List of United States Senators from Georgia
This page displays current and historical information pertaining to the U.S. Senate delegation from Georgia.
Current members
The current members of the U.S. Senate from Georgia are:
| Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office | Date term ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senate Georgia | Jon Ossoff | Democratic | January 20, 2021 | January 3, 2027 |
| U.S. Senate Georgia | Raphael Warnock | Democratic | January 20, 2021 | January 3, 2029 |
Election history
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- For more information on the different classes of U.S. Senators, please see: Classes of United States Senators
Class II
Senators in Class II were elected to office in the November 2020 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. Class II terms run from the beginning of the 117th Congress on January 3, 2021, to the end of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2027.
2020
General runoff election
General runoff election for U.S. Senate Georgia
Jon Ossoff defeated incumbent David Perdue in the general runoff election for U.S. Senate Georgia on January 5, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jon Ossoff (D)  | 50.6 | 2,269,923 |
 | David Perdue (R) | 49.4 | 2,214,979 | |
| Total votes: 4,484,902 | |||
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General election
General election for U.S. Senate Georgia
Incumbent David Perdue and Jon Ossoff advanced to a runoff. They defeated Shane Hazel in the general election for U.S. Senate Georgia on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Perdue (R) | 49.7 | 2,462,617 |
| ✔ | | Jon Ossoff (D) | 47.9 | 2,374,519 |
 | Shane Hazel (L) | 2.3 | 115,039 | |
| Total votes: 4,952,175 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Darrell McGuire (Independent)
- Clifton Kilby (Independent)
- Elbert Bartell (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Georgia
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Georgia on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jon Ossoff | 52.8 | 626,819 |
 | Teresa Tomlinson | 15.8 | 187,416 | |
 | Sarah Riggs Amico | 11.8 | 139,574 | |
 | Maya Dillard Smith | 8.8 | 105,000 | |
 | James Knox | 4.2 | 49,452 | |
 | Marckeith DeJesus | 3.9 | 45,936 | |
 | Tricia Carpenter McCracken | 2.7 | 32,463 | |
| Total votes: 1,186,660 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Akhenaten Amun (D)
- Harold Shouse (D)
- Elaine Whigham Williams (D)
- Ted Terry (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Georgia
Incumbent David Perdue advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Georgia on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Perdue | 100.0 | 992,555 |
| Total votes: 992,555 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Jackson (R)
- Michael Jowers (R)
2014
On November 4, 2014, David Perdue (R) won election to the U.S. Senate. He defeated Michelle Nunn (D) and Amanda Swafford (L) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  David Perdue |
52.89% | 1,358,088 | |
| Democratic | Michelle Nunn | 45.21% | 1,160,811 | |
| Libertarian | Amanda Swafford | 1.90% | 48,862 | |
| Total Votes | 2,567,761 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Saxby Chambliss won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Jim Martin (D), Allen Buckley (L), Elanor Garcia (I) and William Salomone, Jr (I) in the general election.[1]
| U.S. Senate, Georgia General Election, 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Saxby Chambliss incumbent |
49.8% | 1,867,097 | |
| Democratic | Jim Martin | 46.8% | 1,757,393 | |
| Libertarian | Allen Buckley | 3.4% | 127,923 | |
| Independent | Elanor Garcia | 0% | 43 | |
| Independent | William Salomone, Jr | 0% | 29 | |
| Total Votes | 3,752,485 | |||
2002
On November 5, 2002, Saxby Chambliss won election to the . He defeated Max Cleland (D) and Claude "Sandy" Thomas (L) in the general election.[2]
| U.S. Senate, Georgia General Election, 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Saxby Chambliss |
53% | 1,071,352 | |
| Democratic | Max Cleland incumbent | 45.6% | 922,422 | |
| Libertarian | Claud "Sandy" Thomas | 1.4% | 27,830 | |
| Total Votes | 2,021,604 | |||
1996
On November 5, 1996, Max Cleland won election to the United States Senate. he defeated Guy M. Millner (R) and John Gregory Cashin (L) in the general election.[3]
| U.S. Senate, Georgia General Election, 1996 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Max Cleland |
48.9% | 1,103,993 | |
| Republican | Guy M. Millner | 47.5% | 1,073,969 | |
| Libertarian | John Gregory Cashin | 3.6% | 81,262 | |
| Total Votes | 2,259,224 | |||
Class III
Senators in Class III were elected to office in the November 2022 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. Class III terms run from the beginning of the 118th Congress on January 3, 2023, to the end of the 120th Congress on January 3, 2029.
2022
General runoff election
General runoff election for U.S. Senate Georgia
Incumbent Raphael Warnock defeated Herschel Walker in the general runoff election for U.S. Senate Georgia on December 6, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Raphael Warnock (D) | 51.4 | 1,820,633 |
 | Herschel Walker (R) | 48.6 | 1,721,244 | |
| Total votes: 3,541,877 | |||
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General election
General election for U.S. Senate Georgia
Incumbent Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker advanced to a runoff. They defeated Chase Oliver in the general election for U.S. Senate Georgia on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Raphael Warnock (D) | 49.4 | 1,946,117 |
| ✔ | | Herschel Walker (R) | 48.5 | 1,908,442 |
 | Chase Oliver (L) | 2.1 | 81,365 | |
| Total votes: 3,935,924 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- George Litchfield (Conservative Party)
- Annette Davis Jackson (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Georgia
Incumbent Raphael Warnock defeated Tamara Johnson-Shealey in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Georgia on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Raphael Warnock | 96.0 | 702,610 |
 | Tamara Johnson-Shealey | 4.0 | 28,984 | |
| Total votes: 731,594 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Georgia
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Georgia on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Herschel Walker | 68.2 | 803,560 |
 | Gary Black | 13.4 | 157,370 | |
 | Latham Saddler | 8.9 | 104,471 | |
 | Josh Clark | 4.0 | 46,693 | |
 | Kelvin King | 3.2 | 37,930 | |
 | Jonathan McColumn | 2.4 | 28,601 | |
| Total votes: 1,178,625 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Nestor (R)
- Jared Craig (R)
2020
Special election (Isakson's seat)
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for U.S. Senate Georgia
Raphael Warnock defeated incumbent Kelly Loeffler in the special general runoff election for U.S. Senate Georgia on January 5, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Raphael Warnock (D) | 51.0 | 2,289,113 |
 | Kelly Loeffler (R) | 49.0 | 2,195,841 | |
| Total votes: 4,484,954 | |||
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General election
Special general election for U.S. Senate Georgia
The following candidates ran in the special general election for U.S. Senate Georgia on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Raphael Warnock (D) | 32.9 | 1,617,035 |
| ✔ | | Kelly Loeffler (R) | 25.9 | 1,273,214 |
 | Doug Collins (R) | 20.0 | 980,454 | |
 | Deborah Jackson (D) | 6.6 | 324,118 | |
 | Matt Lieberman (D) | 2.8 | 136,021 | |
| Tamara Johnson-Shealey (D) | 2.2 | 106,767 | |
| Jamesia James (D) | 1.9 | 94,406 | |
 | Derrick Grayson (R) | 1.0 | 51,592 | |
| Joy Felicia Slade (D) | 0.9 | 44,945 | |
 | Annette Davis Jackson (R) | 0.9 | 44,335 | |
 | Kandiss Taylor (R) | 0.8 | 40,349 | |
 | A. Wayne Johnson (R) | 0.7 | 36,176 | |
 | Brian Slowinski (L) | 0.7 | 35,431 | |
 | Richard Dien Winfield (D) | 0.6 | 28,687 | |
 | Ed Tarver (D) | 0.5 | 26,333 | |
 | Allen Buckley (Independent) | 0.4 | 17,954 | |
 | John Fortuin (G) | 0.3 | 15,293 | |
 | Elbert Bartell (Independent) | 0.3 | 14,640 | |
 | Valencia Stovall (Independent) | 0.3 | 13,318 | |
 | Michael Todd Greene (Independent) | 0.3 | 13,293 | |
 | Rod Mack (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 7 | |
| Total votes: 4,914,368 | |||
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2016
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Johnny Isakson Incumbent |
54.8% | 2,135,806 | |
| Democratic | Jim Barksdale | 41% | 1,599,726 | |
| Libertarian | Allen Buckley | 4.2% | 162,260 | |
| Total Votes | 3,897,792 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Johnny Isakson won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Michael "Mike" Thurmond (D), Chuck Donovan (L), Steve Davis (I), Raymond Beckworth (I) and Brian Russell Brown (I) in the general election.[4]
| U.S. Senate, Georgia General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Johnny Isakson Incumbent |
58.3% | 1,489,904 | |
| Democratic | Michael "Mike" Thurmond | 39% | 996,515 | |
| Libertarian | Chuck Donovan | 2.7% | 68,750 | |
| Independent | Steve Davis | 0% | 52 | |
| Independent | Raymond Beckworth | 0% | 24 | |
| Independent | Brian Russell Brown | 0% | 12 | |
| Total Votes | 2,555,257 | |||
2004
On November 2, 2004, Johnny Isakson won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Denise L. Majette (D), Allen Buckley (L) and Matthew Jamison (Write-in) in the general election.[5]
| U.S. Senate, Georgia, General Election, 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Johnny Isakson |
57.9% | 1,864,202 | |
| Democratic | Denise L. Majette | 40% | 1,287,690 | |
| Libertarian | Allen Buckley | 2.1% | 69,051 | |
| Write-in | Matthew Jamison | 0% | 7 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0% | 31 | |
| Total Votes | 3,220,981 | |||
1998
On November 3, 1998, Paul Coverdell won re-election to the United States Senate. he defeated Michael J. Coles (D) and Bertil Armin Loftman (L) in the general election.[6]
| U.S. Senate, Georgia General Election, 1998 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Paul Coverdell incumbent |
52.4% | 918,540 | |
| Democratic | Michael J. Coles | 45.1% | 791,904 | |
| Libertarian | Bertil Armin Loftman | 2.5% | 43,467 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0% | 42 | |
| Total Votes | 1,753,953 | |||
Historical members
| Historical Representation to the U.S. Senate by Party from Georgia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 37 | |||
| Democratic Republican | 14 | |||
| Republican | 7 | |||
| Jacksonian | 4 | |||
| Whig | 2 | |||
| Anti-Admin | 2 | |||
| Federalist | 1 | |||
| CRR, Jacksonian | 1 | |||
| Anti-Admin, Federalist | 1 | |||
| Class 2 Senators from Georgia | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Party | Years Served | ||||||
| William Few | Anti-Admin | 1789-1793 | ||||||
| James Jackson | Anti-Admin | 1793-1795 | ||||||
| George Walton | Federalist | 1795-1796 | ||||||
| Josiah Tattnall | Democratic-Republican | 1796-1799 | ||||||
| Abraham Baldwin | Democratic-Republican | 1799-1807 | ||||||
| George Jones | Democratic-Republican | 1807-1807 | ||||||
| William H. Crawford | Democratic-Republican | 1807-1813 | ||||||
| William B. Bulloch | Democratic-Republican | 1813-1813 | ||||||
| William Wyatt Bibb | Democratic-Republican | 1813-1816 | ||||||
| George M. Troup | Democratic-Republican | 1816-1818 | ||||||
| John Forsyth | Democratic-Republican | 1818-1819 | ||||||
| Freeman Walker | Democratic-Republican | 1819-1821 | ||||||
| Nicolas Ware | Democratic-Republican | 1821-1824 | ||||||
| Thomas W. Cobb | CRR, Jacksonian | 1824-1828 | ||||||
| Oliver H. Prince | Jacksonian | 1828-1829 | ||||||
| George M. Troup | Jacksonian | 1829-1833 | ||||||
| John Pendleton King | Democratic | 1833-1837 | ||||||
| Wilson Lumpkin | Democratic | 1837-1841 | ||||||
| John Macpherson Berrien | Whig | 1841-1852 | ||||||
| Robert M. Charlton | Democratic | 1852-1853 | ||||||
| Robert A. Toombs | Democratic | 1853-1861 | ||||||
| Homer V. M. Miller | Democratic | 1871-1871 | ||||||
| Thomas M. Norwood | Democratic | 1871-1877 | ||||||
| Benjamin H. Hill | Democratic | 1877-1882 | ||||||
| M. Pope Barrow | Democratic | 1882-1883 | ||||||
| Alfred H. Colquitt | Democratic | 1883-1894 | ||||||
| Patrick Walsh | Democratic | 1894-1895 | ||||||
| Augustus O. Bacon | Democratic | 1895-1914 | ||||||
| William S. West | Democratic | 1914-1914 | ||||||
| Thomas W. Hardwick | Democratic | 1914-1919 | ||||||
| William J. Harris | Democratic | 1919-1932 | ||||||
| John S. Cohen | Democratic | 1932-1933 | ||||||
| Richard B. Russell, Jr. | Democratic | 1933-1971 | ||||||
| David H. Gambrell | Democratic | 1971-1972 | ||||||
| Samuel A. Nunn | Democratic | 1972-1997 | ||||||
| J. Maxwell Cleland | Democratic | 1997-2003 | ||||||
| Saxby Chambliss | Republican | 2003-2015 | ||||||
| David Perdue | Republican | 2015-2021 | ||||||
| Jon Ossoff | Democratic | 2021-Present | ||||||
| Class 3 Senators from Georgia | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Party | Years Served | ||||||
| James Gunn | Anti-Admin, Federalist | 1789-1801 | ||||||
| James Jackson | Democratic-Republican | 1801-1806 | ||||||
| John Milledge | Democratic-Republican | 1806-1809 | ||||||
| Charles Tait | Democratic-Republican | 1809-1819 | ||||||
| John Elliott | Democratic-Republican | 1819-1825 | ||||||
| John Macpherson Berrien | Jacksonian | 1825-1829 | ||||||
| John Forsyth | Jacksonian | 1829-1834 | ||||||
| Alfred Cuthbert | Democratic | 1835-1843 | ||||||
| Walter T. Colquitt | Democratic | 1843-1848 | ||||||
| Herschel V. Johnson | Democratic | 1848-1849 | ||||||
| William C. Dawson | Whig | 1849-1855 | ||||||
| Alfred Iverson, Sr. | Democratic | 1855-1861 | ||||||
| Joshua Hill | Republican | 1871-1873 | ||||||
| John B. Gordon | Democratic | 1873-1880 | ||||||
| Joseph E. Brown | Democratic | 1880-1891 | ||||||
| John B. Gordon | Democratic | 1891-1897 | ||||||
| Alexander S. Clay | Democratic | 1897-1910 | ||||||
| Joseph M. Terrell | Democratic | 1910-1911 | ||||||
| Hoke Smith | Democratic | 1911-1921 | ||||||
| Thomas E. Watson | Democratic | 1921-1922 | ||||||
| Rebecca L. Felton | Democratic | 1922-1922 | ||||||
| Walter F. George | Democratic | 1922-1957 | ||||||
| Herman E. Talmadge | Democratic | 1957-1981 | ||||||
| Mack F. Mattingly | Republican | 1981-1987 | ||||||
| Wyche Fowler, Jr. | Democratic | 1987-1993 | ||||||
| Paul D. Coverdell | Republican | 1993-2000 | ||||||
| Zell B. Miller | Democratic | 2000-2005 | ||||||
| Johnny Isakson | Republican | 2005-2019 | ||||||
| Kelly Loeffler | Republican | 2020-2021 | ||||||
| Raphael Warnock | Democratic | 2021-Present | ||||||
See also
- United States Senate
- United States congressional delegations from Georgia
- Classes of United States Senators
Footnotes
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1996," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998," accessed March 28, 2013
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