2022 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 2022 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. It coincided with various other statewide elections, including for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and Governor of Georgia. Georgia is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.

Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan, who was first elected in 2018 with 51.6% of the vote, declined to run for a second term after he openly contradicted claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. A vocal critic of Donald Trump, he had been speculated as a potential presidential candidate in the 2024 election.

Primary elections were held on May 24, with runoffs being held on June 21 for instances in which no candidate received a majority of the initial vote. State legislator Burt Jones won the Republican nomination and was one of two Trump-endorsed statewide candidates in Georgia to do so, along with Herschel Walker in his run for U.S. Senate. Attorney Charlie Bailey won the Democratic primary in a runoff, and former party chair Ryan Graham was chosen as the Libertarian nominee.

Jones was declared the winner on November 9 after all the votes were counted. He was inaugurated on January 9, 2023.

Nominee

 * Burt Jones, state senator

Eliminated in primary

 * Mack McGregor, manufacturing supervisor
 * Butch Miller, president pro tempore of the Georgia State Senate
 * Jeanne Seaver, activist and candidate for GA's 12th congressional district in 2010

Declined

 * Chris Clark, president and CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce
 * Geoff Duncan, incumbent lieutenant governor
 * P. K. Martin IV, former state senator

Polling

 * Graphical summary

Results
[[File:2022 Georgia Lieutenant governor Republican primary.svg|thumb|200px|Primary results by county: {{legend|#ed8783|Jones}}

{{legend|#fbdedd|30–40%}}

{{legend|#f1b4b2|40–50%}}

{{legend|#ed8783|50–60%}}

{{legend|#e55651|60–70%}}

{{legend|#d02923|70–80%}}

{{legend|#b00600|80–90%}} {{legend|#c88fe4|Miller}}

{{legend|#f2dffc|30–40%}}

{{legend|#dcb7ef|40–50%}}

{{legend|#b368d9|60–70%}}

]]

Nominee

 * Charlie Bailey, former Fulton County senior assistant district attorney and nominee for Georgia Attorney General in 2018

Eliminated in runoff

 * Kwanza Hall, former U.S. Representative for GA's 5th congressional district and former Atlanta city councilor

Eliminated in initial primary

 * Erick Allen, state representative
 * Tyrone Brooks Jr., manager
 * Tony Brown, U.S. Air Force veteran
 * Jason Hayes, doctor
 * Derrick Jackson, state representative
 * Rashid Malik, entrepreneur
 * Renitta Shannon, state representative

Did not file

 * Ben Turner, entrepreneur, educator, and activist

Withdrawn

 * Bryan Miller, grandson of former U.S. Senator Zell Miller

Declined

 * Keisha Lance Bottoms, former Mayor of Atlanta
 * Carolyn Bourdeaux, U.S. Representative from GA's 7th congressional district (ran for re-election)
 * Sarah Riggs Amico, businesswoman, nominee for lieutenant governor in 2018, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020 (endorsed Allen)

Results
[[File:2022 Georgia Lieutenant governor Democratic primary runoff.svg|thumb|200px|Primary results by county: {{legend|#8db8e2|Bailey}}

{{legend|#8db8e2|50–60%}}

{{legend|#679fd7|60–70%}}

{{legend|#4187cd|70–80%}}

{{legend|#336aa2|80–90%}} {{legend|#87be51|Hall}}

{{legend|#87be51|50–60%}}

{{legend|#63a61f|60–70%}}

{{legend|#478e00|70–80%}} {{legend|#c6c6c6|Tie}}

{{legend|#c6c6c6|50–60%}} ]]

Nominee

 * Ryan Graham, chair of the Libertarian Party of Georgia and candidate for Georgia Public Service Commission in 2018

Polling

 * Graphical summary