9 Republicans and 5 Democrats. However, in 2018, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams received 49% of the vote, resulting in the closest gubernatorial election since 1966; a following runoff for Secretary of State was the first time that a statewide constitutional office was subjected to a runoff election. In the early 2020s, despite a Republican trifecta in the state government, the state became a competitive swing state, with Democrats, including two progressive senators, winning all three statewide federal races. The state voted for Joe Biden for president‚ and senators Jon Ossoff, and Raphael Warnock, the state's first Black senator. The win was reported to be due to the increased turnout in African-American voters due to the work of Stacey Abrams and LaTosha Brown. Raffensperger announced in 2020 that about 1,000 Georgians face investigation for voting twice in primary elections on 9 July. According to him, those voters returned absentee ballots and then showed up at polling places on election day. In 2022, Georgia swung back substantially to the right towards Republicans with incumbent Republican Governor Brian Kemp winning reelection by almost double digits at 7.6% over Democrat Stacey Abrams with a raw vote margin of over 300,000 votes. Every other Republican statewide in Georgia won their elections by a margin of 5-10% in 2022. However Raphael Warnock narrowly won election to his first full term in a December runoff against Republican opponent Herschel Walker who came within 1-2 points of Warnock but fell short. Indicating Georgia has significantly moved into being a red leaning purple state with a PVI of R+3 and regarded by many to be one of, if not the most competitive states in the country. Republicans continuing to dominate and maintain complete control at the state level in Georgia, but the federal level is extremely competitive. See also Political party strength in Georgia (U.S. state) United States presidential elections in Georgia 2010 United States Senate election in Georgia 2010 Georgia gubernatorial election 1998 Georgia gubernatorial election 2008 United States Senate election in Georgia 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia Government of Georgia (U.S. state) Politics of Georgia (U.S. state) Women's suffrage in Georgia (U.S. state) 2018 Georgia state elections 2020 Georgia state elections Presidential elections 1964 Presidential election 1968 Presidential election 1980 Presidential election 1984 Presidential election 1988 Presidential election 1992 Presidential election 1996 Presidential election 2000 Presidential election 2004 Presidential election 2008 Presidential