2020 Georgia State Senate election
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The 2020 Georgia State Senate elections are scheduled to take place on November 3, 2020 as part of the biennial United States elections. Georgia voters will elect state senators in all 56 of the state senate's districts to the 156th Georgia General Assembly. State senators serve two-year terms in the Georgia State Senate.
Primaries were held on June 9, 2020, coinciding with primaries for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Georgia House of Representatives, county and regional prosecutorial offices to determine which candidates appear on the November 3 ballot.
Following the 2018 state senate elections, Republicans maintained effective control of the Senate with 35 members, losing two seats to the Democratic caucus. However, the 4th Senate district became vacant upon the death of Jack Hill.
To reclaim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats would need to net 8 seats without the Lieutenant Governor's office. Democrats filed candidacies for 43 total seats in the State Senate, the highest number of Democratic candidacies for State Senate since 1998.
See also
- Voter suppression in the United States 2019–2020: Georgia
- 2020 Georgia elections
- Elections in Georgia (U.S. state)
- 2020 United States elections
References
External links
- "Georgia 2020 Purge List", SaveMyVote2020.org, Los Angeles, CA: Palast Investigative Fund,
Check if you have been purged from the Georgia voter rolls
- "League of Women Voters of Georgia". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- Elections at the Georgia Secretary of State official website
- Georgia at Ballotpedia
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Georgia", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- National Institute on Money in Politics; Campaign Finance Institute, "Georgia 2019 & 2020 Elections", Followthemoney.org
