Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

State Executives
Current Governors
Gubernatorial Elections
	2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014
Current Lt. Governors
Lt. Governor Elections
	2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014

	Georgia Lieutenant Governor
	; ; ;
	General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$91,609
2024 FY Budget:	$1,791,231
Term limits:	None
	Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	Georgia Constitution, Article V, Section 1, Paragraph III
Selection Method:	Elected
	Current Officeholder
	Lieutenant Governor of Georgia Burt Jones; Republican Party; Assumed office: 2023-01-09
	Elections
Next election:	November 3, 2026
Last election:	November 8, 2022
	Other Georgia Executive Offices
	Governor•Lieutenant Governor•Secretary of State•Attorney General•Treasurer•Auditor•Superintendent of Schools•Agriculture Commissioner•Insurance Commissioner•Natural Resources Commissioner•Labor Commissioner•Public Service Commission

The Lieutenant Governor of the State of Georgia is an elected constitutional officer, the second ranking officer of the executive branch and the first officer in line to succeed the Governor of Georgia. The lieutenant governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and, unlike the governor, is not subject to term limits.

Current officeholder

See also: Current Lieutenant Governors

The current Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is Burt Jones (R). Jones assumed office in 2023.

Authority

The state constitution establishes the office of the lieutenant governor in Article V, the Executive Department.

Georgia Constitution, Article V, Section 1, Paragraph III

There shall be a Lieutenant Governor, who shall be elected at the same time, for the same term, and in the same manner as the Governor. The Lieutenant Governor shall be the President of the Senate and shall have such executive duties as prescribed by the Governor and as may be prescribed by law not inconsistent with the powers of the Governor or other provisions of this Constitution...

Qualifications

Article V, Section 1 of the state constitution establishes the qualifications of the office:

The lieutenant governor must be:

at least 30 years old on the day the lieutenant governor assumes offices
a resident of Georgia for at least six years on the day of the election
an American citizen for at least 15 years

Georgia Constitution, Article V, Section 1, Paragraph IV

No person shall be eligible for election to the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor unless such person shall have been a citizen of the United States 15 years and a legal resident of the state six years immediately preceding the election and shall have attained the age of 30 years by the date of assuming office.

Elections

Georgia state government organizational chart

See also: Gubernatorial election cycles by state

See also: Election of lieutenant governors

Georgia elects lieutenant governors in the midterm elections, that is, even years that are not presidential election years (e.g. 2018, 2022, 2026, 2030). Legally, the lieutenant gubernatorial inauguration is always set for the same day that the Georgia General Assembly convenes

2022

See also: Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

Burt Jones defeated Charlie Bailey and Ryan Graham in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Burt Jones (R)	51.4	2,009,617
	Charlie Bailey (D)	46.4	1,815,524
	Ryan Graham (L)	2.2	85,207

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,910,348
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

Charlie Bailey defeated Kwanza Hall in the Democratic primary runoff for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on June 21, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Charlie Bailey	63.1	162,771
	Kwanza Hall	36.9	95,375

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 258,146
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on May 24, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kwanza Hall	30.2	208,249
✔	Charlie Bailey	17.6	121,750
	Renitta Shannon	14.5	99,877
	Tyrone Brooks Jr.	10.8	74,855
	Erick Allen	9.2	63,222
	Derrick Jackson	8.8	60,706
	Tony Brown	4.0	27,905
	Jason Hayes	3.1	21,415
	Rashid Malik	1.8	12,610

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 690,589
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Kolbey Gardner (D)
Bryan Miller (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

Burt Jones defeated Butch Miller, Mack McGregor, and Jeanne Seaver in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on May 24, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Burt Jones	50.1	558,979
	Butch Miller	31.1	347,547
	Mack McGregor	11.3	125,916
	Jeanne Seaver	7.5	84,225

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,116,667
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.