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. Carr ran for a second full term in office. Carr won re-election over state senator Jen Jordan by a margin of 5.3 points.

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. He was faced in the primary by businessman John Gordon, who Trump subsequently endorsed.

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • John Gordon, businessman and lawyer

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Christian Wise Smith, lawyer

Withdrawn

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

General election

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll sourceDate
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Chris
Carr
Jen
Jordan
OtherUndecided
Landmark CommunicationsNovember 4–7, 20221,214 ± 2.8%47%43%6%4%
The Trafalgar Group November 4–6, 20221,103 ± 2.9%51%42%3%3%
The Trafalgar Group October 8–11, 20221,084 ± 2.9%46%37%4%13%
SurveyUSASeptember 30October 4, 20221,076 ± 3.7%40%36%4%20%
University of GeorgiaSeptember 5–16, 2022861 ± 3.3%45%35%5%16%
The Trafalgar Group August 24–27, 20221,079 ± 2.9%48%40%4%8%
SurveyUSAJuly 21–24, 2022604 ± 5.3%38%34%4%24%

Results

By congressional district

Carr won nine of 14 congressional districts.
DistrictCarrJordanRepresentative
59%40%Buddy Carter
47%52%Sanford Bishop
67%32%Drew Ferguson
22%77%Hank Johnson
18%81%Nikema Williams
61%37%Lucy McBath
61%37%Rich McCormick
39%59%Carolyn Bourdeaux
39%59%Lucy McBath
67%32%Austin Scott
72%27%Andrew Clyde
63%35%Jody Hice
63%35%Mike Collins
60%38%Barry Loudermilk
58%41%Rick Allen
19%80%David Scott
70%29%Marjorie Taylor Greene