	Undecided
RMG Research/PoliticalIQ[238]	December 8–14, 2020	1,377 (LV)	± 2.6%	46%[az]	42%	11%[ba]
Quinnipiac University[149]	September 23–27, 2020	1,125 (LV)	± 2.9%	48%	49%	3%

Hypothetical polling

with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat

Results

Ossoff won Washington and Baldwin counties in the runoff, after having lost them in the general election.

2021 United States Senate election in Georgia runoff^[188]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jon Ossoff	2,269,923	50.61%	N/A
	Republican	David Perdue	2,214,979	49.39%	N/A
Total votes			4,484,902	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic gain from Republican

By county

By county

County[188] Jon Ossoff Democratic David Perdue Republican Margin Total votes # % # % # % Appling 1,598 21.95 5,683 78.05 -4,085 -56.10 7,281 Atkinson 720 27.22 1,925 72.78 -1,205 -45.56 2,645 Bacon 559 13.54 3,569 86.46 -3,010 -72.92 4,128 Baker 630 43.78 809 56.22 -179 -12.44 1,439 Baldwin 8,515 51.78 7,931 48.22 584 3.55 16,446 Banks 836 11.22 6,612 88.78 -5,776 -77.55 7,448 Barrow 9,276 28.93 22,789 71.07 -13,513 -42.14 32,065 Bartow 10,735 24.98 32,239 75.02 -21,504 -50.04 42,974 Ben Hill 2,182 38.19 3,531 61.81 -1,349 -23.61 5,713 Berrien 1,141 17.08 5,538 82.92 -4,397 -65.83 6,679 Bibb 39,717 62.58 23,748 37.42 15,969 25.16 63,465 Bleckley 1,190 23.29 3,920 76.71 -2,730 -53.42 5,110 Brantley 615 9.29 6,003 90.71 -5,388 -81.41 6,618 Brooks 2,456 39.51 3,760 60.49 -1,304 -20.98 6,216 Bryan 6,020 32.34 12,596 67.66 -6,576 -35.32 18,616 Bulloch 9,832 37.61 16,311 62.39 -6,479 -24.78 26,143 Burke 4,686 49.37 4,806 50.63 -120 -1.26 9,492 Butts 3,004 29.43 7,205 70.57 -4,201 -41.15 10,209 Calhoun 1,202 59.21 828 40.79 374 18.42 2,030 Camden 6,856 34.50 13,015 65.50 -6,159 -30.99 19,871 Candler 1,134 28.97 2,781 71.03 -1,647 -42.07 3,915 Carroll 14,590 30.94 32,573 69.06 -17,983 -38.13 47,163 Catoosa 6,009 21.64 21,757 78.36 -15,748 -56.72 27,766 Charlton 966 24.70 2,945 75.30 -1,979 -50.60 3,911 Chatham 72,309 59.64 48,937 40.36 23,372 19.28 121,246 Chattahoochee 606 45.84 716 54.16 -110 -8.32 1,322 Chattooga 1,673 20.33 6,558 79.67 -4,885 -59.35 8,231 Cherokee 37,596 29.40 90,276 70.60 -52,680 -41.20 127,872 Clarke 32,901 71.20 13,311 28.80 19,590 42.39 46,212 Clay 728 55.53 583 44.47 145 11.06 1,311 Clayton 91,015 88.43 11,907 11.57 79,108 76.86 102,922 Clinch 615 25.06 1,839 74.94 -1,224 -49.88 2,454 Cobb 201,009 56.04 157,653 43.96 43,356 12.09 358,662 Coffee 4,058 30.71 9,154 69.29 -5,096 -38.57 13,212 Colquitt 3,714 26.43 10,339 73.57 -6,625 -47.14 14,053 Columbia 26,497 36.72 45,667 63.28 -19,170 -26.56 72,164 Cook 1,894 30.51 4,313 69.49 -2,419 -38.97 6,207 Coweta 21,527 31.99 45,776 68.01 -24,249 -36.03 67,303 Crawford 1,486 27.70 3,879 72.30 -2,393 -44.60 5,365 Crisp 2,681 37.58 4,454 62.42 -1,773 -24.85 7,135 Dade 1,131 17.79 5,227 82.21 -4,096 -64.42 6,358 Dawson 2,230 15.50 12,159 84.50 -9,929 -69.0 14,389 Decatur 4,127 41.08 5,919 58.92 -1,792 -17.84 10,046 DeKalb 291,667 83.49 57,674 16.51 233,993 66.98 349,341 Dodge 2,011 28.02 5,165 71.98 -3,154 -43.95 7,176 Dooly 1,802 48.18 1,938 51.82 -136 -3.64 3,740 Dougherty 22,745 70.88 9,346 29.12 13,399 41.75 32,091 Douglas 40,398 64.77 21,970 35.23 18,428 29.55 62,368 Early 2,182 47.96 2,368 52.04 -186 -4.09 4,550 Echols 130 10.95 1,057 89.05 -927 -78.10 1,187 Effingham 7,147 25.68 20,680 74.32 -13,533 -48.63 27,827 Elbert 2,493 31.11 5,521 68.89 -3,028 -37.78 8,014 Emanuel 2,547 30.49 5,807 69.51 -3,260 -39.02 8,354 Evans 1,198 32.06 2,539 67.94 -1,341 -35.88 3,737 Fannin 2,378 17.68 11,070 82.32 -8,692 -64.63 13,448 Fayette 30,938 45.90 36,463 54.10 -5,525 -8.20 67,401 Floyd 10,676 29.83 25,108 70.17 -14,432 -40.33 35,784 Forsyth 36,936 32.06 78,263 67.94 -41,327 -35.87 115,199 Franklin 1,345 14.63 7,849 85.37 -6,504 -70.74 9,194 Fulton 350,342 71.68 138,417 28.32 211,925 43.36 488,759 Gilmer 2,664 17.97 12,163 82.03 -9,499 -64.07 14,827 Glascock 134 9.82 1,230 90.18 -1,096 -80.35 1,364 Glynn 13,976 37.32 23,476 62.68 -9,500 -25.37 37,452 Gordon 3,881 19.07 16,471 80.93 -12,590 -61.86 20,352 Grady 3,099 33.22 6,229 66.78 -3,130 -33.55 9,328 Greene 3,703 34.87 6,917 65.13 -3,214 -30.26 10,620 Gwinnett 222,346 60.11 147,563 39.89 74,783 20.22 369,909 Habersham 3,160 17.53 14,871 82.47 -11,711 -64.95 18,031 Hall 21,883 27.69 57,157 72.31 -35,274 -44.63 79,040 Hancock 2,775 72.34 1,061 27.66 1,714 44.68 3,836 Haralson 1,610 13.24 10,553 86.76 -8,943 -73.53 12,163 Harris 4,986 27.27 13,297 72.73 -8,311 -45.46 18,283 Hart 2,869 25.60 8,336 74.40 -5,467 -48.79 11,205 Heard 780 16.68 3,895 83.32 -3,115 -66.63 4,675 Henry 68,235 62.38 41,145 37.62 27,090 24.77 109,380 Houston 29,608 44.60 36,779 55.40 -7,171 -10.80 66,387 Irwin 877 24.25 2,739 75.75 -1,862 -51.49 3,616 Jackson 6,785 20.83 25,793 79.17 -19,008 -58.35 32,578 Jasper 1,654 24.32 5,146 75.68 -3,492 -51.35 6,800 Jeff Davis 947 18.62 4,139 81.38 -3,192 -62.76 5,086 Jefferson 3,752 54.17 3,174 45.83 578 8.35 6,926 Jenkins 1,173 37.64 1,943 62.36 -770 -24.71 3,116 Johnson 1,044 29.22 2,529 70.78 -1,485 -41.56 3,573 Jones 4,517 33.88 8,815 66.12 -4,298 -32.24 13,332 Lamar 2,395 30.0 5,588 70.0 -3,193 -40.0 7,983 Lanier 905 29.85 2,127 70.15 -1,222 -40.30 3,032 Laurens 7,389 36.50 12,855 63.50 -5,466 -27.0 20,244 Lee 4,225 28.37 10,665 71.63 -6,440 -43.25 14,890 Liberty 11,830 64.59 6,485 35.41 5,345 29.18 18,315 Lincoln 1,311 31.09 2,906 68.91 -1,595 -37.82 4,217 Long 1,795 38.74 2,838 61.26 -1,043 -22.51 4,633 Lowndes 17,369 43.60 22,464 56.40 -5,095 -12.79 39,833 Lumpkin 2,820 20.59 10,877 79.41 -8,057 -58.82 13,697 Macon 2,664 62.49 1,599 37.51 1,065 24.98 4,263 Madison 3,074 23.29 10,125 76.71 -7,051 -53.42 13,199 Marion 1,217 37.85 1,998 62.15 -781 -24.29 3,215 McDuffie 3,733 40.42 5,502 59.58 -1,769 -19.16 9,235 McIntosh 2,399 40.40 3,539 59.60 -1,140 -19.20 5,938 Meriwether 4,012 40.75 5,833 59.25 -1,821 -18.50 9,845 Miller 650 26.53 1,800 73.47 -1,150 -46.94 2,450 Mitchell 3,546 45.14 4,309 54.86 -763 -9.71 7,855 Monroe 4,027 28.54 10,084 71.46 -6,057 -42.92 14,111 Montgomery 884 25.12 2,635 74.88 -1,751 -49.76 3,519 Morgan 3,097 28.60 7,730 71.40 -4,633 -42.79 10,827 Murray 2,036 15.66 10,963 84.34 -8,927 -68.67 12,999 Muscogee 44,875 62.76 26,626 37.24 18,249 25.52 71,501 Newton 28,177 57.74 20,620 42.26 7,557 15.49 48,797 Oconee 7,322 31.10 16,220 68.90 -8,898 -37.80 23,542 Oglethorpe 2,237 30.97 4,985 69.03 -2,748 -38.05 7,222 Paulding 27,083 36.62 46,872 63.38 -19,789 -26.76 73,955 Peach 5,335 48.27 5,717 51.73 -382 -3.46 11,052 Pickens 2,548 16.82 12,601 83.18 -10,053 -66.36 15,149 Pierce 956 12.06 6,972 87.94 -6,016 -75.88 7,928 Pike 1,372 14.24 8,266 85.76 -6,894 -71.53 9,638 Polk 3,305 22.25 11,546 77.75 -8,241 -55.49 14,851 Pulaski 1,118 30.36 2,564 69.64 -1,446 -39.27 3,682 Putnam 3,160 29.16 7,676 70.84 -4,516 -41.68 10,836 Quitman 463 45.80 548 54.20 -85 -8.41 1,011 Rabun 1,789 21.28 6,618 78.72 -4,829 -57.44 8,407 Randolph 1,672 56.45 1,290 43.55 382 12.90 2,962 Richmond 53,568 69.36 23,660 30.64 29,908 38.73 77,228 Rockdale 29,463 72.38 11,244 27.62 18,219 44.76 40,707 Schley 435 21.14 1,623 78.86 -1,188 -57.73 2,058 Screven 2,408 40.70 3,509 59.30 -1,101 -18.61 5,917 Seminole 1,147 32.79 2,351 67.21 -1,204 -34.42 3,498 Spalding 10,966 40.73 15,957 59.27 -4,991 -18.54 26,923 Stephens 2,058 20.50 7,979 79.50 -5,921 -58.99 10,037 Stewart 1,115 61.88 687 38.12 428 23.75 1,802 Sumter 5,847 52.79 5,230 47.21 617 5.57 11,077 Talbot 1,945 61.03 1,242 38.97 703 22.06 3,187 Taliaferro 513 60.71 332 39.29 181 21.42 845 Tattnall 1,872 25.94 5,344 74.06 -3,472 -48.12 7,216 Taylor 1,350 38.93 2,118 61.07 -768 -22.15 3,468 Telfair 1,348 35.06 2,497 64.94 -1,149 -29.88 3,845 Terrell 2,256 54.70 1,868 45.30 388 9.41 4,124 Thomas 7,647 39.78 11,577 60.22 -3,930 -20.44 19,224 Tift 4,726 32.80 9,681 67.20 -4,955 -34.39 14,407 Toombs 2,511 26.75 6,877 73.25 -4,366 -46.51 9,388 Towns 1,394 19.26 5,842 80.74 -4,448 -61.47 7,236 Treutlen 847 31.30 1,859 68.70 -1,012 -37.40 2,706 Troup 10,504 39.95 15,788 60.05 -5,284 -20.10 26,292 Turner 1,305 38.27 2,105 61.73 -800 -23.46 3,410 Twiggs 1,876 47.70 2,057 52.30 -181 -4.60 3,933 Union 2,570 18.12 11,613 81.88 -9,043 -63.76 14,183 Upson 3,833 34.30 7,342 65.70 -3,509 -31.40 11,175 Walker 4,891 20.25 19,268 79.75 -14,377 -59.51 24,159 Walton 11,583 25.46 33,908 74.54 -22,325 -49.08 45,491 Ware 3,704 30.36 8,498 69.64 -4,794 -39.29 12,202 Warren 1,387 56.24 1,079 43.76 308 12.49 2,466 Washington 4,368 51.21 4,161 48.79 207 2.43 8,529 Wayne 2,488 22.19 8,724 77.81 -6,236 -55.62 11,212 Webster 554 44.18 700 55.82 -146 -11.64 1,254 Wheeler 627 31.21 1,382 68.79 -755 -37.58 2,009 White 2,222 16.72 11,071 83.28 -8,849 -66.57 13,293 Whitfield 9,245 29.12 22,501 70.88 -13,256 -41.76 31,746 Wilcox 763 26.79 2,085 73.21 -1,322 -46.42 2,848 Wilkes 1,949 43.03 2,580 56.97 -631 -13.93 4,529 Wilkinson 1,960 45.51 2,347 54.49 -387 -8.99 4,307 Worth 2,229 26.91 6,053 73.09 -3,824 -46.17 8,282 Totals 2,269,923 50.61 2,214,979 49.39 54,944 1.23 4,484,902 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic[239] Cobb (largest municipality: Marietta) Gwinnett (largest municipality: Peachtree Corners) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican[240] Baker (largest municipality: Newton) Burke (largest municipality: Waynesboro) Chattahoochee (largest municipality: Cusseta) Dooly (largest municipality: Vienna) Twiggs (largest municipality: Jeffersonville)

By congressional district

Despite losing the statewide runoff, Perdue held onto the 8 congressional districts he had previously won in the general election.^[241]

District	Ossoff	Perdue	Elected Representative
1st	44.27%	55.73%	Buddy Carter
2nd	57.13%	42.87%	Sanford Bishop
3rd	37.7%	62.3%	Drew Ferguson
4th	81.06%	18.94%	Hank Johnson
5th	86.71%	13.29%	Nikema Williams
6th	52.59%	47.41%	Lucy McBath
7th	53.41%	46.59%	Carolyn Bourdeaux
8th	37.74%	62.26%	Austin Scott
9th	22.57%	77.43%	Andrew Clyde
10th	40.01%	59.99%	Jody Hice
11th	41.22%	58.78%	Barry Loudermilk
12th	43.92%	56.08%	Rick W. Allen
13th	78.21%	21.79%	David Scott
14th	26.39%	73.61%	Marjorie Taylor Greene

See also

• Fair Fight Action
• Voter suppression in the United States 2019–2020: Georgia
• 2020 Georgia (U.S. state) elections

Notes

Partisan clients

1. The American Action Forum is a 501 organization which usually supports Republican candidates.
2. Poll sponsored by Ossoff's campaign.
3. Poll sponsored by The Human Rights Campaign, which endorsed Biden before this poll's sampling period.
4. Poll sponsored by Warnock's campaign for the 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia.
5. Poll sponsored by AARP.
6. Poll sponsored by Matt Lieberman's campaign.
7. This poll's sponsor, DFER, primarily supports Democratic candidates.
8. This poll's sponsor is the American Principles Project, a 501 that supports the Republican Party.
9. Poll is sponsored by OANN, a far-right political talkshow.
10. This poll was sponsored by the Republican State Leadership Committee.
11. Poll conducted for the Speaker of Georgia's House Republican caucus.
12. Poll sponsored by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Voter samples and additional candidates

1. "Another candidate" with 7.2%
2. Knox with 1.5%; DeJesus and Smith with 1%; McCracken with 0.3%
3. Listed as "other/undecided"
4. Includes undecided
5. Initially scheduled for October 19.^[62]
6. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
7. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
8. Undecided with 1%
9. "Other candidate or write-in" with 0%
10. With voters who lean towards a given candidate
11. "Someone else" with 3%
12. Undecided with 3%
13. Undecided with 6%
14. "Other candidate" and "No one" with 0%; Undecided with 2%
15. With a likely voter turnout model featuring higher turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
16. With a likely voter turnout model featuring lower turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
17. "Someone else" and Undecided with 1%
18. "Someone else" with 2%; Undecided with 4%
19. Undecided with 5%
20. "Other" with 5%; Undecided with 8%
21. "Someone else" with 3%; Undecided with 6%
22. "Someone else" and would not vote with 1%; "Undecided/Refused" with 8%
23. "Someone else" and did/would not vote with 1%; "Undecided/Refused" with 6%
24. "Someone else" with 0%; Undecided with 3%
25. "Some other candidate" with 3%; Undecided with 8%
26. Undecided with 9%
27. Undecided with 7%
28. "Someone else" with 1%; Undecided with 2%
29. "Someone else" with 0%; Undecided with 2%
30. "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 3%; Undecided with 9%
31. "Someone else" with 2%; Undecided with 8%
32. "Other" and "No one" with 0%; Undecided with 6%
33. Undecided with 4%
34. "Someone else" and would not vote with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 16%
35. Overlapping sample with the previous Morning Consult poll, but more information available regarding sample size
36. Undecided with 14%
37. Additional data sourced from FiveThirtyEight
38. "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 3%; Undecided with 11%
39. Would not vote with 1%; Undecided with 4%
40. Would not vote with 2%; Undecided with 9%
41. Would not vote with 4%
42. Undecided with 11%
43. "Some other candidate" with 4%; Undecided with 10%
44. "Someone else" with 3%; Undecided with 10%
45. "Third party candidate" with 3%; would not vote with 2%; Undecided with 14%
46. "Another candidate" with 4%; Undecided with 6%
47. Undecided with 8%; "Other" with 3%; would not vote with 2%
48. "Someone else" with 4%; Undecided with 3%
49. "Undecided" with 8%
50. "Someone else" with 6%; Undecided with 4%
51. "Someone else" with 8%; Undecided with 5%
52. "It is more important for Republicans to have control of the Senate" as opposed to "It is more important for Democrats to have control of the Senate" with 46%
53. "It does not matter which party has control of the Senate" with 7%; Undecided with 4%