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1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia

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election_name1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia
countryGeorgia (U.S. state)
flag_year1956
typelegislative
ongoingno
previous_election1994 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia
previous_year1994
next_election1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia
next_year1998
seats_for_electionAll 11 Georgia seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_date
party1Republican Party (United States)
last_election1**7**
seats_before1**8**
seats1**8**
seat_change1
popular_vote1**1,151,993**
percentage1**53.26%**
swing11.26%
party2Democratic Party (United States)
last_election24
seats_before23
seats23
seat_change2
popular_vote21,011,190
percentage246.75%
swing21.27%
map_image
map_caption

Republican Democratic The 1996 House elections in Georgia occurred on November 5, 1996, to elect the members of the State of Georgia's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Georgia had eleven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1990 United States census.

These elections were held concurrently with the United States Senate elections of 1996 (including one election in Georgia), the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Following the United States Supreme Court's ruling in the 1995 case Miller v. Johnson, the Second, based in Southwest Georgia, and then-Eleventh districts, which previously stretched from Atlanta to Savannah, were dismantled after being found unconstitutional for violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, according to the interpretation in Shaw v. Reno. As a result, these and neighboring districts were redrawn prior to the 1996 elections.

Though Cynthia McKinney's (D) district (renumbered as the Fourth) remained heavily Democratic, Representative Sanford Bishop (D-GA-2) however became more vulnerable when his district was reconfigured from being a Majority-minority district into a Majority-White district. At the same time, Freshmen Republican Representatives Saxby Chambliss (GA-8) and Charlie Norwood (GA-10) also faced more competitive races when many of the African-American populated areas previously included in the two aforementioned districts were incorporated into each of their districts.

Despite the reconfigurations in the Second, Eighth, and Tenth districts, all three incumbents were re-elected by close margins.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 1996PartyVotesPercentageSeats beforeSeats after+/–
Republican1,151,99353.255%88±0
Democratic1,011,19046.746%33±0
Others00.0%00
Valid votes--%
Invalid or blank votes--%
**Totals****2,163,183****100.00%****11****11****-**
Voter turnout

Results

DistrictIncumbentPartyElectedStatusResult
Georgia's 1stJack KingstonRepublican1992Re-elected**Jack Kingston (R) 68.21%**
Rosemary Kaszans (D) 31.79%
Georgia's 2ndSanford BishopDemocratic1992Re-elected**Sanford Bishop (D) 53.97%**
Darrel Ealum (R) 46.03%
Georgia's 3rdMac CollinsRepublican1992Re-elected**Mac Collins (R) 61.11%**
Jim Chafin (D) 38.89%
Georgia's 4thCynthia McKinneyDemocratic1992Re-elected**Cynthia McKinney (D) 57.76%**
John Mitnick (R) 42.24%
Georgia's 5thJohn LewisDemocratic1986Re-elected**John Lewis (D) unopposed**
Georgia's 6thNewt GingrichRepublican1978Re-elected**Newt Gingrich (R) 57.80%**
Michael Coles (D) 42.20%
Georgia's 7thBob BarrRepublican1994Re-elected**Bob Barr (R) 57.80%**
Charlie Watts (D) 42.20%
Georgia's 8thSaxby ChamblissRepublican1994Re-elected**Saxby Chambliss (R) 52.56%**
Jim Wiggins (D) 47.44%
Georgia's 9thNathan DealRepublican1992Re-elected**Nathan Deal (R) 65.55%**
Ken Poston (D) 34.45%
Georgia's 10thCharlie NorwoodRepublican1994Re-elected**Charlie Norwood (R) 52.34%**
David Bell (D) 47.65%
Georgia's 11thJohn LinderRepublican1992Re-elected**John Linder (R) 64.31%**
Tommy Stephenson (D) 35.69%

References

References

  1. "Election results 1996".
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