2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia facts for kids

See also: 2020 United States Senate elections

For the other Senate election in Georgia, see 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia.

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2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia

November 3, 2020 (first round) January 5, 2021 (runoff)

Nominee Jon Ossoff David Perdue Party Democrat Republican First round 2,374,519 47.95% 2,462,617 49.73% Runoff 2,269,738 50.62% 2,214,506 49.38%

First round county results Perdue:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Ossoff:      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%

U.S. Senator before election David Perdue Republican Elected U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff Democratic

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

County results, Democratic primary

     Ossoff

     Ossoff—60–70%
     Ossoff—50–60%
     Ossoff—40–50%
     Ossoff—30–40%
     Ossoff—<30%

     Ossoff/Riggs Amico tie

     Ossoff/Riggs Amico tie—<30%

     Tomlinson

     Tomlinson—60-70%
     Tomlinson—50-60%
     Tomlinson—40-50%
     Tomlinson—30-40%
     Tomlinson—<30%

     Riggs Amico

     Riggs Amico—30-40%
     Riggs Amico—<30%

     Smith

     Smith—30-40%
     Smith—<30%

     Knox

     Knox—<30%

Democratic primary results, June 9, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democrat	Jon Ossoff	926,819	57.7%
	Democrat	Teresa Tomlinson	379,416	29.3%
	Democrat	Sarah Riggs Amico	139,574	11.7%
	Democrat	Maya Dillard-Smith		8.8%
	Democrat	James Knox	49,452	4.17%
	Democrat	Marckeith DeJesus	45,936	3.87%
	Democrat	Tricia Carpenter McCracken	32,463	2.74%
Total votes			1,186,660	100.00%

Republican Party primary

Republican primary results, June 9, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Perdue (incumbent)	992,555	100.00%
Total votes			992,555	100.00%

Results

First round

2020 United States Senate election in Georgia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	David Perdue (incumbent)	2,462,617	49.73%	−3.16%
	Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democrat	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%