The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

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Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Representatives:11(2.53% of 435)
2002 Representatives:13(2.99% of 435)
1990 Census: 6,478,149(2.60% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census: 8,206,975(2.91% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 3,910,740
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 5,678,000 
Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls Close: 7 PM EST (0000 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
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Governor  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors  
 Democrat  Governor Roy E. Barnes
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2Democrat  Senator Max Cleland
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 CandidateRepublican  (pending)
Possible candidates: Representative Saxby Chambliss (pre-announcement October 2001).
Class 3Democrat  Senator Zell Miller
Appointed by Governor Roy E. Barnes (Democrat) on 27 July 2000, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator Paul Coverdell (Republican): 24 July 2000; elected to serve the remainder of Senator Coverdell's term: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
Partisan Composition: 3 Democrats, 8 Republicans
CD 1Republican  Congressman Jack Kingston
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 2Democrat  Congressman Sanford Dixon Bishop, Jr.
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 3Republican  Congressman Michael A. "Mac" Collins
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 4Democrat  Congressman Cynthia McKinney
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 5Democrat  Congressman John Lewis
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 6Republican  Congressman Johnny Isakson
Republican Johnny Isakson was elected to fill this seat on 23 February 1999 (special election), sworn 25 February 1999. (Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich resigned 3 January 1999.)
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 7Republican  Congressman Bob Barr
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 8Republican  Congressman Saxby Chambliss
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 9Republican  Congressman Nathan Deal
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 10Republican  Congressman Charlie Norwood
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 11Republican  Congressman John Linder
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Congressional District

Georgia has 159 Counties and 11 Congressional Districts: 153 counties are wholly within a congressional district; 6 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

CD # 1 includes the Counties of:

  • Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Jenkins, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Pierce, Screven, Tattnall, Toombs and Wayne.

CD # 2 includes the Counties of:

  • Baker, Brooks, Calhoun, Chattahoochie, Clay, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marion, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Taylor, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner, Webster and Worth.

CD # 3 includes the Counties of:

  • Coweta, Fayette, Harris, Henry, Meriwether, Muscogee, Pike, Spalding and Talbot.

Clayton County is split between CDs 3 and 5.
DeKalb County is split between CDs 4 and 5.
Fulton County is split between CDs 5 and 6.
Cobb County is split between CDs 6 and 7.
Cherokee County is split between CDs 6 and 9.
Gwinett County is split between CDs 6 and 11.

CD # 7 includes the Counties of:

  • Bartow, Carroll, Chattooga, Douglas, Floyd, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk and Troup.

CD # 8 includes the Counties of:

  • Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Crawford, Dodge, Dooly, Echols, Houston, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Lamar, Lanier, Monroe, Montgomery, Peach, Pulaski, Telfair, Treutlen, Twiggs, Upson, Ware, Wheeler and Wilcox.

CD # 9 includes the Counties of:

  • Catoosa, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Gordon, Habersham, Hall, Lumpkin, Murray, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, White and Whitfield.

CD # 10 includes the Counties of:

  • Baldwin, Burke, Butts, Columbia, Elbert, Emanuel, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Laurens, Lincoln, McDuffie, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington, Wilkes and Wilkinson.

CD # 11 includes the Counties of:

  • Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Franklin, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and Walton.