The votes are in! We have compiled a short list of the results for the Georgia Gubernatorial Primary.

For the Democrats (as expected) Roy Barnes dominated bringing in over 65% (with 99% of precincts reporting) of the votes, winning the democratic party nomination. Roy Barnes served one term as Georgia’s Governor from 1999 to 2003.

For the Republicans the race was tight, Karen Handel pulled in over 34% of the votes (with 99% of precincts reporting) but it’s not enough to secure a nomination, Handel needs 50% of the votes and will now inevitably enter a runoff with Nathan Deal. The State of Georgia requires a runoff if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote.

Here are the numbers for each party and candidate. We show number of votes and percentages, as reported by the Secretary of State website.

Gubernatorial Primary Results

Democrats:

• Baker – 85,355 – 21.6%
• Barnes – 258,873 – 65.6%
• Bolton – 3,566 – 0.9%
• Camon – 4,163 – 1.1%
• Mangham – 3,114 – 0.8%
• Porter – 17,752 – 4.5%
• Poythress – 21,762 – 5.5%

Totals – 394,585 – 100.0%

Republicans:

• Chapman – 20,594 – 3.0%
• Deal – 155,795 – 22.9%
• Handel – 231,713 – 34.1%
• Johnson – 136,652 – 20.1%
• McBerry – 17,149O – 2.5%
• Oxendine – 115,253 – 17.0%
• Putnam – 2,542 – 0.4%

Totals – 679,698 – 100.0%

Check out our post for all other elections here Statewide Primary Results

What are your thoughts on the results? Did your candidate do as well as you thought/hoped? In the coming months the Gubernatorial race will undoubtedly get exciting.

An interesting point is the number of voters for each party, with Republicans pulling in almost 670,000 votes while Democrats getting just shy of 395,000. Is this a worth while number to look at? Will Republicans cross party lines and vote Democratic come November? Or were democrats just not worried about Barnes pulling it out in the primary?

The results displayed are UNOFFICIAL AND INCOMPLETE until certified by both county election superintendents and the Secretary of State, a process that will not be completed until the week of July 26. These unofficial returns, transmitted by counties to the Secretary of State’s Data Center on election night, are under continuous review for formatting accuracy and are subject to correction at any time.

NOTE: Provisional results not included in races and/or counties with less than 100% of precincts reporting.