2008 Georgia House of Representatives election
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The 2008 Georgia House of Representatives elections occurred on November 4, 2008, to elect the members to the Georgia House of Representatives. All fifty-six seats in the state Senate and all 180 seats in the state House were up for two-year terms. The winners of this election cycle served in the 150th Georgia General Assembly.
A special election was held for Democrat Bobby Parham's seat in District 141, and the race went into a runoff in December 2009.[2] Rusty Kidd, an independent, won the seat.
Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Stateline[3] | Safe R | October 15, 2008 |
Results
[edit]District 8
Rep. Charles F. Jenkins (D-Blairsville) received a strong challenge from Stephen Allison (R) in 2008. Jenkins had survived a close call in the previous state House election and thus was a prime target of Peach State Republicans. Allison ultimately prevailed by a narrow margin.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Stephen Allison | 13,228 | 51.6% | ||
| Democratic | Charles F. Jenkins | 12,389 | 48.4% | ||
| Majority | 839 | 3.2 | |||
| Turnout | 25,617 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | 3.1 | |||
District 13
Rep. Katie Dempsey (R-Rome) sought re-election in Floyd County, and faced her 2006 challenger Bob Puckett (who lost by just 168 votes) again.[4] Despite Puckett's strong and energetic campaign, Dempsey ultimately prevailed again, this time defeating Puckett by 289 votes.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Katie M. Dempsey | 7,527 | 51 | ||
| Democratic | Bob Puckett | 7,238 | 49 | ||
| Majority | 289 | 2 | |||
| Turnout | 14,765 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
District 15
Incumbent Rep. Jeff Lewis (R-White) was defeated for renomination by Paul R. Battles by a margin of 51.6% to 48.4%.[5] Battles subsequently won the general election without opposition.
District 16
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 Georgian Republicans targeted the freshman Representative for defeat. Despite Republican efforts to oust him, Crawford won re-election, albeit by another close margin.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Rick Crawford | 8,461 | 50.5% | ||
| Republican | Bob Culver | 8,279 | 49.5% | ||
| Majority | 182 | 1 | |||
| Turnout | 16,740 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
District 95
Democrat George Wilson of Stone Mountain lost to incumbent Rep. Robert Mumford (R-Conyers) in 2006 by about 500 votes. Wilson is running again, but Mumford is retiring. "Obama at the top would be a plus," Wilson said. "We got so close."[4] Erick Hunt would win the Republican primary without opposition but Wilson would lose the Democratic nod to Toney L. Collins[5] who would go on to defeat Hunt 61.8% to 38.2%[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Toney L. Collins | 18,527 | 61.8 | ||
| Republican | Erick Hunt | 11,442 | 38.2 | ||
| Majority | 7,085 | 23.6 | |||
| Turnout | 29,969 | ||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | 13.55 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Homepage | Georgia Secretary of State". Archived from the original on November 6, 2008.
- ^ "State Representative Bobby Parham 1941-2017 | WRGC Georgia College".
- ^ Jacobson, Louis (October 15, 2008). "Legislative races tilting Dems' way in '08". Stateline. Archived from the original on November 6, 2008. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ a b Georgia Dems hopeful Obama will give them a boost in Statehouse, Aaron Gould Sheinin, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 27, 2008
- ^ a b "Homepage | Georgia Secretary of State". Archived from the original on July 16, 2008.