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Georgia Secretary of State - Elections Division
2008 Georgia Congressional and Statewide Primary Results
Presidential Primary Filing Deadling: 11/1/07, Presidential Primary: 2/5/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 5/2/08, Independent / Third Party Filing Deadline: 7/8/08, Primary: 7/15/08, Runoff Primary: 8/5/08, Write-in Deadline: 9/2/08, General Election: 11/4/08, Runoff Election: 12/2/08,
Last Updated: July 16, 2008 |
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, |
President, 58.0% in '04 for Bush, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 66.4%, U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 31.11%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 1.71%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.24, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.2%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.18%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.09%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.09%, |
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 33.97%, U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 31.6%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 30.17%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 2.91%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.73%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.35%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 0.15%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.08%, U.S. Rep. Thomas G. "Tom" Tancredo (R-CO) 0.03%, |
ex-U.S. Rep. Bob Barr (L-GA), |
Senator, 52.8% in '02, 1st term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Republican, |
County CEO Vernon A. Jones (D) 40.3%, ex-St. Rep. Jim Martin (D) 34.4%, Investigative reporter Dale Cardwell (D) 16.0%, environmental engineer Rand Knight (D) 5.2%, ex-congressional aide / Vietnam vet. Josh Lanier (D) 4.1%, |
C. Saxby Chambliss (R), |
'06 Lt. Gov. nominee / tax attorney Allen Buckley (L), |
Eleanor García (SW), |
1st Congressional District, 68.5 in '06, 8th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
retired Lt. Col. Bill Gillespie (D), |
Jack Kingston (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, 67.9% in '06, 8th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (D), |
disabled vet Lee Ferrell (R), |
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3rd Congressional District, 67.6% in '06, 2nd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
attorney Stephen Camp (D), |
Lynn Westmoreland (R), |
Loretta Van Pelt (SW), |
4th Congressional District, 75.4% in '06, 1st term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (D), |
No Republican |
Faye Coffield (I), |
5th Congressional District, 100 in '06, 11th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
John Lewis (D) 68.9%, minister Markel Hutchins (D) 15.7%, St. Rep. "Able" Mable Thomas (D) 15.3%, |
No Republican |
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6th Congressional District, 72.2 in '06, 2nd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
ex-Air Force reservist / pilot Bill Jones (D), |
Thomas E. Price (R), |
Jeanne FitzMaurice (SW), |
7th Congressional District, 70.9% in '06, 8th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
Army reservist Doug Heckman (D), |
John Linder (R), |
Jacob Perasso (SW), |
8th Congressional District, 50.5% in '06, 3rd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democratic, Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic, Robert Novak: Likely GOP Target, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Toss Up / Tilt Democratic, NRCC Target, |
James "Jim" Marshall (D) 85.7%, teacher Robert Nowak (D) 14.3%, |
Retired Air Force Major General Richard N. "Rick" Goddard (R), |
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9th Congressional District, 76.6 in '06, 8th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
Dr. Jeff Scott (D), |
Nathan Deal (R), |
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10th Congressional District, 50.4% in '07 special election, 1st term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
businessman Bobby Saxon (D), |
Paul Broun, Jr. (R) 71.0%, St. Rep. Barry A. Fleming (R) 29.0%, |
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11th Congressional District, 71.1% in '06, 3rd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
Former Air Force pilot Hugh "Bud" Gammon (D), |
J. Phillip "Phil" Gingrey (R), |
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12th Congressional District, 50.3% in '06, 2nd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democratic, Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic, Robert Novak: Likely GOP Target, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, |
John Barrow (D) 75.8%, St. Sen. Regina D. Thomas (D) 24.2%, |
ex-congressional aide John Stone (R) 56.7%, mechanical engineer Raymond L. "Ray" McKinney (R) 31.9%, ex-talk show host Ben Crystal (R) 11.4%, |
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13th Congressional District, 69.2 in '06, 3rd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
David Scott (D) 63.8%, ex-St. Sen. '06 candidate Donzella James (D) 36.2%, |
'06 nominee physician Deborah Travis Honeycutt (R), |
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Run-off Primary |
Senator, 52.8% in '02, 1st term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Republican, |
ex-St. Rep. Jim Martin (D) 59.95%, County CEO Vernon A. Jones (D) 40.05%, |
C. Saxby Chambliss (R), |
'06 Lt. Gov. nominee / tax attorney Allen Buckley (L), |
Eleanor García (SW), |
1. Link to Predictions:
2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.
= Democrat retain control, |
= Democrats take over control, |
= Republican retain control, |
= Republicans take over control, |
= Independent / 3rd Party retains control, |
= Independent / 3rd Party take over control |
Bold indicates incumbent. |
Yellow district indicates open races. |
Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. |
Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control. |
Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. |
Red boxes indicates Republicans took control. |
3. Key to Georgia Political Parties:
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