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2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia

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election_name	2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia
country	Georgia (U.S. state)
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia
previous_year	2006
next_election	2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia
next_year	2010
seats_for_election	All 13 Georgia seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_date
party1	Republican Party (United States)
last_election1	7
seats1	7
seat_change1
popular_vote1	1,883,633
percentage1	50.34%
swing1	4.63%
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
last_election2	6
seats2	6
seat_change2
popular_vote2	1,858,090
percentage2	49.66%
swing2	4.63%
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Republican Democratic The 2008 congressional elections in Georgia were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the state of Georgia in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011.

Georgia has thirteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Its 2007–2008 congressional delegation consisted of seven Republicans and six Democrats. No districts changed party, although CQ Politics had forecasted districts 8, 12, and 13 to be at some risk for the incumbent party. The general primary was held July 15, 2008.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2008	Party	Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after
Republican	1,883,633	50.34%	7	7	0
Democratic	1,858,090	49.66%	6	6	0
Others	309	0.0%	0	0	0
Valid votes	-	-%
Invalid or blank votes	-	-%
Totals	3,742,032	100.00%	13	13	—
Voter turnout	72.01%

All information came from the Secretary of State of Georgia website.

Match-up summary

District	2008 status	Democratic	Republican	Write-in(s)
1	Jack Kingston	Re-election	Bill Gillespie		Jack Kingston
2	Sanford Bishop	Re-election		Sanford Bishop	Lee Ferrell
3	Lynn Westmoreland	Re-election	Stephen Camp		Lynn Westmoreland	Loretta VanPelt
4	Hank Johnson	Re-election		Hank Johnson		Loren Christopher Collins
Faye Coffield
Jacob Perasso
5	John Lewis	Re-election		John Lewis		Shira Kash
Jeanne Fitzmaurice
6	Tom Price	Re-election	Bill Jones		Tom Price
7	John Linder	Re-election	Doug Heckman		John Linder
8	Jim Marshall	Re-election		Jim Marshall	Rick Goddard
9	Nathan Deal	Re-election	Jeff Scott		Nathan Deal
10	Paul Broun	Re-election	Bobby Saxon		Paul Broun
11	Phil Gingrey	Re-election	Bud Gammon		Phil Gingrey
12	John Barrow	Re-election		John Barrow	John Stone
13	David Scott	Re-election		David Scott	Deborah Honeycutt

District 1

Carter:
Hewitt:
Incumbent Republican Jack Kingston (campaign website) won against Democratic nominee Bill Gillespie (). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

District 2

Bishop:

Ferrell: Democratic incumbent Sanford Bishop (campaign website) won against Republican nominee Lee Ferrell (campaign website). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

District 3

Republican incumbent Lynn Westmoreland (campaign website) won against Democratic nominee Stephen Camp (campaign website). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

District 4

Freshman Democratic incumbent Hank Johnson (campaign website) was unopposed on the ballot and easily defeated three write-in challengers. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'.

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

District 5

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

John Lewis, incumbent U.S. representative

Eliminated in primary

Markel Hutchins, reverend
Mable Thomas, state representative

Results

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

Results

District 6

Republican incumbent Tom Price (campaign website) won against Democratic nominee Bill Jones (campaign website), an Air Force veteran and high-tech businessman. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

District 7

Republican incumbent John Linder (campaign website) won against Democratic nominee Doug Heckman (campaign website ), a veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

District 8

Marshall:
Goddard:
Democratic incumbent Jim Marshall (campaign website) won against Republican nominee and retired Major General Rick Goddard (campaign website).

Marshall survived a challenge from former Republican congressman Mac Collins in 2006 by 1,752 votes and was expected to face a tough re-election bid in 2008. Some thought this might prompt him to challenge U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss in Georgia's Senate race, but he decided to stay in the House. Marshall won easily in the primary against music teacher Robert Nowak (campaign website).

On the Republican side, retired Air Force Major General Rick Goddard announced that he would run. His background may have great appeal in a district with a large number of veterans, though Marshall's own military background and well-established credibility on military issues may cancel this out. Other potential Republican candidates were state Senator Ross Tolleson, state Senator Cecil Staton and former congressman Mac Collins, but Goddard ran unopposed. The present district, which was implemented starting with the 2006 election, would have given George W. Bush 61% of the vote in 2004 (CPVI=R+8).

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

District 9

Republican incumbent Nathan Deal won against Democratic nominee Jeff Scott (campaign website). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

District 10

Republican incumbent Paul Broun (campaign website) won against Democratic nominee and Iraq War veteran Bobby Saxon (campaign website). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.

In a 2007 special election, physician Paul Broun, a Republican with libertarian views, won a stunning upset in a non-partisan runoff. On July 15, Broun fended off his Republican primary challenger and state Representative Barry Fleming 71.0% to 29.0%.

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

District 11

Republican incumbent Phil Gingrey (campaign website) won against Democratic nominee Bud Gammon (campaign website). CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'.

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

District 12

Barrow:
Stone:

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

John Barrow, incumbent U.S. representative

Eliminated in primary

Regina Thomas, state senator

Endorsements

U.S. senators

Barack Obama, U.S. senator from Illinois

Organizations

BIPAC

Results

General election

Endorsements

Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

District 13

Democratic incumbent David Scott (campaign website) won against Republican nominee Deborah Honeycutt (campaign website ), who also ran unsuccessfully in 2006. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Democrat Favored'. Scott won against Donzella James in the Democratic primary election.

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2008
Rothenberg		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2008
CQ Politics		November 6, 2008

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080716190652/http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2008_0715/ Unofficial And Incomplete Results of the Tuesday, July 15, 2008 General Primary Election] ''Georgia Secretary of State''.
(6 November 2006). "2008 Competitive House Race Chart". [[The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter.
(2 November 2006). "2008 House Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report.
(6 November 2008). "2008 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball.
(7 November 2008). "Battle for the House of Representatives". Real Clear Politics.
"Race Ratings Chart: House". Congressional Quarterly Inc.
(February 18, 2009). "Georgia Election Results - Official Results of the Tuesday, November 04, 2008 General Election". [[Secretary of State of Georgia]].
(July 11, 2008). "2 challenge civil rights icon". The Augusta Chronicle.
"macon.com".
(May 26, 2008). "Barrow gearing up for primary". Effingham Herald.
(June 18, 2008). "Obama endorse U.S. Rep. John Barrow over Regina Thomas". Savannah Morning News.
(July 2, 2008). "Business Group Endorses Three in House Races". Roll Call.
"Official Results of the Tuesday, July 15, 2008 General Primary Election".
(October 27, 2008). "Barrow picks up Chamber backing". Effingham Herald.

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