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1964 United States presidential election in Georgia


recent time when Georgia voted for a Democratic candidate). During the concurrent House elections of 1964 in Georgia, Republicans picked up a seat from the Democrats, that being the Third District House seat won by Howard Callaway who became the first Republican to be elected to the House of Representatives from Georgia since Reconstruction. With 54.12% of the popular vote, Georgia would prove to be Goldwater's fifth strongest state in the 1964 election after Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina and Louisiana. Georgia was one of the three states that voted
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2000 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 2000 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia was won by Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) by an 11.7% margin of victory. He won a majority of the popular vote, counties, and congressional districts. Bush dominated in most of the rural parts of the state, but Vice President Al Gore
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2004 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 2004 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 2, 2004. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 16.6% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Bush performed almost five points better than he did in 2000. He also won a wide majority of the counties
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1968 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 1968 United States presidential election in Georgia was held on November 5, 1968. American Independent Party candidate George Wallace received the most votes, and won all twelve of the state’s electoral college votes. Wallace, who ran a campaign based upon support for segregation, won all but seventeen of the state’s 159 counties. Nixon won ten, all either suburban Atlanta counties or historically pro-Union counties of North Georgia. Despite Wallace’s sweep of most of the state south of Atlanta, Cobb and DeKalb counties were two
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1972 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 1972 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia was won by incumbent President Richard Nixon (R–California), with 75.04% of the popular vote, against George McGovern (D–South Dakota), with 24.65% of the popular vote. This made Georgia, even amidst a Republican landslide, 26 percent
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1872 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 1872 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose eleven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia voted for the Liberal Republican candidate, Horace Greeley, over Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant. Greeley won Georgia by a margin of 9.94%. However, Greeley died prior to the Electoral College meeting, allowing Georgia's eleven electors to vote for the candidate of their choice.
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1996 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 1996 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose thirteen representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia was won by Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) by a narrow 1.2-percentage-point margin. The Peach State was the third-closest contest that year with only Kentucky and Nevada being closer. Dole's victory was possible due to the declining support for Democrats in Georgia and
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1912 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 1912 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose fourteen representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia was won by the Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 76.63% of the popular vote against the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor
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1860 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 1860 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia was won by the 14th Vice President of the United States John Breckenridge (SD–Kentucky), running with Senator Joseph Lane, with 48.89% of the popular vote, against Senator John Bell (CU–Tennessee), running with the Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett
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2004 United States presidential election in Georgia


1st, 2019 this is the last election in which a Republican won Georgia by a double digit margin. Bush won 10 of 13 congressional districts. Technically the voters of Georgia cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Georgia is allocated 15 electors because it has 13 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 15 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the
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1984 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 1984 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose twelve electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Georgia was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and
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2004 United States presidential election in Georgia


, which is one of his best statewide performances in the nation. George W. Bush is the first Republican to win Georgia twice. There were 12 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day. Bush won every single pre-election poll, and won each by a double-digit margin of victory and with over 50% of the vote. The final 3 poll averaged Bush leading 56% to 41%. Bush raised $6,656,076. Kerry raised
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2000 United States Senate special election in Georgia


The 2000 Georgia United States Senate special election was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Zell Miller, who was appointed by Governor Roy Barnes to replace the late Paul Coverdell, overwhelmingly won re-election to serve the remainder of the term. Miller defeated Mattingly by over 20 percentage points. As of 2019, this is the last election in which a Democrat was elected to the US Senate from Georgia. "Note: This election was a non-partisan election due to it being a special election.
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1960 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 1960 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 62.54% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge
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1988 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 1988 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Georgia was won by incumbent United States Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas, who was running against Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Bush ran with Indiana Senator Dan Quayle as Vice President, and Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. Though the
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1952 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 1952 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia was won by Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Alabama Senator John Sparkman, with 69.66 percent of the popular vote, against Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 30.34 percent of the
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1956 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 1956 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia was won by Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 66.48% of the popular vote against incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 32.65% of the popular vote.
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1992 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 1992 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 3, 1992, and was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-AR). The presidential contest in the Peach State was the closest of any state that year with Clinton winning 43.47% to 42.88% over Incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R) by a razor thin margin of 0.59
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1998 Georgia gubernatorial election


The 1998 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democratic Governor Zell Miller was unable to seek re-election due to term limits, therefore creating an open seat. To replace him, State Representative Roy Barnes won the Democratic Party's nomination after a close and highly contested primary election, while businessman Guy Millner, who had run for Governor and the United States Senate in the previous four years, won the nomination of the Republican Party. In the general election, Barnes was able to defeat Millner by
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2017 United States elections


election for the Georgia Senate seat left vacated by Judson Hill when he decided to run for US Congress 6th district seat vacated by Tom Price who was appointed Health and Human Services Secretary. Democratic candidate Christine Triebsch and Republican Candidate Kay Kirkpatrick ran for the vacated Georgia State Senate seat, which was won by Kirkpatrick. There was a special election in the heavily Republican New York Assembly District 9 on May 23, which was won by Democrat Christine Pellegrino 58–42. Trump had won the district with 60% of the vote. As of
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2008 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 2008 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 4, 2008. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia was won by Republican nominee John McCain with a 5.2% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 15 of 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise considered as a red state. It is situated in the Deep South, entrenched in the Bible Belt, and is normally a much more reliable Republican
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1994 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia


The 1994 House elections in Georgia occurred on November 8, 1994 to elect the members of the State of Georgia's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Georgia had eleven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1990 United States Census. These elections were held concurrently with the United States Senate elections of 1994, the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections. Despite the fact that Bill Clinton had won Georgia's electoral votes in the Presidential election of 1992 two years prior,
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia


Barrow, who has represented the 12th district since 2005, is running for re-election. Anderson defeated Allen in an August runoff election, winning the Republican nomination. Democratic incumbent David Scott, who has represented Georgia's 13th congressional district since 2003, is running for re-election. S. Malik won the Republican nomination unopposed. In redistricting, the new 14th district includes almost all of northwestern Georgia. Republican incumbent Tom Graves, who has represented the 9th district since May 2010, lives in this new district and is running
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2010 Georgia statewide elections


). Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle (R) was seeking reelection. Carol Porter won the Democratic nomination. Incumbent Secretary of State Brian Kemp (R), who succeeded Karen Handel (R) after she resigned to focus on her gubernatorial bid, sought election to a full term and won the Republican primary on July 20. Georganna Sinkfield defeated Gail Buckner in a runoff for the Democratic nomination. Incumbent Attorney General of Georgia Thurbert Baker (D) retired from his position to run for Governor of Georgia. Ken Hodges won
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia


Broun won. Republican incumbent Phil Gingrey, who has represented Georgia's 11th congressional district since 2003, is running for re-election. Patrick Thompson won the Democratic nomination unopposed. In redistricting, Savannah was removed from Georgia's 12th congressional district and replaced with the Augusta area, thereby making the district more favorable to Republicans. The former 12th district gave 55 per cent of its vote in the 2008 presidential election to Democratic nominee, whereas only 40 per cent of the new district's voters voted for Obama. Democratic incumbent John
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2004 United States presidential election in Alabama


. Bush won with over 60% of the vote, a first since 1984, and carried most of the counties and congressional districts. Historically, Alabama is a very reliable Republican state that a Democratic presidential nominee hasn't won since 1976, when the Governor of the state next door, Jimmy Carter of Georgia ran and swept the Deep South. There were 12 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day. Bush won every single pre-election poll
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2016 United States presidential election in Georgia


made Georgia one of eleven states (plus the District of Columbia) to vote more Democratic in 2016 than in 2012. The Atlanta metropolitan area shifted strongly Democratic compared to the previous presidential election, with Hillary Clinton being the first Democrat to win Henry County since 1980, and the first Democrat to win Gwinnett County and Cobb County since 1976, when Georgia native Jimmy Carter won all of the state's counties. The state of Georgia has been won by the Republican nominee in every election since 1996. The incumbent President of the
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Deep South


election when Georgia native Jimmy Carter received the Democratic nomination, the 1980 election when Carter won Georgia, the 1992 election when Arkansas native and former governor Bill Clinton won Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas, and the 1996 election when the incumbent president Clinton again won Louisiana, Tennessee and Arkansas. In 1995, Georgia Republican Newt Gingrich was elected by representatives of a Republican-dominated House as Speaker of the House. Since the 1990s the white majority has continued to shift toward Republican candidates at the state and local levels.
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2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia


Georgia College and State University. On the Republican side, radio announcer and former congressional aide John Stone won against mechanical engineer and former presidential candidate Ray McKinney and Ben Crystal. The present district, which was implemented starting with the 2006 election, would have given John Kerry 51% in 2004 (CPVI=D+2). Democratic incumbent David Scott (campaign website) won against Republican nominee Deborah Honeycutt (campaign website), who also ran unsuccessfully in 2006. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Democrat Favored'. Scott won
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1996 United States presidential election in Georgia


many other Southeastern States, though the Democratic Party in Georgia would remain a significant institution until the early 2000s. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Ref-TX), who had unsuccessfully run for president as an Independent in the previous election, won 6.4 percent of the popular vote in the Peach state, a significant total for a third-party candidate. , this is the last time that either a Democratic presidential nominee has finished within two percentage points of the Republican candidate or that any third-party candidate has won more than
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2008 United States presidential election in Georgia


shifting resources to North Carolina, which they regarded as more competitive. Obama stopped advertising in the state and moved away staff, although he retained a large volunteer force. As the campaign neared the end, Obama jumped to a national lead, helped by the September financial crisis, but remained behind in Georgia polling. There were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day: McCain won almost every pre-election poll. The final 3 poll average
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2016 United States Senate election in Georgia


The 2016 United States Senate election in Georgia was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Georgia, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primary election for the Republican and Democratic parties took place on May 24, 2016. Incumbent Republican Senator Johnny Isakson won re-election to a third term in office
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1980 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 1980 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 4, 1980, in Georgia as part of the 1980 United States presidential election. The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Jimmy Carter, won his home state of Georgia over former California Governor Ronald Reagan by 236,565 votes, giving him one of just seven victories in the election (other than Georgia, Carter also carried Maryland, Minnesota, Hawaii, West Virginia, the District of Columbia and Rhode Island). Georgia weighed in as 25 points more Democratic than the
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia


district since 1987, is running for re-election. Howard Stopeck, a retired attorney, won the Republican nomination without opposition. Republican incumbent Tom Price, who has represented Georgia's 6th congressional district since 2005, is running for re-election. In redistricting, the 6th district was made slightly less favorable to Republicans: Cherokee County was removed from the district, while parts of DeKalb County were added to it. Republican incumbent Rob Woodall, who has represented Georgia's 7th congressional district since January 2011, is running for
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1976 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 1976 United States presidential election in Georgia was held on November 2, 1976. The Democratic candidate, former Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter, overwhelmingly won his home state with 66.74% of the vote ahead of the Republican Party candidate, incumbent President Gerald Ford, giving him the state’s twelve electoral votes. Carter carried all of Georgia’s 159 counties and ten congressional districts by wide margins. This is the only presidential election in Georgia history where the Democratic candidate carried all of Georgia’s counties, despite the state's long
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2018 Georgia Secretary of State election


The 2018 Georgia Secretary of State election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Secretary of State of Georgia, concurrently with the 2018 gubernatorial election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Because no candidate received the requisite 50 percent plus one vote, the top two candidates (Democrat John Barrow and Republican Brad Raffensperger) proceeded to a runoff on December 4, 2018, which Raffensperger narrowly won. Incumbent Republican Secretary of
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1976 United States presidential election in Hawaii


The 1976 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 4, 1976. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Hawaii voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Hawaii was won by Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter by 2.53 points. It was the only postbellum state won by Carter: since William McKinley in 1896 no other candidate has won the presidency whilst winning so few as one postbellum state. In fact, Carter did
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2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia


, Barr's 2000 opponent, and a member of the Georgia State Elections Board. In a close election, Gingrey defeated Kahn and won his first term in Congress. This district, created as a result of Georgia's population growth, was drawn by the Democrats in the Georgia State Legislature to elect a Democrat; given the newly-drawn district's high African-American population and the fact that it would have voted for Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election, this was a realistic expectation. Max Burns, a professor
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1976 United States presidential election in Virginia


The 1976 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 2, 1976. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose twelve electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Virginia was narrowly won by incumbent United States President Gerald Ford of Michigan with 49.29 percent of the vote, who was running against Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia. The national election was ultimately won by Carter with 50.08 percent of the vote
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1976 United States presidential election in Florida


In the 1976 United States presidential election, Florida was won by the Democratic candidate, former Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter, over the Republican candidate, incumbent President Gerald Ford. Carter won by a margin of 5.29 points, giving him 17 electoral votes. Other Southern states also went for Carter, especially his home state of Georgia and Arkansas. A bellwether state today, Florida has voted for the winner in every election since 1928, except for two elections (1960 and later 1992). , this is the last election in
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Paul Coverdell


1965. Coverdell was unsuccessful in his first attempt to win election to the state senate in 1968 but he ran again and won in 1970 representing north Fulton County. Coverdell began serving as Senate Minority Leader in 1974, a position he held until he left the Georgia Senate in 1989. Coverdell worked with Democrats to accomplish his goals. Roy Barnes, a Democrat who would later be elected Governor of Georgia, said that when he joined the Georgia State Senate, Republican Coverdell took him under his political wing. "He showed that
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2004 United States Senate elections


since 1980 in which a presidential candidate from either party won with coattails in the Senate. As of 2018, these are the last elections held during a Presidential election year in which the Republicans made a net gain of seats. Republicans won six seats but lost two themselves, giving them a net gain of four seats. Five of the six gains came from Southern states. Conservative Democrat Zell Miller of Georgia, who campaigned for President Bush, chose not to run for re-election and Republican Johnny Isakson won his seat;
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1976 United States elections


The 1976 United States elections was held on November 2, and elected the members of the 95th United States Congress. The Democratic Party won the presidential election and retained control of Congress. Democratic Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia defeated Republican incumbent President Gerald Ford. Carter won the popular vote by two points and finished with 297 electoral votes, taking a mix of Southern and Northern states. Ford, who had taken office after the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of Republican President Richard Nixon in 1974, defeated California Governor Ronald Reagan to
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2004 United States Senate election in Georgia


The 2004 United States Senate election in Georgia took place on November 2, 2004, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Zell Miller decided to retire, leaving an open seat. Majette became both the first African American and the first woman to be nominated for the U.S. Senate in Georgia. Republican Johnny Isakson won the open seat. The results were almost a complete reversal from the previous election
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia


re-election. Steve Reilly, an attorney, won the Democratic nomination without opposition. Republican incumbent Austin Scott, who was first elected to represent Georgia's 8th congressional district in 2010, is running unopposed in the primary as well as the general election. In redistricting, most of Macon—the heart of the 8th and its predecessors for over a century—was shifted to the neighboring 2nd, thereby making the 8th district more favorable to Republicans. In redistricting, the new 9th district is centered around Gainesville and has no
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Wyche Fowler


century. He unexpectedly lost his re-election bid in 1992 to Georgia state Senator Paul Coverdell (who would later become leader of the state's Republican party). Fowler won a small plurality of the vote against Coverdell on general election night 1992, but Georgia law requires a runoff election between the two candidates with the highest vote totals if no one candidate receives over 50 percent (a majority) of the total vote, and a Libertarian Party candidate received enough votes to keep Fowler's total below 50 percent-plus-
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1976 United States presidential election in Tennessee


The 1976 United States presidential election in Tennessee was held on November 2, 1976. The Democratic Party candidate, former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter won the state of Tennessee with 56% of the vote against Republican Party candidate, President Gerald Ford, carrying the state’s ten electoral votes. Carter, a native Southerner from neighboring Georgia, carried Tennessee with a 13% margin of victory against incumbent Ford. The Watergate scandal had severely damaged Ford's predecessor, Richard Nixon, who had resigned in 1974 as a result, and the
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William Yates Atkinson


County as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1886–94), where he was the speaker, or presiding officer, during the last two years. As a state representative, he introduced a bill that established the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, which later became Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia. He was also the Georgia Democratic Party state chair from 1890 to 1892. Atkinson won the 1894 election and was elected Governor of Georgia. He was reelected to a second term in 1896. During his administration
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1964 United States presidential election


Roosevelt had won 97% of the popular vote in 1936, Goldwater won 87% of the vote. Of these states, Louisiana had been the only state where a Republican had won even once since Reconstruction. Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina had not voted Republican in any presidential election since Reconstruction, whilst Georgia had never voted Republican even during Reconstruction (thus making Goldwater the first Republican to ever carry Georgia). The 1964 election was a major transition point for the South, and an important step in the process by which
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Dan Moody (Georgia politician)


Dan Moody is an American politician from the state of Georgia. He is a member of the Republican Party. Moody is a former officer in the United States Army Reserve. He won election to the Georgia State Senate in 2002. He opted not to run for reelection in 2010. In 2013, he was appointed to the board of the Georgia Department of Transportation, but resigned in 2015. Moody declared his candidacy in the special election to succeed Tom Price in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 6th congressional district
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2016 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 2016 United States presidential election in Georgia was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Georgia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting Republican Party nominee Donald Trump against Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton. On March 1, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Georgia voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic and Republican respective presidential nominees for president. Trump won the Georgia Republican primary by a wide margin
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2008 United States Senate election in Georgia


The 2008 United States Senate election in Georgia took place on November 4, 2008. The run off election took place on December 2, 2008. Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss, first elected in 2002, sought re-election to his position as a United States Senator from Georgia. He was challenged by Democratic nominee Jim Martin and Libertarian nominee Allen Buckley. After a runoff election on December 2, Chambliss was elected. The runoff was necessary as neither Chambliss nor Martin, the two major party candidates, had won a majority of
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1988 United States presidential election in Georgia


Bibb County, Muscogee County, Liberty County, Richmond County, Dougherty County, and Clayton County voted for a Republican presidential candidate. Bush won the election in Georgia with a 20-point sweep-out landslide. This is one of the first presidential elections where Georgia shares the role of the largest player in the conservative powerhouse of the Deep South with the increasingly important and conservative state of Texas. While Georgia typically votes conservative, the election results in 1988 are also indicative of a nationwide reconsolidation of base for the Republican Party, which
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1946 Georgia gubernatorial election


The 1946 Georgia gubernatorial election was held in November 1946. It was won by the Democratic nominee and former Governor Eugene Talmadge, who died weeks later in mid-December, before his scheduled inauguration in January 1947. Talmadge's death created the Three Governors controversy in Georgia. Talmadge won the Democratic primary on July 17, 1946. This effectively ensured that he would win the general election as well, because the Republican Party was utterly unviable in Georgia at the time, and had not even nominated a candidate of its own.
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2016 Georgia Democratic primary


The 2016 Georgia Democratic primary took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Georgia as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The primary was an open one. On the same day, dubbed "Super Tuesday," Democratic primaries were held in ten other states plus American Samoa, while the Republican Party held primaries in eleven states including their own Georgia primary. Clinton won every county in the state except for Echols County. She easily won Georgia in the primary by a wide margin of
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Thomas W. Hardwick


. Hardwick was the prosecutor of Washington County, Georgia from 1895 to 1897; a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1898 to 1902; and a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Georgia's 10th district from 1903 to 1914. In 1914 he ran for a seat in the United States Senate in a special election for the unexpired term of Augustus O. Bacon who had died in office. Hardwick won, and served in the Senate from 1915 to 1919. As a senator, Harwick co-sponsored the
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1980 United States presidential election in Alaska


The 1980 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 4, 1980, as part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Alaska was won by Ronald Reagan (R–California) with 54.3% of the popular vote against incumbent President Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia) with 26.4%. Reagan ultimately won the national vote, defeating Carter and becoming the next President. Alaska has only voted Democratic once,
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1976 United States presidential election in Alaska


The 1976 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Alaska was won by incumbent President Gerald Ford (R-Michigan) with 57.9% of the popular vote against Jimmy Carter (D-Georgia) with 35.7%. Carter ultimately won the national vote however, defeating Ford and becoming the next President. Alaska has only voted Democratic once
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Elections in Georgia (U.S. state)


Party ticket; former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter won his home state by landslide margins in 1976 and 1980 (sweeping every county in the state in 1976); and then-Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton won a plurality of votes in 1992 against incumbent Republican George H. W. Bush and Independent Ross Perot. Republican George W. Bush won Georgia by double digits in 2000 and 2004, with 54.67% and 57.97%, respectively, of the vote, making him the only Republican presidential candidate to carry Georgia twice. In 2008, John McCain
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John Henry Lumpkin


and he began practicing in Rome, Georgia. In 1835, Lumpkin was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in the Georgia General Assembly. In 1838, he served as the solicitor general for Georgia's Cherokee circuit In 1840, Lumpkin unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives; however, he ran again in 1842 and won election as a Democrat to the 28th United States Congress. He was elected to two additional terms and served from March 4, 1843, until March 3, 1849. From 1850 through 1853
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1976 United States presidential election in Delaware


The 1976 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Delaware was won by Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 51.98% of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan), who finished with 46.57% of the popular vote. No third-party candidate amounted 1% of the vote
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1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana


The 1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Louisiana was won by Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 51.73% of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan), who finished with 45.95% of the popular vote. No third-party candidate amounted to 1% of the
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1976 United States presidential election in Missouri


The 1976 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Missouri was won by Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 51.10% of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan), who finished with 47.47% of the popular vote. Jimmy Carter went on to become the 39th president of the
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1976 United States presidential election in Ohio


The 1976 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 2, 1976. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Ohio voters chose twenty-five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. The Buckeye State was won by former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter (D) by a margin of 0.27 percent. , this is the last election in which Adams County and Brown County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. The state was not only
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2008 Georgia state elections


who lost by just 168 votes) again. Despite Puckett's strong and energetic campaign, Dempsey ultimately prevailed again, this time defeating Puckett by 289 votes. Incumbent Rep. Jeff Lewis (R-White) was defeated for renomination by Paul R. Battles by a margin of 51.6% to 48.4%. Battles subsequently won the general election without opposition. Rep. Rick Crawford (D-Cedartown) faced a challenge from Bob Culver (R). Crawford was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives by narrow margin in 2006 and thus
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James Jackson (Georgia politician)


influenced by bribery of state legislatures, resigned his post in the Senate to run for a seat in the Georgia legislature in 1795. He won the election and began to lead a campaign to repeal the Yazoo land sale. In 1798, he won the election for governor of Georgia and proceeded to implement the legislation repealing the Yazoo land sale. Jackson placed blame for the Yazoo land fraud on his political enemies, including James Gunn and the Federalists. He built the Georgia Democratic-Republican party and led it to statewide dominance.
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2018 Georgia elections


District Attorney's office, was running. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp is running for governor. State Representative Buzz Brockway is running for the Republican nomination. Other potential Republican candidates include Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle and State Senators Steve Gooch, John Albers and Michael Williams. The Democratic nominee is former U.S. Representative from Georgia's 12th congressional district, John Barrow, who defeated Dee Dawkins-Haigler and Rakeim "RJ" Hadley in the primary. The Libertarian candidate is Smythe Duval. He won the nomination at the Georgia
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1974 Georgia gubernatorial election


The 1974 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974. Under Georgia's constitution at the time, incumbent Democratic governor Jimmy Carter was ineligible to serve a second consecutive term. He was elected President of the United States in the 1976 presidential election. George Busbee was elected as the 77th Governor of Georgia. In the primary, Lieutenant Governor (and former Governor) Lester Maddox won a plurality with 310,384 votes (36.32%). George Busbee finished 2nd with 177,997 votes (20.83%), edging out Bert Lance
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Mike Crane


Mike Crane (born April 8, 1963) is a former Republican member of the Georgia State Senate from the 28th District. Prior to his election to the state senate, Crane was the Republican nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in Georgia's 13th congressional district in 2010. Mike Crane challenged David Scott, the Democratic incumbent congressman from the Georgia-13th, in 2010, but lost the race. In October 2011, State Senator Mitch Seabaugh resigned from the Georgia State Senate and a special election was called, which Crane won.
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Peter Early Love


began practising law in Thomasville, Georgia. In 1842, Love became the solicitor general for the southern district of Georgia. In 1849, he was elected to the Georgia Senate. In 1853, Love became a superior court judge in the southern circuit. Love was elected in 1858 as a Democrat to represent Georgia's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for the 36th Congress. After resigning near the end of that term, Love returned to practising law in Thomasville. He won election to the Georgia House of
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1976 United States presidential election in Rhode Island


The 1976 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Rhode Island was won by Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 55.36% of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan), who finished with 44.08% of the popular vote. No third-party candidate received any votes.
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1976 United States presidential election in Kentucky


The 1976 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Kentucky was won by Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 52.75% of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan), who finished with 45.57% of the popular vote, and did so by winning all major demographic groups in the
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Johnny Grant (politician)


Johnny Grant is an American politician. He most recently served as a Republican Georgia State Senator representing the 25th district of Georgia. His district included the counties of: Baldwin, Butts, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones (Pt.), Morgan, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren (Pt.). Grant was first elected to the state legislature in 2004. Grant is a graduate of Georgia Tech and has a Masters from Georgia College & State University in public administration. Grant won re-election in 2006–2010. He
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1980 United States presidential election in Wisconsin


The 1980 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia, were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Wisconsin voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Wisconsin was won by Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against incumbent United States President Jimmy Carter of Georgia. Reagan ran with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, Carter ran for a second time with Representative Walter Mondale of Minnesota
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1970 Georgia gubernatorial election


The 1970 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970. It was marked by the election as Governor of Georgia of the relatively little-known former state Senator Jimmy Carter after a hard battle in the Democratic primary. This election is notable because Carter, often regarded as one of the "New South Governors", later ran for President in 1976 on his gubernatorial record and won. Under the Georgia constitution of 1945, incumbent Democratic Governor Lester Maddox was prohibited from seeking re-election. Initially the strongest candidate was
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2010 United States Senate election in Georgia


The 2010 United States Senate election in Georgia took place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson won re-election to a second term. Thurmond was the underdog in trying to become the first African-American to serve Georgia in the U.S. Senate. Thurmond claimed "Polls are irrelevant. As everyone knows, the only poll that counts is the election on November 2." Isakson defended his record saying "Big business is not evil. If you didn't have big business, you wouldn't have
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia


incumbent. Jody Cooley, an attorney, won the Democratic nomination unopposed. Collins defeated Zoller in an August runoff election. Republican incumbent Paul Broun, who has represented Georgia's 10th congressional district since 2007, ran for re-election. In a leaked video of a speech given at Liberty Baptist Church Sportsman's Banquet on September 27, Broun is heard telling supporters that, "All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell."
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Iris Faircloth Blitch


farm as well as cattle, timber, naval stores, fertilizer, and pharmacy businesses in Homerville, Georgia. In 1946, Blitch was elected to the Georgia Senate; she was subsequently elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1948 but lost her reelection bid to that office in 1950. She won election to the state Senate again in 1952 and remained in that position through December 31, 1954. From 1948 through 1954, Blitch was Georgia's Democratic Party national committee member. Running a successful campaign for Georgia's 8th congressional
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2018 United States gubernatorial elections


as Georgia does not allow governors to serve three consecutive terms. Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle and Secretary of State Brian Kemp won first and second place in the May 22 Republican primary; Cagle lost the runoff to Kemp on July 24, 2018. State Representative Stacey Abrams garnered the Democratic nomination outright. Ted Metz, chair of the Libertarian Party of Georgia, ran unopposed in the Libertarian primary. Kemp won election. The incumbent two-term governor Eddie Baza Calvo was term-limited, after his recent re-election win in
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2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia


The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the fourteen U.S. Representatives from the state of Georgia, one from each of the state's fourteen congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries took place on May 24. Results of the general election by district: The incumbent was Republican Buddy Carter, who has
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Michael Williams (Georgia politician)


Michael Williams is an American politician and businessman. He served as a Republican member of the Georgia State Senate from Senate District 27, covering the majority of Forsyth County. He was also a candidate for Governor of Georgia, but was defeated in the 2018 primary. First elected to the Georgia State Senate in 2014, Williams defeated longtime Republican incumbent State Senator Jack Murphy in a runoff election. Williams won the race with 66% of the vote to Murphy's 34%. Williams largely self-funded his campaign, contributing over
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Rodney Stooksbury


Rodney Stooksbury is a Democratic politician who won the Democratic nomination to represent Georgia's 6th congressional district in the 2016 U.S. congressional election. He lost the general election that year to Republican incumbent Tom Price. Stooksbury ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination for the 6th district in Georgia, and won with 100% of the vote, 11,050 in total. During the general election campaign, he was described as a "ghost candidate," with no public photograph, website, or social media presence. Despite this, Stooksbury won 38.3%
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1868 United States presidential election in Georgia


The 1868 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the wider United States Presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. The first readmission of Georgia to the Union occurred in 1868. The Seymour/Blair ticket carried the state of Georgia on election day. With 64.27% of the popular vote, Georgia would be Seymour's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Kentucky,
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2010 Georgia state elections


two candidates, Handel and Deal. Deal won the runoff narrowly, with a margin of about 0.4%, or 2,519 votes out of 579,551 cast. The Democratic nomination was won easily by former Governor Roy Barnes without a runoff; his most prominent opponent was Attorney General Thurbert Baker. In the general election, Deal defeated Barnes, becoming just the third Republican to be elected Governor of Georgia, after Perdue and Reconstruction-era governor Rufus Bullock. Other State Executive Officer positions that will be on the ballot include Lieutenant Governor,
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1980 United States presidential election


. Notable examples are Jefferson County in Washington State, Lane County, Oregon, Marin and Santa Cruz Counties in California, McKinley County, New Mexico, and Rock Island County, Illinois. Conversely, this was the last time that the Democrats won Georgia and Maryland until 1992. This election is the last time a Republican won the presidency without winning Georgia. This is the first time Massachusetts voted for the Republican candidate since 1956. 1980 is one of only two occurrences of a pair of consecutive elections seeing the incumbent president defeated
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2017 United States elections


and firearms safety measures. Dhingra won the second round. On the same day, Democrats won a fourth seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives with Democratic Erika Connors winning an election to fill a vacancy for the Hillsborough 15 district caused by the death of Republican Rep. Steve Vaillancourt. Democrats also picked up two seats previously held by Republicans in the Georgia House of Representatives, as well as advancing two candidates to a runoff election for a Georgia State Senate seat formerly held by a Republican. On November 14, Democrat Allison Ikley
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1980 United States presidential election in Virginia


The 1980 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose twelve electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Virginia was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan of California with 53.03 percent of the vote, who was running against incumbent United States President Jimmy Carter of Georgia and Representative John B. Anderson of Illinois. The national election was ultimately
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1976 United States presidential election in Oregon


The 1976 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Oregon was won by incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan) with 47.78 percent of the popular vote, against Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 47.62 percent of the popular vote. Oregon was to prove the closest state in the nation, and this also is
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1976 United States presidential election in Iowa


The 1976 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Iowa was won by incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan). with 49.47% of the popular vote, against Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 48.46% of the popular vote. This race was one of the tightest in the nation, with the two
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1984 United States presidential election in Georgia


extent) environmentalism, regarding the final as simply being bad for business. Reagan won the election in Georgia with a resounding 21-point sweep-out landslide. While Georgia typically voted conservative at the time, the election results in Georgia are also reflective of a nationwide reconsolidation of base for the Republican Party which took place through the 1980s; called by Reagan the "second American Revolution." This was most evident during the 1984 presidential election. It is speculated that Mondale lost support with voters nearly immediately during the campaign, namely during
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2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election


On June 19, 2007, the U.S. state of Georgia held a special election to fill a vacancy in Georgia's 10th congressional district. A runoff was held on July 17 with Paul Broun defeating Jim Whitehead by less than 1%. The vacancy was created by the death of incumbent Republican Charlie Norwood. Norwood won reelection in 2006 with 67% of the vote. Since this is a nonpartisan special election, all candidates for the election were listed alphabetically, though their party affiliations are noted on the ballot. According to Georgia
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Connie Stokes


which was being vacated by Denise Majette, who was running for the United States Senate. She received an endorsement from Barnes, but lost the Democratic nomination to Cynthia McKinney, and was elected a DeKalb County commissioner that fall. She chaired the budget committee. In 2010, she challenged Hank Johnson for the House of Representatives, also representing Georgia's 4th congressional district, but Johnson won the nomination. In 2013, Stokes declared her candidacy in the 2014 Georgia gubernatorial election. After Jason Carter entered the race, Stokes decided to
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Karen Handel


Commerce. Handel chose not to run for re-election as the chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners in order to run for Georgia Secretary of State. In August 2006, Handel won the Republican primary election for Secretary of State of Georgia, defeating state Senator Bill Stephens of Canton. Handel received 56.6% of the vote to Stephens' 42.4%. In the November 2006 general election, Handel defeated Democratic nominee Gail Buckner, receiving 54.1% of the vote to Buckner's 41.8%. Handel was the first elected
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2000 United States Senate elections


the late Paul Coverdell, won re-election to serve the remainder of the term, beating Republican Mack Mattingly, former Ambassador to Seychelles and former U.S. Senator. As of 2016, this is the last Senate election in Georgia won by a Democrat and also this is the last time the Democrats have won the Class 3 Senate Seat from Georgia. One of the biggest campaign issues was Social Security. Miller attacked Mattingly for supporting a raise in the retirement age. The Republican fought back by connecting him to liberal Democrat Ted Kennedy
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1976 United States presidential election in Texas


The 1976 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 2, 1976. Texas was won by former governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia with 51.14 percent of the vote, giving him 26 electoral votes. He also beat the incumbent President Gerald Ford in the general election. To date, this remains the last time that a Democratic presidential candidate won Texas. Carter’s southern roots as a former governor of Georgia struck a chord with many voters in Texas, along with strong anti-Republican sentiment following Watergate. Still, this
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1974 Georgia gubernatorial election


who had 147,026 votes (17.20%). In the runoff, Busbee defeated Maddox 551,106 (59.8 percent) to 369,608 (40.1 percent). Notably, Ronnie Thompson won 21,848 votes in the original primary, due to him cross-filing and running in both primary elections. In the primary, Thompson (who had been the first GOP member to be elected of Macon, Georgia) won a plurality 17,830 votes (41 percent) over 2nd-place finisher Harold Dye and his 9,870 votes (23 percent) and George
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Brian Kemp


planned to run for Congress in Georgia's 10th congressional district. Hudgens withdrew and ran for reelection, changing Kemp's plans. In early 2010, Kemp was appointed to Georgia Secretary of State by then-Governor Sonny Perdue. Kemp won the 2010 election for a full term as Georgia Secretary of State with 56.4% of the vote, to 39.4% for his Democratic opponent, Georganna Sinkfield. Four years later, Kemp was reelected. Kemp rejects the conclusion by the United States Intelligence Community that Russia interfered in the 2016 election
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1996 United States Senate election in Georgia


last time the Democrats have won the Class 2 Senate Seat from Georgia. The Class 2 United States Senate seat had been reliably Democratic, with a member of that party holding it since 1852. Additionally, no Republican had ever held at seat since it was established in 1789. In fact, during the previous election, Sam Nunn was unanimously re-elected and defeated Mike Hicks by an almost 60% margin in 1984. Republican Paul Coverdell narrowly unseated Democrat Wyche Fowler in Georgia's other United States Senate seat in 1992.
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2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia


The 2008 congressional elections in Georgia were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the state of Georgia in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011. Georgia has thirteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007–2008 congressional delegation consisted of seven Republicans and six Democrats. No districts changed
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1852 United States presidential election


Georgia and Massachusetts, however. When American voters went to the polls, Pierce won in a landslide; Scott won only the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Massachusetts, and Vermont, while the Free Soil vote collapsed to less than half of what Martin Van Buren had earned in the previous election, with the party taking no states. The fact that Daniel Webster received a substantial share of the vote in Georgia and Massachusetts, even though he was dead, shows how disenchanted voters were with the two main candidates. As a
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