# 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election — what pundits predicted

Governors · Election Day 2022-11-08 · certified.

## The ballot

- **Brian Kemp (Republican, incumbent) — won** · 53.4%
- Stacey Abrams (Democratic) · 45.9%
- Shane Hazel (Libertarian) · 0.7%

Result: Brian Kemp by 7.5 points (general); held by the Republican party going in. Source: wikipedia-2022-governor.

## What the field called

- Brian Kemp: 19 picks (won)

## Every claim about this race (20)

- **Ben Shapiro** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 8, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/1c0cbfad-0103-4466-b426-ad65b638d7f0)
- **Sam Wang** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 8, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/3c7df89f-2c1d-4419-ad90-0e02e2601b8b)
- **Bob Vander Plaats** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 7, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/1e89575d-24f3-4758-a15d-944457bbd73b)
- **Ben Shapiro** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 7, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/359a51b6-5d5b-40c4-8355-dcecbe1159c4)
- **Armin Thomas** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) — “Likely Republican” (Race Winners, Nov 6, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/5c95246f-d22f-43f9-bbab-eddae21d78d3)
- **Armin Thomas** — Brian Kemp: A high-single-digit Kemp win seems like the median outcome in GA governorship (2022) (Race Margins, Nov 6, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/5c95246f-d22f-43f9-bbab-eddae21d78d3)
- **Clay Travis** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 5, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/d52f5a7f-de0a-4565-89c2-e6b504732e0f)
- **Mary Katharine Ham** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) — “will likely be victorious” (Race Winners, Nov 3, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f7e2fe4c-157b-43c7-802f-ed8cea9225ec)
- **Josh Holmes** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 2, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/43529c06-ad22-497c-90eb-364b60cb9741)
- **David Axelrod** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 2, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/a306708b-0cda-4f5f-b634-341e32e45b46)
- **Mike Murphy** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 2, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/88a3e0b7-e238-46e8-ad07-b72778e3d01b)
- **Domenico Montanaro** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) — “favored to be reelected” (Race Winners, Nov 1, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/3e224be5-998c-43d3-90bc-03cbc9190128)
- **Rich Baris** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) — “the likely column” (Race Winners, Nov 1, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/22060eb4-90ce-4455-aca9-4db6fde7387f)
- **Robby Soave** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 1, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/3ec1448d-d61f-4e44-9ac7-05301f081462)
- **Ben Shapiro** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 31, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f3635a31-8941-41a7-96e5-9afbf70f2878)
- **Megyn Kelly** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 28, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/6e75b522-ad56-46e5-8c9f-9e0f5642abf2)
- **Ben Shapiro** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 28, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/39290606-c767-4671-bb69-28e7f5cdc29e)
- **Steve Deace** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 26, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/02b6a1b5-7833-45ba-90b4-1cc37a1be549)
- **Ben Shapiro** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 26, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/a5348988-574a-41cd-b368-a9fa8a005b4c)
- **Erick-Woods Erickson** — Brian Kemp wins GA governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 26, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4a4c0b15-e204-406a-8376-2633c678264d)