The Green Papers: Georgia 2012 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 31 July 2012
Primary Runoff (CDs 2 R, 9 R, 12 R): Tuesday 21 August 2012
General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
General Election Runoff (no offices on this site require a runoff): Tuesday 4 December 2012
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:9,727,566 (3.14% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:16(2.97% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:14(3.22% of 435)
2000 Census:8,206,975 (2.91% of 281,998,273)
2004, 2008 Electoral Votes:15(2.79% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:13(2.99% of 435)
Capital:Atlanta
Tuesday 31 July 2012 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 7:00p EDT (2300 UTC).
Tuesday 21 August 2012 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 7:00p EDT (2300 UTC).
Tuesday 6 November 2012 polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 7:00p EST (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 4 December 2012 polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 7:00p EST (0000 UTC).
 

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Georgia State and Local Government

Georgia 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties


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 runoff.


Georgia 31 July 2012 primary: When no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the 31 July 2012 primary, a 21 August 2012 runoff is held between the two top vote-getters. Contests proceeding to a runoff:

  • U.S. House CD 2 Republican: Rick Allen v John M. House
  • U.S. House CD 9 Republican: Douglas Allen "Doug" Collins v Martha Mitchell Zoller
  • U.S. House CD 12 Republican: Lee Ivey Anderson v Richard W. "Rick" Allen

Ballots from Military and Overseas voters must be executed and sent no later than 7:00 p.m. EDT on 21 August 2012 and received no later than 31 August 2012 in order to be counted.

21 August election returns from the Georgia Secretary of State.


Georgia gained 1 U.S. House seat in the 2010 Census and will elected 14 Representatives in 2012.

6 November 2012 General Election Qualified candidates from the Georgia Secretary of State.

6 November 2012 General Election returns from the Georgia Secretary of State.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 16 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2012
  Elected Republican 2,078,688 53.30% former Massachusetts Governor Willard "Mitt" Romney
(16 Electoral Votes)
Vice President: Wisconsin Congressman Paul D. Ryan

FEC P80003353; 26 Nov 12; Tot $478,704,347; Dsb $465,787,141
  Candidate Democratic 1,773,827 45.48% President Barack Hussein Obama
Vice President: Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.

FEC P80003338; 26 Nov 12; Tot $732,741,988; Dsb $729,647,987
  Candidate Libertarian 45,324 1.16% former New Mexico Governor Gary Earl Johnson
Vice President: James P. "Jim" Gray

FEC P20002671; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,575,529; Dsb $2,572,585
  Candidate Write-in; (Green) 1,516 0.04% Jill E. Stein
Vice President: Cheri Honkala (119 votes)

FEC P20003984; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,005,788; Dsb $1,093,022
  Candidate Write-in; (Constitution) 432 0.01% former Congressman Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr.
FEC P20004685; 26 Nov 12; Tot $202,258; Dsb $202,253
  Candidate Write-in; (Justice Party) 154 0.00% former Salt Lake City Mayor Ross Carl "Rocky" Anderson
FEC P20004263
  Candidate Write-in 55 0.00% Darrell Hykes
FEC P20002903
  Candidate Write-in 30 0.00% Jill Ann Reed
Party: Twelve Visions.
Vice President: Thomas Allen "Tom" Cary (12 votes)

FEC P20003208; 26 Nov 12; Tot $45,217; Dsb $46,660
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party) 21 0.00% James E. Harris, Jr.
Vice President: Alyson Kennedy (6 votes)

FEC P20005112
  Candidate Write-in 2 0.00% David C. Byrne
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican) 1 0.00% Erin Kent Magee
FEC P20002648; 26 Nov 12; Tot $68; Dsb $5,458
Total 3,900,050 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 112th 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; re-elected: 2010.
(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 8 November 2016

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Nathan Deal
First elected: 2010
Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Elected separately from Governor

  Republican Lieutenant Governor L.S. Casey Cagle
First elected: 2006, re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

112th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
8 Republican (8 Renominated);
5 Democratic (5 Renominated)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 1
Seat up for election
Republican Congressman John Heddens "Jack" Kingston
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 31 July 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Republican 157,181 62.98% Congressman John Heddens "Jack" Kingston
FEC H2GA01157; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,236,613; Dsb $1,132,179
  Candidate Democratic 92,399 37.02% Lesli Rae Messinger
FEC H2GA01231; 06 Nov 12; Tot $112,772; Dsb $113,903
Total 249,580 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 2
Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman Sanford Dixon Bishop, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 31 July 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Democratic 162,751 63.78% Congressman Sanford Dixon Bishop, Jr.
FEC H2GA02031; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,247,292; Dsb $1,183,003
  Candidate Republican 92,410 36.22% John M. House
Won Runoff: 21 August 2012

FEC H2GA02114; 26 Nov 12; Tot $168,852; Dsb $165,462
Total 255,161 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 3
Seat up for election
Republican Congressman Lynn Acton Westmoreland
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 31 July 2012 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Republican 232,380 99.95% Congressman Lynn Acton Westmoreland
FEC H4GA08067; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,062,226; Dsb $1,029,169
  Candidate Write-in 105 0.05% David Ferguson
Total 232,485 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 4
Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 31 July 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Democratic 208,861 73.55% Congressman Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
FEC H6GA04129; 26 Nov 12; Tot $447,507; Dsb $412,789
  Candidate Republican 75,041 26.43% Jeffrey Chris "Chris" Vaughn
FEC H2GA04144; 26 Nov 12; Tot $48,902; Dsb $42,422
  Candidate Write-in; (Green) 58 0.02% former Congressman Cynthia McKinney
FEC H2GA11016; 26 Nov 12; Tot $900; Dsb $0
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party) 2 0.00% Rachele Fruit
Total 283,962 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 5
Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman John R. Lewis
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 1986
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 31 July 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Democratic 234,330 84.39% Congressman John R. Lewis
FEC H6GA05217; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,234,075; Dsb $1,248,852
  Candidate Republican 43,335 15.61% Howard Stopeck
FEC H2GA05133; 14 Nov 12; Tot $54,960; Dsb $71,960
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party) 12 0.00% John Benson
  Candidate Write-in 12 0.00% Raymond Davis
Total 277,689 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 6
Seat up for election
Republican Congressman Thomas Edmunds "Tom" Price
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 31 July 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Republican 189,669 64.51% Congressman Thomas Edmunds "Tom" Price
FEC H4GA06087; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,332,153; Dsb $1,744,366
  Candidate Democratic 104,365 35.49% Jeffrey H. "Jeff" Kazanow
FEC H2GA06115; 26 Nov 12; Tot $44,765; Dsb $44,593
Total 294,034 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 7
Seat up for election
Republican Congressman William Robert "Rob" Woodall, III
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 31 July 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Republican 156,689 62.16% Congressman William Robert "Rob" Woodall, III
FEC H0GA07133; 26 Nov 12; Tot $406,081; Dsb $417,547
  Candidate Democratic 95,377 37.84% Steven M. "Steve" Reilly
FEC H2GA07097; 26 Nov 12; Tot $34,426; Dsb $32,499
Total 252,066 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 8
Seat up for election
Republican Congressman James Austin "Austin" Scott
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 31 July 2012 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Republican 197,789 100.00% Congressman James Austin "Austin" Scott
FEC H0GA08099; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,110,041; Dsb $779,030
Total 197,789 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 9
Seat up for election
Republican Congressman John Thomas "Tom" Graves, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected in a special election (to fill the vacant seat of Congressman Nathan Deal, Republican) 8 June 2010.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 31 July 2012 Primary.
Congressman Graves is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 14.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Republican 192,101 76.18% state Representative Douglas Allen "Doug" Collins
Won Runoff: 21 August 2012

FEC H2GA09150; 26 Nov 12; Tot $766,887; Dsb $653,931
  Candidate Democratic 60,052 23.82% Joseph Dillard "Jody" Cooley, III
FEC H2GA09200; 26 Nov 12; Tot $76,245; Dsb $75,145
  Candidate Write-in     Ken Paul
National Write In Party
Total 252,153 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 10
Seat up for election
Republican Congressman Paul Collins Broun, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
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 6 November 2012
Renominated - 31 July 2012 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Republican 211,065 99.81% Congressman Paul Collins Broun, Jr.
FEC H8GA10049; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,350,673; Dsb $1,285,673
  Candidate Write-in 401 0.19% Brian Russell Brown
FEC H6GA09227
Total 211,466 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 11
Seat up for election
Republican Congressman John Phillip "Phil" Gingrey
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 31 July 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Republican 196,968 68.55% Congressman John Phillip "Phil" Gingrey
FEC H2GA11149; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,703,509; Dsb $1,112,193
  Candidate Democratic 90,353 31.45% John Patrick "Patrick" Thompson
FEC H2GA11206; 26 Nov 12; Tot $5,956; Dsb $6,379
Total 287,321 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 12
Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman John J. Barrow
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 31 July 2012 Primary.
circa 23 June 2011: Congressman Barrow has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and expects to fully recover.
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Democratic 139,148 53.70% Congressman John J. Barrow
FEC H4GA12010; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,876,417; Dsb $2,828,817
  Candidate Republican 119,973 46.30% state Representative Lee Ivey Anderson
Proceeds to Runoff: 21 August 2012. Won the runoff.

FEC H2GA12105; 27 Dec 12; Tot $1,306,199; Dsb $1,306,199
Total 259,121 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 13
Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman David Albert Scott
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 31 July 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Democratic 201,988 71.74% Congressman David Albert Scott
FEC H2GA13012; 26 Nov 12; Tot $976,603; Dsb $804,933
  Candidate Republican 79,550 28.26% Shahid Hamid Malik
FEC H2GA13053
Total 281,538 100.00%  

No Incumbent - New Seat in 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment - First election in 2012
CD 14
Seat up for election
 
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
  Elected Republican 159,947 72.97% Congressman John Thomas "Tom" Graves, Jr.
Congressman Graves, incumbent in the old CD 9, is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 14.

FEC H0GA09030; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,159,712; Dsb $1,085,728
  Candidate Democratic 59,245 27.03% Daniel Frank "Danny" Grant
FEC H2GA14010; 26 Nov 12; Tot $11,115; Dsb $10,145
Total 219,192 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Secretary of State Brian P. Kemp
Appointed 8 January 2010 upon the resignation of Karen C. Handel; first elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Attorney General Samuel S. "Sam" Olens
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Comptroller General/Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Comptroller General/Insurance Commissioner Ralph T. Hudgens
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Superintendent of Education  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Education Superintendent John D. Barge
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Commissioner of Labor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Labor Commissioner Mark Butler
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 

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): 5 incumbents, 12 candidates
  Republican: 18 incumbents, 16 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Green (affiliates): 2 candidates
  Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
  Justice Party: 1 candidate
  Socialist Workers Party: 3 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 15 candidates
 
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.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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