2018 Georgia Secretary of State election
The 2018 Georgia Secretary of State election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Secretary of State of Georgia, the 2018 gubernatorial election, as well as elections for the United States Senate and elections for the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Republican Incumbent Secretary of State Brian Kemp chose not to run for re-election in order to run for governor. Since no candidate received the requisite 50 percent of the vote, the top two candidates, Democrat John Barrow and Republican Brad Raffensperger proceeded to a  runoff on December 4, 2018. At 22.98%, the runoff had the lowest voter turnout of any Georgia statewide election since the senate runoff of 1992. In the runoff election, Raffensperger unexpectedly flipped rural counties Sumter and Warren, which were reliably Democratic counties that have not voted Republican on the presidential levels since 1972 for Warren, and 2004 for Sumter. However, both counties have been trending Republican in recent elections. Raffensperger also flipped Atlanta suburban counties Cobb and Newton, which have been trending away from Republicans in recent elections. Georgia has been a Republican triplex since 2011, meaning that its governor , attorney general, and secretary of state have all been members of the same party. The state maintained that status following this election, as Republicans won every statewide office. This was the first time in Georgia state history that any statewide executive election went to a second round. Libertarian primary. J. Smythe DuVal ran unopposed at a party convention and was nominated convention.