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.
Then-incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Casey Cagle chose to not run for re-election in order to run for governor.
Republican primary Candidates Advanced to runoff Geoff Duncan, state representative David Shafer, state senator
Defeated in primary Rick Jeffares, state senator
Declined Brandon Beach, state senator (endorsed Jeffares) Jim Butterworth, former state senator and former adjutant general of the Georgia National Guard Casey Cagle, lieutenant governor of Georgia (running for governor) Bill Cowsert, Majority Leader of the Georgia State Senate Tim Echols, Georgia Public Service Commissioner Steve Gooch, state senator (endorsed Jeffares) Burt Jones, state senator (endorsed Jeffares) Rick Knox Butch Miller, state senator (endorsed Shafer) Allen Peake, state representative
Endorsements
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror GeoffDuncan RickJeffares DavidShafer UndecidedUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of Georgia April 19–26, 2018 507 ± 4.4% 12% 7% 14% 65%
Results
Runoff Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error GeoffDuncan DavidShafer UndecidedRosetta StoneRosetta Stone June 7, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 19% 46% 35%
Results
Democratic primary Candidates
Declared Sarah Riggs Amico, businesswoman Triana Arnold James, small business owner and veteran
Declined Stacey Evans, state representative (running for Governor) Ken Hodges, former Dougherty County District Attorney and nominee for attorney general in 2010 (running for the Georgia Court of Appeals) Ronnie Mabra, former state representative Jon Ossoff, investigative filmmaker Doug Stoner, Smyrna City Councilman and former state senator (running for the Public Service Commission)
Endorsements
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered SamplesizeMargin oferror SarahAmico TrianaJames UndecidedUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of Georgia April 12–18, 2018 473 ± 4.5% 10%20%70%
Results
General election
Endorsements
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error GeoffDuncan (R) Sarah RiggsAmico (D) UndecidedUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of Georgia September 30 – October 9, 2018 1,232 ± 2.8% 45% 39% 15%Landmark CommunicationsLandmark Communications October 1, 2018 964 ± 3.2% 48% 46% 6%Gravis MarketingGravis Marketing July 27–29, 2018 650 ± 3.8% 41% 43% 15%
Results
By congressional district Duncan won nine of 14 congressional districts. District Duncan Riggs Amico Representative 58% 42%Buddy Carter 45% 55%Sanford Bishop 65% 35%Drew Ferguson 21% 79%Hank Johnson 13% 87%John Lewis 49.9% 50.1%Lucy McBath 51% 49%Rob Woodall 65% 35%Austin Scott 80% 20%Doug Collins 63% 37%Jody Hice 61% 39%Barry Loudermilk 59% 41%Rick W. Allen 24% 76%David Scott 76% 24%Tom Graves
Irregularities 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.
References
External links Official campaign websites Geoff Duncan (R) for Lt. Governor Sarah Riggs Amico (D) for Lt. Governor