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The 2016 United States Senate election in Georgia was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the
United States Senate to represent the State of
Georgia , concurrently with the
2016 U.S. presidential election , as well as
other elections to the United States Senate in other states and
elections to the
United States House of Representatives and various
state and
local elections . The primary election for the Republican and Democratic parties took place on May 24, 2016.
[1]
Incumbent Senator
Johnny Isakson won re-election to a third term in office by a wide margin.
[2] He later resigned from the Senate on December 31, 2019 due to health issues. As of 2024, this remains the last time Republicans won a Senate election in Georgia, as well as the last time that suburban
Gwinnett and
Henry counties have voted Republican in a statewide election. It also remains the last time that any statewide candidate has won an election in Georgia by double digits, and the last time that any U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia has won without a runoff. This is the most recent and the last United States Senate election in Georgia in which the winning candidate won a majority of Georgia's counties.
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Withdrawn
Declined
Endorsements
Johnny Isakson
Governors
U.S. Representatives
State senators
State representatives
Statewide officials
Individuals
Polling
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
Johnny Isakson
Another candidate
Undecided
InsiderAdvantage
June 11–14, 2015
492
± 4.4%
50%
26%
24%
Results
Results by county: Isakson—80–90%
Isakson—70–80%
Isakson—60–70%
Isakson—50–60%
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
James F. Barksdale, investment firm executive
[18]
Cheryl Copeland, AT&T manager
[19]
John Coyne, businessman and perennial candidate
[20]
Withdrawn
Declined
Stacey Abrams , Minority Leader of the
Georgia House of Representatives
[22]
[23]
Thurbert Baker , former
Attorney General of Georgia and candidate for governor in
2010
[12]
Roy Barnes , former governor
[24]
John Barrow , former U.S. Representative
[25]
Jason Carter , state senator and nominee for
Governor of Georgia in
2014
[22]
[24]
[26]
Stacey Evans , state representative
[22]
[27]
Shirley Franklin , former
Mayor of
Atlanta
[23]
[24]
[28]
Scott Holcomb , state representative and candidate for secretary of state in
2006
[23]
[24]
[29]
Margaret Kaiser , state representative
[22]
[30]
Jim Marshall , former U.S. Representative
[24]
Michelle Nunn , former CEO of
Points of Light and nominee for the U.S. Senate in
2014
[24]
[26]
Kasim Reed ,
Mayor of
Atlanta
[31]
Michael Sterling, executive director of the Atlanta Workforce Development Agency, former Assistant United States Attorney and former adviser to Mayor
Kasim Reed
[28]
[32]
Doug Stoner , former state senator
[22]
[33]
Ed Tarver ,
United States Attorney for the
Southern District of Georgia and former state senator
[29]
[34]
Regina Thomas , former state senator and candidate for
GA-12 in
2008 and
2010
[18]
[20]
Teresa Tomlinson ,
Mayor of
Columbus
[35]
Raphael Warnock , pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church and future U.S. Senator for this seat
[23]
[36]
Valarie Wilson , former president of the Georgia School Boards Association, former chair of the
Decatur School Board , and nominee for
State Superintendent of Schools in
2014
[23]
[24]
Results
Results by county: Barksdale—80–90%
Barksdale—60–70%
Barksdale—50–60%
Barksdale—40–50%
Copeland—40–50%
Copeland—50–60%
Copeland—60–70%
Copeland—70–80%
Libertarian nomination
Candidates
Declared
Allen Buckley won the nomination at the March 5, 2016, nominating convention in
Marietta .
[39]
General election
Debates
Polling
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
Johnny Isakson (R)
Jim Barksdale (D)
Allen Buckley (L)
Other
Undecided
SurveyMonkey
November 1–7, 2016
2,419
± 4.6%
47%
41%
8%
—
4%
WSB-TV/Landmark
November 6, 2016
1,200
± 2.8%
52%
41%
4%
—
3%
SurveyMonkey
October 31–November 6, 2016
2,348
± 4.6%
47%
41%
8%
—
4%
CBS News/YouGov
November 3–5, 2016
995
± 4.6%
48%
41%
—
6%
5%
WSB-TV/Landmark
November 2–3, 2016
1,000
± 3.1%
50%
40%
5%
—
6%
FOX 5 Atlanta/Opinion Savvy
November 2–3, 2016
538
± 4.2%
50%
39%
8%
—
3%
SurveyMonkey
October 28–November 3, 2016
2,872
± 4.6%
47%
42%
8%
—
3%
SurveyMonkey
October 27–November 2, 2016
2,722
± 4.6%
47%
42%
7%
—
4%
NBC/WSJ/Marist
October 30–November 1, 2016
707 LV
± 3.7%
48%
37%
7%
3%
5%
937 RV
± 3.2%
46%
36%
8%
4%
7%
SurveyMonkey
October 26–November 1, 2016
2,678
± 4.6%
48%
41%
6%
—
5%
Emerson College
October 29–31, 2016
650
± 3.8%
48%
40%
—
5%
7%
SurveyMonkey
October 25–31, 2016
2,665
± 4.6%
50%
41%
5%
—
4%
WXIA-TV Atlanta/SurveyUSA
October 25–27, 2016
594
± 4.1%
50%
38%
5%
—
8%
Quinnipiac University
Archived July 30, 2019, at the
Wayback Machine
October 20–26, 2016
707
± 3.7%
54%
40%
—
—
6%
FOX 5 Atlanta/Opinion Savvy
October 20, 2016
570
± 4.1%
51%
42%
3%
—
4%
Google Consumer Surveys
October 18–20, 2016
439
± 4.2%
58%
36%
—
—
6%
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Archived October 22, 2016, at the
Wayback Machine
October 17–20, 2016
839
± 4.3%
47%
32%
11%
—
7%
The Times-Picayune/Lucid
October 17–18, 2016
807
± 3.0%
49%
39%
—
—
13%
Washington Post/SurveyMonkey
Archived October 19, 2016, at the
Wayback Machine
October 8–16, 2016
886
± 0.5%
50%
46%
—
—
4%
WSB-TV/Landmark
October 11–12, 2016
1,400
± 2.7%
50%
37%
5%
—
8%
JMC Analytics (R)
September 20–22, 2016
600
± 4.0%
41%
28%
4%
—
27%
Quinnipiac University
Archived September 24, 2016, at the
Wayback Machine
September 13–21, 2016
638
± 3.9%
55%
34%
—
—
10%
Monmouth University
September 15–18, 2016
401
± 4.9%
50%
34%
5%
—
10%
FOX 5 Atlanta/Opinion Savvy
September 14, 2016
568
± 4.1%
47%
34%
6%
—
13%
Emerson College
September 9–13, 2016
600
± 3.6%
48%
32%
—
—
10%
NBC/WSJ/Marist
September 6–8, 2016
649
± 3.8%
53%
38%
—
—
9%
JMC Analytics (R)
August 6–7, 2016
615
± 4.0%
39%
30%
4%
—
27%
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Archived August 6, 2016, at the
Wayback Machine
August 1–4, 2016
847
± 4.0%
44%
38%
6%
—
12%
48%
42%
—
—
10%
WSB-TV/Landmark
Archived August 10, 2016, at the
Wayback Machine
July 31, 2016
787
± 4.0%
46%
41%
5%
—
8%
WXIA-TV Atlanta/SurveyUSA
July 29–31, 2016
570
± 4.2%
48%
39%
5%
—
8%
Public Policy Polling
May 27–30, 2016
724
± 3.6%
47%
35%
—
—
18%
Predictions
Results
State Senate district results
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
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