GEORGIA SENATE GAE endorsed candidates in contested race are in BOLD ✔ = Winner Partisan make-up of the Georgia Senate Pre-Election Post-Election Democratic Party 23 23 Republican Party 33 33 No change in party representation in the Georgia Senate
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Constitutional Amendment 1
House District 110, Gwinnett ✔ Sequn Adeyina (i)
D R
Charles E. Lollar
House District 116, DeKalb, Henry ✔ El-Madhi Holly (i)
“Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by general law for a statewide homestead exemption that serves to limit increases in the assessed value of homesteads, but which any county, consolidated government, municipality, or local school system may opt out of upon the completion of certain procedures?” GAE recommended a NO vote on Amendment 1. ✔ For 62.9% Against Constitutional Amendment 2 “Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide for the Georgia Tax Court to be vested with the judicial power of the state and to have venue, judges, and jurisdiction concurrent with superior courts?” GAE took no position on Amendment 2. ✔ For 51.9% Against Referendum A “Do you approve the Act that increases an exemption from property tax for all tangible personal property from $7,500 to $20,000?” GAE took no position on Amendment 2. ✔ For 64.5% Against SCHOOL BOARD RACES Republicans won all school board races in Barrow, Cherokee (unopposed), Cobb , Fayette , Forsyth , Oconee , and Paulding (unopposed) counties.
D R
Reign Stevens
House District 128, Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, McDuffie, Warren, Washington ✔ Mack Jackson (i) D
50.1%
Tracy Wheeler
R
49.9%
Senate District 5, Gwinnett ✔ Sheikh Rahman (i)
Rep. Jackson leads by 47 votes
D R
Lisa Noel Babbage
House District 137, Muscogee, Talbot, Troup ✔ Debbie Buckner (i)
D R
Senate District 7 , Gwinnett ✔ Nabilah Islam Parks (i)
Stephen Acorn
D R
J. Gregory Howard
House District 142, Bibb ✔ Miriam Paris (i)
D R
Senate District 9, Gwinnett ✔ Nikki Merritt (i)
Calvin Palmer
D R
Michael Gargiulo
House District 145, Bibb, Monroe Tangie Herring
D R
50.47%
Senate District 10, DeKalb, Henry ✔ Emanuel Jones (i)
Noah Harbuck 49.53% 99% of the vote counted; Herring, an educator, leads by 251 votes
D R
Furquan Stafford
Senate District 34, Clayton, Fayette ✔ Kenya Wicks
House District 149, Baldwin, Bibb, Jones Ken Vance (i)
D R
R D
Andrew Honeycutt
✔ Floyd L. Griffin, Jr.
Senate District 40, DeKalb ✔ Sally Harrell (i)
House District 153, Dougherty ✔ David Sampson (i)
D R
D R
Amelia K. Siamomua
Brenda Battle
Senate District 41, DeKalb ✔ Kim Jackson (i)
House District 162, Chatham ✔ Carl Gilliard (i)
D R
D R
Jeff Newlin
Keith Padgett
Senate District 48, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett ✔ Shawn Still (i)
House District 177, Lowndes ✔ Dexter Sharper (i)
R D
D R
Ashwin Ramaswami
Clay Griner
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