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Georgia 2008 Election Coverage

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Offices up for Election in 2008

United States President & Vice President

United States Senate: 1 seat

United States House of Representatives: All seats

State Supreme Court: 2 seats

State Senate: All seats

State House of Representatives: All seats

Public Service Commission: 2 seats

 

Presidential Preference Primary Winners

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

United States President

Mike Huckabee (R)

Barack Obama (D)

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House District 93 Special Election Winner

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

Dee Dawkins-Haigler (D)

Primary Election Winners

All results are unofficial and are subject to change

Public Service Commission

State Senate

State House

United States Senate

United States House of Representatives

Public Service Commission

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

District 4
Jim Powell (D)
Lauren W. McDonald Jr. (R)

District 1
H. Doug Everett (R)*

State Senate

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

District 1
Eric Johnson (R)*^

District 2
Lester G. Jackson (D)

District 3
Jeff Chapman (R)*

District 4
Jack Hill (R)*^

District 5
Curt Thompson (D)*^

District 6
Doug Stoner (D)*^
Hunter Hill (R)

District 7
Greg Goggans (R)*^

District 8
Tim Golden (D)*^

District 9
Don Balfour (R)*^

District 10
Emanuel Jones (D)*^

District 11
John Bulloch (R)*^

District 12
Freddie Powell Sims (D)

District 13
John Dickey Crosby (R)

District 14
George Hooks (D)*^

District 15
Ed Harbison (D)*

District 16
Ronnie Chance (R)*^
Jerry Brillant (D)^

District 17
John Douglas (R)*

Rudy B. Cox (D)^

District 18
Cecil Staton (R)*^

District 19
Tommie Williams (R)*^

District 20
Ross Tolleson (R)*^

District 21

Chip Rogers (R)*^
Carlos Lopez (D)

District 22
Ed Tarver (D)*
John Butler (R)^

District 23
J.B. Powell (D)*^
Napoleon Jenkins (R)^

 

District 24

William S. Jackson (R)*^

District 25

Johnny Grant (R)*^


District 26

Robert Brown (D)*^

District 27
Jack Murphy (R)*^

District 28
Mitch Seabaugh (R)*^
Betty Aaron (D)^

District 29
Seth Harp (R)*^
Evelyn Thompson Anderson (D)^

District 30
Bill Hamrick (R)*^
Pat Rhudy (D)^

District 31

Bill Heath (R)*^
Tracy Bennett (D)^

District 32
Judson Hill (R)*^
Chris Cameron (D)^

District 33
Steve Thompson (D)*^

District 34
Valencia Seay (D)*

District 35
Kasim Reed (D)*^

District 36
Nan Orrock (D)*


District 37
John J. Wiles (R)*^

District 38
Horacena Tate (D)*

District 39

Vincent Fort (D)*^

District 40
Dan Weber (R)*

Martin McConaughy (D)

 

District 41

Steve Henson (D)*^

District 42
David Adelman (D)*^

Altaf Galeyev (R)^

District 43
Ronald B. Ramsey Sr. (D)*

Willie Hinton (R)^

District 44
Gail Buckner (D)

District 45
Renee S. Unterman (R)*

District 46

Bill Cowsert (R)*
Sherry L. Jackson (D)^

District 47
Ralph T. Hudgens (R)*^
Tim Riley (D)^

District 48
David Shafer (R)*^

 

District 49

Lee Hawkins (R)*^

District 50
Jim Butterworth (R)

District 51
Chip Pearson (R)*^

District 52
Preston W. Smith (R)*^

District 53
Jeff Mullis (R)*^
Bruce Coker (D)^

District 54
Don R. Thomas (R)*^

District 55
Gloria Butler (D)*

District 56
Dan Moody (R)*^
Akhtar Sadiq (D)^

State House

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

District 1
Jay Neal (R)*^

District 2
Martin Scott (R)*^
Sadie Morgan (D)

District 3
Ralph Noble (D)^
Tom Weldon Jr. (R)

District 4
Roger Williams (R)*^

District 5
John Meadows (R)*^

District 6
Tom Dickson (R)*^

District 7
David Ralston (R)*^

District 8
Charles Jenkins (D)*^
Stephen Allison (R)^

District 9
Amos Amerson (R)*

District 10
Rick Austin (R)

District 11
Barbara Massey Reece (D)*^
Betty Brady (R)^

District 12
Tom Graves (R)*^

District 13
Katie M. Dempsey (R)*^
Robert Puckett (D)^

District 14
Barry Loudermilk (R)*^
Richard A. D’Arezzo (D)^

District 15
Paul R. Battles (R)

District 16
Rick Crawford (D)*^
Bob Culver (R)^

District 17
Howard R. Maxwell (R)*^

District 18
Mark Butler (R)*

District 19
Glenn Richardson (R)*^

District 20
Charlice Byrd (R)*

District 21
Calvin Hill (R)*^

District 22
Sean Jerguson (R)*
Bill Brown (D)^

District 23
Mark Hamilton (R)*^

District 24
Tom Knox (R)*^

District 25
James Mills (R)*^
Christopher R. Strickland (D)^

District 26
Carl Rogers (R)*^

District 27
Doug Collins (R)*^

District 28
Jeanette Jamison (D)*^
Michael Harden (R)^

District 29
Alan Powell (D)*^

District 30
Tom McCall (R)*^

District 31
Tommy Benton (R)*^

District 32
Judy Manning (R)*^

District 33
Don Wix (D)*

District 34
Rich Golick (R)*^
Earl Giddins (D)^

District 35
Ed Setzler (R)*^
Jason Adams (D)^

District 36
Earl Ehrhart (R)*

District 37
Terry Johnson (D)*^
Cindye Coates (R)^

District 38
Steve Tumlin (R)*^
Pat Dooley (D)^

District 39
Alisha Thomas Morgan (D)*^
Chris Cooper (R)^

District 40
Rob Teilhet (D)*^

District 41
Sharon Cooper (R)*^

District 42
Don L. Parsons (R)*^

District 43
Bobby Franklin (R)*^

District 44
Sheila Jones (D)*
Steve Hedden (R)^

District 45
Matt Dollar (R)*^
Ruth E. Levy (D)^

District 46
Jan Jones (R)*^

District 47
Charles E. Martin Jr. (R)*^
Tony Patel (D)

District 48
Harry Geisinger (R)*^

District 49
Wendell Willard (R)*^

District 50
Mark Burkhalter (R)*^

District 51
Tom Rice (R)*^

District 52
Joe Wilkinson (R)*^

District 53
Elly Dobbs (D)

District 54
Edward Lindsey (R)*^

District 55
Rashad Taylor (D)

District 56
Kathy Ashe (D)*^

District 57
Pat Gardner (D)*^

District 58
Robbin Shipp (D)*^

District 59
Margaret D. Kaiser (D)*

District 60
Georganna Sinkfield (D)*^

District 61
Ralph Long III (D)

District 62
Joe Heckstall (D)*^

District 63
Tyrone Brooks (D)*^

District 64
Roger Bruce (D)*

District 65
Sharon Beasley-Teague (D)*

District 66
Virgil Fludd (D)*

District 67
Bill Hembree (R)*^

District 68
Timothy J. Bearden (R)*^

District 69
Randy Nix (R)*^

District 70
Lynn R. Smith (R)*^

District 71
Billy Horne (R)*^
Jason G. Smith (D)^

District 72
Matt Ramsey (R)*^

District 73
John Yates (R)*

District 74
Roberta Abdul-Salaam (D)*^

District 75
Celeste Johnson (D)*

District 76
Mike Glanton (D)*^

District 77
Darryl Jordan (D)*^

District 78
Glenn Baker (D)

District 79
Fran Millar (R)*^
Keith A. Kaylor (D)^

District 80
Mike Jacobs (R)*^
Keith Gross (D)^

District 81
Jill Chambers (R)*^
Chris Huttman (D)

District 82
Kevin Levitas (D)*^

District 83
Mary Margaret Oliver (D)*^

District 84
Stacey Abrams (D)*^

 

District 85
Stephanie Stuckey Benfield (D)*^

Kenneth Brett Quarterman (R)^

District 86
Karla Drenner (D)*^

District 87
Michele Henson (D)*^

District 88
Billy Mitchell (D)*

District 89
Earnest Williams (D)*

District 90

Howard Mosby (D)*

District 91
Rahn Mayo (D)

District 92

Pam S. Stephenson (D)*

District 93
Dee Dawkins-Haigler (D)

District 94

Randal Mangham (D)*

District 95
Toney Collins (D)
Erick Hunt (R)*

District 96
Pedro Marin (D)*
Keith A. Shewbert (R)^

District 97
Brooks Coleman (R)*^

District 98
Bobby Reese (R)*

District 99
Hugh Floyd (D)*^

District 100
Brian Thomas (D)*^

District 101
Michael T. Coan (R)*^

District 102
Clay Cox (R)*^

District 103
David Casas (R)*^
Allan Burns (D)^


District 104
John Heard (R)*^
Lee Thompson (D)^

District 105
Donna Sheldon (R)*^

District 106
Melvin Everson (R)*^
Tony Lentini (D)^

District 107
Len Walker (R)*^

District 108
Terry England (R)*^

District 109
Steve Davis (R)*

District 110
John Lunsford (R)*^

District 111
Jeff May (R)*^

District 112
Doug Holt (R)*^

District 113
Bob Smith (R)*^

District 114
Keith G. Heard (D)*^

District 115
Doug McKillip (D)*^

District 116
Mickey Channell (R)*^

District 117
Lee Anderson (R)

District 118
Ben Harbin (R)*

District 119
Barbara Sims (R)*^

District 120
Quincy Murphy (D)*^

District 121
Henry Howard (D)*^

District 122
Hardie Davis (D)*^

District 123
Gloria Frazier (D)*

District 124
Helen G. Hudson (D)*^
Scott Nutial (R)^

District 125
Jim Cole (R)*^

District 126
David Knight (R)*^
Bill Mauldin (D)^

District 127
Billy Maddox (R)*^

District 128
Carl Von Epps (D)*^
Gene King (R)^

District 129
Vance C. Smith Jr. (R)*^

District 130
Debbie G. Buckner (D)*^

District 131

Richard H. Smith (R)*^

District 132
Calvin Smyre (D)*^

District 133
Carolyn F. Hugley (D)*^

District 134
Mike Cheokas (D)*^

District 135
Lynmore James (D)*^

District 136
Tony Sellier (R)*^

 

District 137
Allen M. Peake (R)*^

District 138

Nikki T. Randall (D)*^

District 139

David E. Lucas (D)*^

District 140
Allen G. Freeman (R)*^
James A. Epps (D)^

District 141
Bobby Eugene Parham (D)*^

District 142
Mack Jackson (D)
James L. Veal (R)^

District 143
DuBose Porter (D)*^

District 144
Jimmy Pruett (R)*^

District 145
Willie L. Talton (R)*^

District 146
Larry O’Neal (R)*^

District 147
Roy C. Gibbs (D)^
Buddy Harden (R)

District 148
Bob Hanner (D)*^

District 149
Gerald E. Greene (D)*^

District 150
Winfred Dukes (D)*^

District 151
Carol H. Fullerton (D)

District 152
Ed Rynders (R)*^

District 153
Austin Scott (R)*^
John Tibbetts (D)

District 154
Jay Roberts (R)*^

District 155
Greg Morris (R)*^

District 156
Butch Parrish (R)*^
Jonathan McCollar (D)^

District 157

Jon G. Burns (R)*^


District 158
Bob Lane (R)*^

District 159
Earl Carter (R)*^

District 160
Bob Bryant (D)*^

 

District 161
Mickey Stephens (D)

District 162
J. Craig Gordon (D)*^

District 163
Burke Day (R)*^

District 164
Ron Stephens (R)*^

District 165
Al Williams (D)*^

District 166
Terry Barnard (R)*^

District 167
Roger B. Lane (R)*

District 168
Tommy Smith (R)*^

District 169
Chuck Sims (R)*^

District 170
Penny Houston (R)*^

District 171
Jay Powell (R)^

District 172
Gene Maddox (R)*^

District 173
Mike Keown (R)*^

District 174
Ellis Black (D)*^

District 175
Amy Carter (D)*^

District 176
Jay Shaw (D)*^

District 177
Mark Hatfield (R)*
Jaki Johnson (D)^

 

District 178
Mark Williams (R)*^

District 179
Jerry Keen (R)*^
Leroy E. Dumas (D)^

District 180
Cecily Hill (R)*^

United States Senate

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary


Jim Martin (D)
Saxby Chambliss (R)*^

United States House of Representatives

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary


U.S. House District 1
Jack Kingston (R)*^
Bill Gillespie (D)^

U.S. House District 2
Sanford Bishop (D)*^
Lee Ferrell (R)^

U.S. House District 3
Lynn Westmoreland (R)*^
Stephen Camp (D)^

U.S. House District 4
Henry C. Johnson Jr. (D)*^

U.S. House District 5
John Lewis (D)*

U.S. House District 6

Tom Price (R)*^

Bill Jones (D)^

U.S. House District 7

John Linder (R)*^

Doug Heckman (D)^

U.S. House District 8
Jim Marshall (D)*

Rick Goddard (R)^

U.S. House District 9

Nathan Deal (R)*^

Jeff Scott (D)^

U.S. House District 10

Paul Broun (R)*
Bobby Saxon (D)^

U.S. House District 11

Phil Gingrey (R)*^
Hugh Gammon (D)^

U.S. House District 12
John Barrow (D)*
John Stone (R)

U.S. House District 13

David Scott (D)*

Deborah Honeycutt (R)^

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State Election Calendar

February 5

Presidential Preference Primary Election

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May 13

Special Election for House
District 93

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July 15

General Primary Election

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August 5

Runoff/Special Runoff
Election

Primary results updated to reflect run-off winners

September 16

Special Election

(if needed)

November 4

General Election

December 2

Nonpartisan Runoff
Election (if needed)

Georgia Election
Resources

Georgia Elections Division

Atlanta Journal-
Constitution
 

The Augusta Chronicle

Savannah Morning News

 
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