Result

Democratic incumbent Rep. Gabe Okoye (D-GA) won reelection to Georgia State House District 102 in the Nov. 3 general election. He was the only candidate on the ballot and faced no Republican or independent opponent. ​

According to Georgia's unofficial election returns updated Nov. 10, Okoye received 16,649 votes, representing 100% of votes cast for candidates in the race, with all nine precincts reporting. The result remains subject to official certification.

Candidates and platforms

Okoye's campaign website sets out his positions. The material gathered for this race attributes the following to that site:

  • Schools: Supports fully funding public schools by updating Georgia's Quality Basic Education (QBE) formula, raising teacher pay and improving school services, including mental health care. Opposes efforts to eliminate school vaccination requirements.
  • Health care: Supports lowering the cost of insurance, medical treatment and prescription drugs. He describes health care as including mental, dental and vision care.
  • Wages and workers: Supports raising the minimum wage to at least $15 an hour and protecting workers' right to organize.
  • Families and housing: Supports paid family and sick leave and a child care tax credit. He supports exploring state-level approaches to housing affordability.
  • Voting rights: Supports civil and voting rights. He opposes what his campaign describes as Republican voter suppression tactics and false claims of fraud in the 2020 election.
  • Government: Says he will advocate for preventing corruption in state government and reforming the campaign finance system.
  • Local priorities: Lists addressing traffic gridlock in Gwinnett County. He also supports investment in libraries, social services, public safety, colleges, universities, trade schools and health care systems.

Okoye faced no general election opponent, leaving no opposing candidate's platform to compare with his positions.

District and chamber

Across races in the supplied nationwide election record with a called winner, the partisan tally shows 1,978 Democratic winners and 1,712 Republican winners, a difference of 266. The record also lists six independent winners and one winner each under party codes N and X.

These figures represent an unverified nationwide aggregation of state House races, not the partisan composition of Georgia's 180-member House. Georgia's unofficial results show Okoye receiving 16,649 votes, or 100% of votes cast for candidates in District 102. The outcome remains subject to certification.

The district's race page is at allciv.com. Okoye's positions come from voteforgabe.com/issues.

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