Georgia 2014 Election Results

Georgia held its general election on November 4, 2014, deciding 236 legislative seats and 8 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Republicans re-elected Gov. Nathan Deal (R), swept every statewide office on the ballot, and kept their two-thirds Senate majority at 38-18.
• Deal beat state Sen. Jason Carter (D), a grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, by nearly 8 points, clearing the majority Georgia requires to avoid a runoff. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution called it a convincing re-election victory; polls had suggested a much closer race. Deal ran on a record he said had "turned Georgia into a jobs magnet," while Carter pledged to boost education spending. Atop the ballot, Republicans also kept the open U.S. Senate seat.
• The only open statewide office went to Richard Woods (R), who beat Valarie D. Wilson (D) for school superintendent by about 10 points, putting a Common Core opponent in charge of the state's schools. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle (R), Attorney General Samuel S. Olens (R), Secretary of State Brian Kemp (R), and the other Republican incumbents were all re-elected comfortably.
• Of the 236 legislative races, 188 had only one candidate on the general-election ballot.
• Voters approved all 3 measures. Amendment A made Georgia the first state to cap its income tax rate, barring any increase above the 6 percent rate in effect on January 1, 2015. Amendment B lets the legislature add reckless-driving penalties that fund the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund, and Referendum 1 extended a property tax exemption to privately operated dormitories and parking decks in the University System of Georgia.

Legislature

• House (180 seats): 60 D, 119 R, 1 other or vacant before the election, 59 D, 120 R, 1 other or vacant after; control stayed with Republicans.
• Senate (56 seats): 18 D, 37 R, 1 other or vacant before the election, 18 D, 38 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Legislative races

Ballot measures