Georgia 2005 Off Year Elections

The Green Papers: Georgia 2005 Off Year Elections

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Georgia
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Electoral Votes:	15	(2.79% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:	13	(2.99% of 435)
2000 Census:	8,206,975	(2.91% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	5,893,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	3,859,960
Capital:	Atlanta

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Georgia State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2	Republican	Senator Saxby Chambliss • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Class 3	Republican	Senator Johnny Isakson • First elected: 2004. (also served in U.S. House- first elected in a special election [to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Congressman Newt Gingrich]: 1999; re-elected: 2000, 2002.) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

	Republican	Governor Sonny Perdue • First elected: 2002 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected separately from Governor

	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Mark Fletcher Taylor • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 7 Republican (7 Undetermined); 6 Democratic (6 Undetermined)

CD 1	Republican	Congressman Jack Kingston • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 2	Democratic	Congressman Sanford Dixon Bishop, Jr. • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 3	Democratic	Congressman Jim Marshall • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 4	Democratic	Congressman Cynthia McKinney • Previously served: 1992-2003. Elected to a new term: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 5	Democratic	Congressman John Lewis • First elected: 1986 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 6	Republican	Congressman Tom Price • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 7	Republican	Congressman John Linder • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 8	Republican	Congressman Lynn Westmoreland • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 9	Republican	Congressman Charlie Norwood • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 10	Republican	Congressman Nathan Deal • First elected: as a Democrat, 1992 Changed Party affiliation to Republican, 10 April 1995 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 11	Republican	Congressman Phil Gingrey • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 12	Democratic	Congressman John Barrow • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 13	Democratic	Congressman David Scott • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Democratic	Secretary of State Cathy Cox • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Democratic	Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker • Appointed 1997 by Governor Zell Miller; first elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Comptroller General/Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Comptroller General/Insurance Commissioner John Weimann Oxendine • First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Commissioner of Agriculture 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Democratic	Agriculture Commissioner Thomas T. "Tommy" Irvin • First elected: 1968; re-elected through 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Superintendent of Education 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Education Superintendent Kathy Cox • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Commissioner of Labor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Democratic	Labor Commissioner Michael "Mike" Thurmond • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

	• Constitution
	• Democratic
	• Green
	• Libertarian
	• Not readily classifiable
	• Republican