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

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2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia

← 2016 November 3, 2020 (first round) January 5, 2021 (runoff) 2022 →
Turnout	65.3% First round 59.7% Runoff
Candidate Raphael Warnock Kelly Loeffler Party Democrat Republican First round 1,617,035 32.9% 1,273,214 25.9% Runoff 2,289,113 51.0% 2,195,841 49.0%   Candidate Doug Collins Deborah Jackson Party Republican Democrat First round 980,454 20.0% 324,118 6.6% Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
First round county results Runoff county results Map key Warnock:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Loeffler:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100% Collins:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%
U.S. Senator before election Kelly Loeffler Republican Elected U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock Democrat

A special election was held to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Georgia in two rounds on November 3, 2020; and January 5, 2021. It was held because Republican Class III Senator Johnny Isakson resigned. Raphael Warnock got the most votes with 32.9%, and Kelly Loeffler came in second with 25.9% in the first round. Because no one got more than 50% of votes, a second round was held between the two highest. Warnock is projected to win the second round of the election. The regular Class II election was also held on the same dates with two rounds.

Results

First round

Since no candidate won more than 50% of the vote on November 3, the top two finishers—Republican Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Raphael Warnock—went to a January 5, 2021 runoff election.

Second round (run-off)

See also

In Spanish: Elección especial al Senado de los Estados Unidos en Georgia de 2020 para niños