The Green Papers: Georgia 2009 General Election
 
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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

For all offices EXCEPT President of the United States, if no candidate receives 50% of the vote plus 1 in the General Election, the top 2 vote getters will advance to a December runoff.

If no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote in the primary, a runoff will be held between the top two vote-getters.

 
           
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2 Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Class 3 Republican Senator  John Hardy "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
  Candidate Democratic     Rakeim J. "RJ" Hadley
• FEC S0GA00302: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Senator  John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson
• FEC S6GA00119: $2,214,394
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors
  Republican Governor Sonny Perdue
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
• Open Chair - At term limit
  Candidate Democratic     Attorney General  Thurbert E. Baker
  Candidate Democratic     former Governor  Roy E. Barnes
  Candidate Democratic     Ray City Mayor Carl L. Camon
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative  DuBose Porter
  Candidate Democratic     former Secretary of State and former Commissioner of Labor David Poythress
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Jeff Chapman
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Nathan Deal
• Congressional District 9
  Candidate Republican     Secretary of State  Karen C. Handel
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator  Eric Johnson
  Candidate Republican     Ray McBerry
  Candidate Republican     Comptroller General/Insurance Commissioner  John Weimann Oxendine
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Austin Scott
  Candidate Libertarian     John Monds
  Candidate Independent     Neal Horsley
• Party affiliation: "The Creator's Rights Party".
  Candidate Write-in     Samuel M. "Sam" Hay, III
• ?
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected separately from Governor
  Republican Lieutenant Governor  Casey Cagle
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• 15 April 2009: Announced he would abandon his candidacy for Governor and instead seek re-election.
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor  Casey Cagle
    Republican     state Senator  David Shafer - apparently not a candidate
• 4 May 2009: Announce he is no longer a candidate.
111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
7 Republican (6 Undetermined, 1 Open);
6 Democratic (6 Undetermined)
CD 1
{map}		 Republican Congressman  John Heddens "Jack" Kingston
• First elected: 1992
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  John Heddens "Jack" Kingston
• FEC H2GA01157: $232,499
CD 2
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  Sanford Dixon Bishop, Jr.
• First elected: 1992
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Sanford Dixon Bishop, Jr.
• FEC H2GA02031: $281,150
  Candidate Republican     Lee Roy Ferrell, II
• FEC H8GA02053: $2,349
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Michael Huel "Mike" Keown, Sr.
• FEC H0GA02217: $105,168
CD 3
{map}		 Republican Congressman  Lynn Acton Westmoreland
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Lynn Acton Westmoreland
• FEC H4GA08067: $237,781
  Candidate Independent     Alan Weaver
CD 4
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
• FEC H6GA04129: $149,125
  Candidate Republican     Lawrence Franklin Gause
• FEC H0GA04064: $450
CD 5
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  John R. Lewis
• First elected: 1986
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  John R. Lewis
• FEC H6GA05217: $302,204
CD 6
{map}		 Republican Congressman  Thomas Edmunds "Tom" Price
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Thomas Edmunds "Tom" Price
• FEC H4GA06087: $817,447
CD 7
{map}		 Republican Congressman  John Linder
• First elected: 1992
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  John Linder
• FEC H0GA04023: $41,118
CD 8
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  James Creel "Jim" Marshall
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  James Creel "Jim" Marshall
• FEC H0GA08032: $164,378
  Candidate Republican     Kenneth Ray Deloach, Jr.
• FEC H0GA08040: $2,007
  Candidate Republican     Angela Maddox Hicks
  Candidate Republican     Paul Rish
CD 9
{map}		 Republican Congressman  Nathan Deal
• First elected: as a Democrat, 1992
Changed Party affiliation to Republican, 10 April 1995
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - Announced candidacy for Governor 1 May 2009
  Candidate Republican     Whitfield County Commissioner Mike Cowan
    Republican     Congressman  Nathan Deal - apparently not a candidate
• Announced candidacy for Governor 1 May 2009
• FEC H2GA09036: $72,486
  Candidate Republican     Tom Dooley
  Candidate Republican     Mike Allen Evans
• FEC H0GA09022: $202,508
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  John Thomas "Tom" Graves, Jr.
• FEC H0GA09030: $279,650
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  B. Lee "Lee" Hawkins
• FEC H0GA09089: $301,060
  Candidate Republican     Jeremy Edward Jones
• FEC H0GA09063: $2,196
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Bobby Reese
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator  William V. "Bill" Stephens
• FEC H0GA09055: $61,215
  Candidate Republican     Thomas Stephen "Steve" Tarvin
• FEC H0GA09097: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent     Edward "Eugene" Moon
• Indicated a Party Affiliation of "Conservative/Ind." on his FEC Statement of Candidacy
• FEC H0GA09071: Financial report not available
CD 10
{map}		 Republican Congressman  Paul Collins Broun, Jr.
• First elected in a special election: 17 July 2007 to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Charles Whitlow "Charlie" Norwood.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Paul Collins Broun, Jr.
• FEC H8GA10049: $851,253
  Candidate Republican     Cason Sisk
CD 11
{map}		 Republican Congressman  Phillip J. "Phil" Gingrey
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Phillip J. "Phil" Gingrey
• FEC H2GA11149: $609,589
CD 12
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  John J. Barrow
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  John J. Barrow
• FEC H4GA12010: $724,516
    Republican     Emmett Wayne "Wayne" Mosley, Jr. - apparently not a candidate
• 2 October 2009: "It is with deep regret that I am ending my campaign ... ".
• FEC H0GA12018: $229,470
  Candidate Republican     Jean Marie "Jeanne" Seaver
• FEC H0GA12034: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Lawton Carlos "L. Carl" Smith, Jr.
• FEC H0GA12026: $4,030
    Republican     John Stone - apparently not a candidate
CD 13
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  David Albert Scott
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  David Albert Scott
• FEC H2GA13012: $225,685
  Candidate Republican     Sonja Sleeper
• FEC H0GA13016: $291
  Candidate Independent     Michael "Mike" Frisbee
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Secretary of State  Karen C. Handel
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Gary Horlacher
  Candidate Democratic     Michael Mills
  Candidate Republican     Brian Kemp
  Candidate Republican     Doug MacGinnitie
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Democratic Attorney General  Thurbert E. Baker
• Appointed 1997 by Governor Zell Miller; first elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002, 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - 1 April 2009: Candidate for Governor in 2009
  Candidate Democratic     Ken Hodges
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative Rob Teilhet
    Republican     Judson Hill - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Republican     Cobb County Commission Chairman  Samuel S. "Sam" Olens
  Candidate Republican     Max Wood
Comptroller General/Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Comptroller General/Insurance Commissioner  John Weimann Oxendine
• First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002, 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Mary Squires
    Republican     John Fuchko - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Seth Harp
  Candidate Republican     Ralph T. Hudgens
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Tom Knox
  Candidate Republican     Peachtree City Mayor  Harold K. Logsdon
  Candidate Republican     Stephen Northington
  Candidate Republican     Gerry Purcell
  Candidate Republican     Maria Sheffield
Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Democratic Agriculture Commissioner Thomas T. "Tommy" Irvin
• First elected: 1968; re-elected through 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - Retiring in 2010
  Candidate Republican     Gary Black
  Candidate Republican     Darwin Carter
    Republican     John Wilkinson - apparently not a candidate
• June 2009: Mr. Wilkinson suffered a heart attack on 11 June and withdrew on 16 June.
Superintendent of Education  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Education Superintendent  Kathy Cox
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Beth Farokhi
  Candidate Democratic     Jeff Scott
• ?
  Candidate Democratic     Brian Westlake
  Candidate Democratic     Richard Woods
  Candidate Republican     Roger Hines
Commissioner of Labor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Democratic Labor Commissioner Michael L. "Mike" Thurmond
• First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002, 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Melvin Everson
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.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 9 incumbents, 21 candidates
 • Republican: 14 incumbents, 49 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates)
 • Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
 • Right to Life
 • Unity
Independents
 • Independent: 4 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • Not readily classifiable
 • Write-in: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/contoc.htm
Election Authority
 • Georgia Secretary of State - Elections Division
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Georgia General Assembly
Democratic
 • The Democratic Party of Georgia
Republican
 • Georgia Republican Party
Third Party
 • Georgia Right to Life
 • Libertarian Party of Georgia
 • Southern Party of Georgia
 • The Constitution Party of Georgia
 • The Unity Party of Georgia
Media & others
 • Athens Banner-Herald
 • Atlanta Journal-Constitution
 • Barnesville Herald-Gazette
 • Bill Shipp's Georgia - Atlanta
 • Capitolimpact - Atlanta
 • DC's Political Report - Georgia
 • GoDeKalb.com - Dekalb County - Decaur
 • LaGrange Daily News
 • Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus
 • MainStreetNews.com - Northeast Georgia
 • NewsLink.org - Georgia
 • Peach Pundit
 • Politics1.com - Georgia
 • Rome News-Tribune
 • Savannah Morning News
 • The Augusta Chronicle
 • The Beacon - Roswell
 • The Citizen - Fayetteville
 • The Citizen Newspapers - Fayetteville
 • The Daily Tribune News - Cartersville
 • The Forest Blade - Swainsboro
 • The Gwinnett Gazette
 • The Jackson Herald
 • The Telegraph - Macon
 • The Telegraph - Macon
 • The Times-Herald - Newnan
 • WAGA TV - FOX - Atlanta
 • Waycross Journal-Herald
 • WGCL TV - CBS - Atlanta
 • WSB TV - Atlanta
 • WXIA TV - NBC - Atlanta
 

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