The Green Papers: Georgia 2010 Midterm Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 20 July 2010
Primary Runoff: Tuesday 10 August 2010
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
General Election Runoff: Tuesday 30 November 2010
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)
Capital:Atlanta
Tuesday 20 July 2010 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 7:00p EDT (2300 UTC).
Tuesday 10 August 2010 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 7:00p EDT (2300 UTC).
Tuesday 2 November 2010 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 7:00p EDT (2300 UTC).
Tuesday 30 November 2010 polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 7:00p EST (0000 UTC).
 

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Georgia State and Local Government

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

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.

 
           
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
Seat up for election		 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: $2,864,186
  Candidate Libertarian     Chuck Donovan
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors
Chair up for election
Open		 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
• Husband of Carol Porter, candidate for Lieutenant Governor
  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     former 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
Seat up for election 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 Democratic     Carol Porter
• Wife of Gubernatorial candidate DuBose Porter
  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 2008, 2010. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
7 Republican (5 Undetermined, 2 Open);
6 Democratic (6 Undetermined)
CD 1
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Seat up for election		 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: $394,658
CD 2
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Seat up for election		 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: $415,007
  Candidate Republican     Rhuedolph "Rudy" Adams
• FEC H0GA02225: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Bobby Dave Brown
• FEC H0GA02233: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Lee Roy Ferrell, II
• FEC H8GA02053: $2,349
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Michael Huel "Mike" Keown, Sr.
• FEC H0GA02217: $136,044
CD 3
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman  Lynn Acton Westmoreland
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Lynn Acton Westmoreland
• FEC H4GA08067: $280,376
  Candidate Independent     Alan Weaver
CD 4
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Seat up for election		 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: $203,037
  Candidate Democratic     former Representative Vernon A. Jones
• FEC H0GA04080: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Dekalb County Commissioner  Connie Stokes
• FEC H4GA04074: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Lisbeth "Liz" Carter
• FEC H0GA04072: $14,897
  Candidate Republican     Lawrence Franklin "Larry" Gause
• FEC H0GA04064: $825
  Candidate Republican     Cory Jerome Ruth
• FEC H0GA04098: Financial report not available
CD 5
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  John R. Lewis
• First elected: 1986
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  John R. Lewis
• FEC H6GA05217: $452,140
CD 6
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Seat up for election		 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: $1,093,457
CD 7
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Seat up for election
Open		 Republican Congressman  John Linder
• First elected: 1992
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - 27 February 2010: Announced retirement.
    Republican     state Senator  Donald Kenneth "Don" Balfour, II - apparently not a candidate
• 18 March 2010: "Being a Congressman has been something I thought I wanted to do ... when John Linder announced that he was not running for re-election, I jumped at the opportunity ... However, ... I have not been at peace about this decision ... I will ... not be seeking reelection for the 9th district senate seat .. [nor the] Congressional seat from the 7th district."
• FEC H0GA07109: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Clay Cox
  Candidate Republican     Tom Kirby
    Republican     Congressman  John Linder - apparently not a candidate
• 27 February 2010: Announced retirement.
• FEC H0GA04023: $141,683
CD 8
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Seat up for election		 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: $247,965
  Candidate Republican     Kenneth Ray DeLoach, Jr.
• FEC H0GA08040: $7,791
  Candidate Republican     Angela Maddox Hicks
• FEC H0GA08065: $20,315
  Candidate Republican     Valerie Sargent Meyers
• FEC H0GA08073: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     William Paul "Paul" Rish
• FEC H0GA08057: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Diane Elizabeth Swanson Vann
• FEC H0GA08081: Financial report not available
CD 9
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Seat up for election
Open		 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 - 1 May 2009: Announced candidacy for Governor
1 March 2010: Announced he would resign from the U.S. House on 8 March 2010 to devote his time to his campaign for Governor.
4 March 2010: Said he will postpone his resignation (until circa 31 March) so that he can vote against the Democratic health care legislation.
  Candidate Democratic     Mike Freeman
• FEC H0GA09105: $10,857
  Candidate Republican     Clyde Daniel "Dan" "Danny" Benton
• FEC H0GA09113: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Christopher U. "Chris" Cates
• FEC H0GA10228: $276,477
  Candidate Republican     Whitfield County Commissioner Mike Cowan
    Republican     Congressman  Nathan Deal - apparently not a candidate
• Announced candidacy for Governor 1 May 2009
• FEC H2GA09036: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Thomas Eugene "Tom" Dooley
• FEC H0GA09139: Financial report not available
    Republican     Mike Allen Evans - apparently not a candidate
• 13 January 2010: "It was down to a choice between helping to provide for my family or running for Congress ... It became an easy choice that my family comes first."
• FEC H0GA09022: $207,169
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  John Thomas "Tom" Graves, Jr.
• FEC H0GA09030: $389,040
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  B. Lee "Lee" Hawkins
• FEC H0GA09089: $393,273
  Candidate Republican     Jeremy Edward Jones
• FEC H0GA09063: $2,735
  Candidate Republican     Bertil Armin "Bert" Loftman
• FEC H0GA09121: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Bobby Clifford Reese
• FEC H0GA09147: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator  William V. "Bill" Stephens
• FEC H0GA09055: $80,672
  Candidate Republican     Thomas Stephen "Steve" Tarvin
• FEC H0GA09097: $138,580
  Candidate Independent; (American Conservative)     Edward "Eugene" Moon
• Indicated a Party Affiliation of "Conservative/Ind." on his FEC Statement of Candidacy
• FEC H0GA09071: $1,740
CD 10
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Seat up for election		 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 Democratic     Sandy Untermyer
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Paul Collins Broun, Jr.
• FEC H8GA10049: $1,029,373
  Candidate Republican     Cason Sisk
CD 11
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Seat up for election		 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: $809,228
CD 12
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  John J. Barrow
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  John J. Barrow
• FEC H4GA12010: $935,274
  Candidate Democratic     former state Senator  Regina D. Thomas
• FEC H8GA12037: $11,370
  Candidate Republican     Michael W. "Mike" Horner
• FEC H0GA12042: Financial report not available
    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: $12,160
  Candidate Republican     Lawton Carlos "L. Carl" Smith, Jr.
• FEC H0GA12026: $29,430
    Republican     John Stone - apparently not a candidate
CD 13
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  David Albert Scott
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Michael "Mike" Frisbee
• 22 November 2009: Filed with the FEC without indicating a party affiliation.
11 February 2010: Announced he is switching from Independent to Democratic.
• FEC H0GA13024: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  David Albert Scott
• FEC H2GA13012: $365,903
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  John Clayton "Clay" Cox
• FEC H2GA11123: $0
  Candidate Republican     Michael Robert Crane
• FEC H0GA13032: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Deborah Travis Honeycutt
• FEC H6GA13013: $151,470
  Candidate Republican     Steven Augustus Morris
• FEC H0GA13057: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Rupert Gordon Parchment
• FEC H0GA13040: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Sonja Sleeper
• FEC H0GA13016: $558
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election Republican Secretary of State  Brian P. Kemp
• Appointed 8 January 2010 upon the resignation of Karen C. Handel
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Gail Buckner
  Candidate Democratic     Darryl Hicks
  Candidate Democratic     Gary Horlacher
  Candidate Democratic     Michael Mills
  Candidate Democratic     Angela Moore
  Candidate Republican     former City Councilmember Robin Carlisle
  Candidate Republican     Secretary of State  Brian P. Kemp
• 8 January 2010: Sworn in after being appointed as Secretary of State by Governor Sonny Perdue.
  Candidate Republican     Sandy Springs City Councilman Doug MacGinnitie
  Candidate Libertarian     David Chastain
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election
Open		 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
Seat up for election
Open		 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     former 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
Seat up for election
Open		 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
Seat up for election Republican Education Superintendent  Kathy Cox
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Beth Farokhi
    Democratic     Jeff Scott - apparently not a candidate
• circa July 2009: Withdrew [Ed- Posted 23 February 2010]
  Candidate Democratic     Sandra Cannon Scott
  Candidate Democratic     Brian Westlake
  Candidate Republican     John Barge
  Candidate Republican     Education Superintendent  Kathy Cox
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Roger Hines
  Candidate Republican     Richard Woods
  Candidate Libertarian     Kira Willis
Commissioner of Labor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election 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, 30 candidates
 • Republican: 14 incumbents, 68 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates)
 • Libertarian: 4 candidates
Other Third Parties
 • American Conservative: 1 candidate
 • Right to Life
 • Unity
 • Whig
Independents
 • Independent: 3 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 Modern Whig 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
 • PoliticalVine.com - Marietta
 • 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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