2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia facts for kids
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![]() First round county results
Perdue: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Ossoff: 50–60% 60–70% 80–90% |
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An election happened to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Georgia. There were two rounds on November 3, 2020; and January 5, 2021. The two people in last round of the election were Jon Ossoff (Democratic Party) and David Perdue (Republican Party).
Primary elections happened on June 9, 2020. The Republican Party primary only had one person, David Perdue, as he was Senator before the election. There were many people in the Democratic Party primary, and Jon Oscoff won. These went against Libertarian Party candidate Shane T. Hazel. Nobody got more than 50% of the vote, so the top two (Oscoff and Perdue) went to a second round in January. Ossoff won the second round and became Senator.
Democratic Party primary

Ossoff—50–60%
Ossoff—40–50%
Ossoff—30–40%
Ossoff—<30%
Tomlinson—50-60%
Tomlinson—40-50%
Tomlinson—30-40%
Tomlinson—<30%
Riggs Amico—<30%
Smith—<30%
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jon Ossoff | 926,819 | 57.7% | |
Democratic | Teresa Tomlinson | 379,416 | 29.3% | |
Democratic | Sarah Riggs Amico | 139,574 | 11.7% | |
Democratic | Maya Dillard-Smith | 8.8% | ||
Democratic | James Knox | 49,452 | 4.17% | |
Democratic | Marckeith DeJesus | 45,936 | 3.87% | |
Democratic | Tricia Carpenter McCracken | 32,463 | 2.74% | |
Total votes | 1,186,660 | 100.00% |
Republican Party primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Perdue (incumbent) | 992,555 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 992,555 | 100.00% |
Results
First round
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Republican | David Perdue (incumbent) | 2,462,617 | 49.73% | −3.16% | |
Democratic | Jon Ossoff | 2,374,519 | 47.95% | +2.74% | |
Libertarian | Shane T. Hazel | 115,039 | 2.32% | +0.42% | |
Total votes | 4,952,175 | 100.00% |
Second round
2020 United States Senate election in Georgia | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Jon Ossoff | 2,269,738 | 50.62% | +5.41% | |
Republican | David Perdue (incumbent) | 2,214,506 | 49.38% | -3.51% | |
Total votes | 4,484,244 | 100.00% |
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See also
In Spanish: Elección al Senado de los Estados Unidos en Georgia de 2020 para niños