| The Green Papers: Georgia 2009 General Election |
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Georgia
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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) | |||||
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Republican | Congressman John Heddens "Jack" Kingston • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Sanford Dixon Bishop, Jr. • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Lynn Acton Westmoreland • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman John R. Lewis • First elected: 1986 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Thomas Edmunds "Tom" Price • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman John Linder • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman James Creel "Jim" Marshall • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Republican | Congressman Phillip J. "Phil" Gingrey • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman John J. Barrow • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman David Albert Scott • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |