The 2018 Georgia Secretary of State election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Secretary of State of Georgia. It was held concurrently with 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 and instead ran successfully for governor.^[1] 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.^[2]

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2018 Georgia Secretary of State election

← 2014 November 6, 2018 (general) December 4, 2018 (runoff) 2022 →
Turnout	61.44% (first round) 22.98% (runoff)
Nominee Brad Raffensperger John Barrow Party Republican Democratic First round 1,906,588 49.1% 1,890,310 48.7% Runoff 764,855 51.9% 709,049 48.1%
First round county results First round precinct results Runoff county results Runoff precinct results Raffensperger:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Barrow:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      50%
Secretary of State before election Brian Kemp Republican Elected Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Republican

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At 22.98%, the runoff saw the lowest voter turnout out 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. As of 2022, this was the last time Cobb and Newton went Republican in a statewide race in Georgia.

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.