The 2022 Georgia Secretary of State election will be held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Georgia. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is running for reelection to a second term. Raffensperger emerged as a major national figure in late 2020 when he faced significant pressure from President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. The party primary elections took place on May 24, with runoffs scheduled for June 21.

Raffensperger was elected in 2018 to a first term in a runoff against Democratic former U.S. representative John Barrow, the first time in Georgia history that any statewide executive election went to a second round.

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Current Position: Secretary of State since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Candidate: 2022 Secretary of State

Bradford Jay Raffensperger (born May 18, 1955) is an American politician, businessman, and civil engineer, serving as the Secretary of State of Georgia since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 50.

Raffensperger rose to national attention in the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. presidential election that November. President Donald Trump lost the election, and lost Georgia, to challenger Joe Biden. After his loss, Trump refused to accept defeat and made false claims of fraud. Trump launched a protracted campaign to overturn the election results and keep himself in power, but was ultimately unsuccessful. As part of this campaign, Trump made a recorded phone call on January 2, 2021, in which he attempted to persuade Raffensperger to change the vote count in Georgia in Trump’s favor. He resisted pressure from Trump, and claimed that the outgoing president’s claims were based on falsehoods.

Raffensperger is running for reelection in the 2022 Georgia Secretary of State election, after defeating Trump-backed Jody Hice in the Republican primary.

Current Position: State Delegate of District 89
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2022 Secretary of State

Bee made history when she was elected as the first Asian American Democratic woman to the Georgia General Assembly in House District 89, the seat formerly held by Stacey Abrams. At the Georgia State Capitol, Bee is a leading advocate for voting rights, public education, and criminal justice reform.

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