Georgia Elections in 2008
U.S. President
Georgia Presidential Election
Candidates: Barack Obama (D), John McCain (R), Ralph Nader (I), Bob Barr, Jr. (L)
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U.S. Congress
U.S. Senate
Candidates: James (Jim) Martin (D), Saxby Chambliss (R, Incumbent)
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U.S. House, District 1
Candidates: Bill Gillespie (D), Jack Heddons Kingston (R, Incumbent)
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U.S. House, District 2
Candidates: Sanford Dixon Bishop (D, Incumbent), Lee Ferrell (R)
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U.S. House, District 3
Candidates: Stephen Camp (D), Lynn Acton Westmoreland (R, Incumbent)
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U.S. House, District 4
Candidates: Hank C. Johnson, Jr. (D, Incumbent)
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U.S. House, District 5
Candidates: John Lewis (D, Incumbent)
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U.S. House, District 6
Candidates: William Michael Jones (D), Thomas Edmunds Price (R, Incumbent)
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U.S. House, District 7
Candidates: Douglas Scott Heckman (D), John Elmer Linder (R, Incumbent)
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U.S. House, District 8
Candidates: Jim Creel Marshall (D, Incumbent), Richard "Rick" Neil Goddard (R)
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U.S. House, District 9
Candidates: Jeff Scott (D), Nathan Deal (R, Incumbent)
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U.S. House, District 10
Candidates: William "Bobby" Marvin Saxon (D), Paul Collins Broun (R, Incumbent)
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U.S. House, District 11
Candidates: Hugh "Bud" Henderson Gammon (D), Phil Gingrey (R, Incumbent)
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U.S. House, District 12
Candidates: John Jenkins Barrow (D, Incumbent), John Ewin Stone, II (R)
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U.S. House, District 13
Candidates: David Albert Scott (D, Incumbent), Deborah Travis Honeycutt (R)
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U.S. Congress
U.S. House, District 12
Candidates: John Jenkins Barrow (D, Incumbent), John Ewin Stone, II (R)
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Previous GA Election Results
Democratic Presidential Primary (Feb. 5, 2008)
Republican Presidential Primary (Feb. 5, 2008)
Latest Headlines
- Should Barack Obama Go To Georgia? (Nov. 20, 2008)
- Should Barack Obama Go To Georgia? (Nov. 20, 2008)
- Obama Enters Georgia Race, Symbolically (Nov. 12, 2008)
- Democrats Carry Big Generic Ballot Lead (Nov. 3, 2008)
- The State of the Races (Nov. 3, 2008)
- Washington Post-ABC News Poll (Nov. 3, 2008)
- Poll Shows Obama Deflected Recent Attacks (Nov. 3, 2008)
- The Final Fix Electoral Map (Nov. 3, 2008)
- Obama and McCain Wrap Up Campaigns (Nov. 3, 2008)
- The State Of the Races (Nov. 2, 2008)
Political Profile
GA Campaign Advertising
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Georgia Demographics
- Population: 9,544,750
- Gender: 49.2% male, 50.8% female
- Age: 73.5% 18 years and over; 9.9% 65 years and over; Median age: 34.8
- Median Household Income: $49,136
- Families Below Poverty Level: 10.7%
- Education: 11.2% of those over 25 have a bachelor's degree or higher
Source: 2007 American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau
Note: This list of candidates is not comprehensive. Candidates listed on this page were chosen by washingtonpost.com reporters and editors based on an analysis of their overall competitiveness in this race. Candidates will be added and removed from this page as the race unfolds.
