2002Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2002 election for Georgia Governor
Governor · Georgia
Sonny Perdue (R) won with 52.6% of the vote, defeating Roy E. Barnes (D) by 5.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Sonny PerdueRepublican · winner
52.6%1,041,677
Roy E. BarnesDemocrat
47.4%937,062
1,978,739 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2002
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET