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As of May 2022, one special election has been called to fill a vacant seat in the Georgia General Assembly in 2022. Click here to read more about the special elections.

House special elections called:

* District 45: April 5

## Contents

* 1 How vacancies are filled in Georgia
* 2 About the legislature
* 3 Special elections
* 3.1 April 5, 2022
* 4 Historical data
* 5 Special elections throughout the country
* 5.1 Breakdown of 2022 special elections
* 5.2 Impact of special elections on partisan composition
* 5.3 Flipped seats
* 5.3.1 Seats flipped from R to D
* 6 See also
* 7 Footnotes

### How vacancies are filled in Georgia[edit]

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in the Georgia General Assembly, the vacant seat must be filled by a special election. The governor must declare a special election no later than 10 days after the vacancy happens. The election must be held no less than 30 days and no later than 60 days after the governor calls for the election. The counties representing the vacant district are responsible for conducting the election.[1]

See sources: Georgia Code § 21-2-544

### About the legislature[edit]

The Georgia General Assembly is a bicameral body composed of the Georgia House of Representatives, with 180 members, and the Georgia State Senate, with 56 members. The boxes below show the partisan composition of both chambers directly before and after the November 2020 general election. For the most up-to-date numbers on partisan composition in this legislature, see here (Senate) and here (House).

Georgia State Senate

Party  | As of November 3, 2020  | After November 4, 2020
| Democratic Party | 21  | 22
| Republican Party | 35 | 34
Total |  56 |  56

Georgia House of Representatives

Party  | As of November 3, 2020  | After November 4, 2020
| Democratic Party | 75  | 76
| Republican Party | 104 | 103
| Vacancy  | 1  | 1
Total |  180 |  180

## Special elections[edit]

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### April 5, 2022[edit]

Georgia House of Representatives District 45 |

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See also: Georgia state legislative special elections, 2022

A special election for District 45 of the Georgia House of Representatives was called for April 5, 2022. A runoff election was scheduled for May 3, 2022. The candidate filing deadline passed on February 18, 2022.[2]

The seat became vacant after Matt Dollar (R) resigned on February 1, 2022, to take a position as the deputy commissioner of economic development with the Technical College System of Georgia.[3]

General runoff election

##### Special general runoff election for Georgia House of Representatives District 45

Mitchell Kaye defeated Dustin McCormick in the special general runoff election for Georgia House of Representatives District 45 on May 3, 2022.

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Candidate

Votes

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| Mitchell Kaye (R)  |

56.5

| 2,806

| Dustin McCormick (D) |

43.5

| 2,158

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There were no incumbents in this race. Source

| Total votes: 4,964

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General election

##### Special general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 45

Mitchell Kaye and Dustin McCormick advanced to a runoff. They defeated Pamela Alayon and Darryl Wilson in the special general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 45 on April 5, 2022.

Candidate

Votes

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| Mitchell Kaye (R)  |

41.7

| 2,272
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| Dustin McCormick (D) |

40.5

| 2,207

| Pamela Alayon (R)  |

13.4

| 733

| Darryl Wilson (R)  |

4.4

| 242

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There were no incumbents in this race. Source

| Total votes: 5,454

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## Historical data[edit]

There were 848 state legislative special elections that took place from 2010 to 2021. Georgia held 71 special elections during the same time period; the most of any state. About six special elections were held each year on average. The largest number of special elections in Georgia took place in 2015 when 12 special elections were held.

The table below details how many state legislative special elections were held in a state in a given year.

## Special elections throughout the country[edit]

See also: State legislative special elections, 2022

As of May 2022, 45 state legislative special elections have been scheduled for 2022 in 20 states. Between 2011 and 2021, an average of 74 special elections took place each year.

### Breakdown of 2022 special elections[edit]

In 2022, special elections for state legislative positions are being held for the following reasons:

* 21 due to appointment, election, or the seeking of election to another position
* 21 due to resignation
* 3 due to the death of the incumbent

### Impact of special elections on partisan composition[edit]

The partisan breakdown for the special elections is as follows:

* 32 Democratic seats
* 13 Republican seats

As of May 12, 2022, Republicans controlled 54.35% of all state legislative seats nationally, while Democrats held 44.37%. Republicans held a majority in 62 chambers, and Democrats held the majority in 36 chambers. One chamber (Alaska House) was organized under a multipartisan, power-sharing coalition.[4]

Partisan balance of all 7,383 state legislative seats

Legislative chamber  |  |  |  Other  | Vacant
State senates | 861  | 1,096  | 8  | 7
State houses | 2,417  | 2,917  | 33  | 48
Total: | 3,278

| 4,012

| 41

| 55

The table below details how many seats changed parties as the result of a special election in 2022. The number on the left reflects how many vacant seats were originally held by each party, while the number on the right shows how many vacant seats each party won in the special elections.

Note: This table reflects information for elections that have been held and not the total number of vacant seats.

Partisan Change from Special Elections (2022)

Party  | As of Special Election  | After Special Election
| Democratic Party | 24  | 25
| Republican Party | 10  | 9
| Independent  | 0  | 0
Total |  34  |  34

### Flipped seats[edit]

In 2022, as of May, one seat flipped as a result of state legislative special elections.

#### Seats flipped from R to D[edit]

* Michigan House of Representatives District 74 (May 3)

## See also[edit]

* State legislative special elections, 2022
* State legislative special elections, 2021
* State legislative special elections, 2020
* State legislative special elections, 2019
* State legislative special elections, 2018
* State legislative special elections, 2017
* State legislative special elections, 2016
* Georgia General Assembly

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ The State of Georgia, "Official Code of Georgia," accessed May 22, 2014 (Statute 21-2-544)
2. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "SPECIAL ELECTION SET FOR GEORGIA HOUSE DISTRICT 45," accessed February 16, 2022
3. ↑ CBS 46, "Georgia Rep. Matt Dollar resigns from Georgia House of Representatives," February 1, 2022
4. ↑ Nebraska is officially nonpartisan but was held by a Republican majority. For more information on how Ballotpedia determined the partisan affiliation for Nebraska senators, please click here.

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