2016 United States Senate election in Georgia
The 2016 United States Senate election in Georgia was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Georgia, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primary election for the Republican and Democratic parties took place on May 24, 2016.
Incumbent Republican Senator Johnny Isakson won re-election to a third term in office. Isakson resigned from the Senate on December 31, 2019 due to health issues.Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Mary Kay Bacallao, college professor, former Fayette County Board of Education member and candidate for State Superintendent of Schools in 2014
- Derrick Grayson, MARTA engineer, minister and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014
- Johnny Isakson, incumbent U.S. Senator
Withdrawn
- Lee Benedict, teacher and state senate candidate in 2007
Declined
- Paul Broun, former U.S. Representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1996 and 2014
- Tom Graves, U.S. Representative
- Kelly Loeffler, owner of the Atlanta Dream
- Tom Price, U.S. Representative
- Allen West, former U.S. Representative from Florida
Endorsements
Polling
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- James F. Barksdale, investment firm executive
- Cheryl Copeland, AT&T manager
- John Coyne, businessman and perennial candidate
Withdrawn
- Jim Knox, information technologist and United States Air Force veteran
Declined
- Stacey Abrams, Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives
- Thurbert Baker, former Attorney General of Georgia and candidate for governor in 2010
- Roy Barnes, former governor
- John Barrow, former U.S. Representative
- Jason Carter, state senator and nominee for Governor of Georgia in 2014
- Stacey Evans, state representative
- Shirley Franklin, former Mayor of Atlanta
- Scott Holcomb, state representative and candidate for secretary of state in 2006
- Margaret Kaiser, state representative
- Jim Marshall, former U.S. Representative
- Michelle Nunn, former CEO of Points of Light and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2014
- Kasim Reed, Mayor of Atlanta
- Michael Sterling, executive director of the Atlanta Workforce Development Agency, former Assistant United States Attorney and former adviser to Mayor Kasim Reed
- Doug Stoner, former state senator
- Ed Tarver, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia and former state senator
- Regina Thomas, former state senator and candidate for GA-12 in 2008 and 2010
- Teresa Tomlinson, Mayor of Columbus
- Raphael Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church
- Valarie Wilson, former president of the Georgia School Boards Association, former chair of the Decatur School Board, and nominee for State Superintendent of Schools in 2014
Results
Libertarian nomination
Candidates
Declared
Allen Buckley won the nomination at the March 5, 2016, nominating convention in MariettaGeneral election
Debates
Polling
Predictions
Results
