Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2018
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 9[1]
- Early voting: Oct. 15 - Nov. 2
- Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Voter ID: Photo ID required
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
| 2018 Georgia House elections | |
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| General | November 6, 2018 |
| Primary | May 22, 2018 |
| Primary Runoff | July 24, 2018 |
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Republicans maintained their majority in the Georgia House of Representatives in the 2018 elections, winning 105 seats to Democrats' 75. All 180 House seats were scheduled to be up for election in 2018.[2] Heading into the election, Republicans controlled 114 seats and Democrats controlled 64.
Republicans maintained their trifecta in Georgia by holding the state House, the state Senate, and the governor's office.
Georgia state representatives serve two-year terms, with all seats up for election every two years.
The Georgia House of Representatives was one of 87 state legislative chambers with elections in 2018. There are 99 chambers throughout the country. In 2017, three chambers in Virginia and New Jersey were up for election. In 2016, 86 out of 99 legislative chambers held elections. Prior to 2018, the Georgia House of Representatives last held elections in 2016.
For more information about the Democratic primary, click here.
For more information about the Republican primary, click here.
Post-election analysis
- See also: State legislative elections, 2018
The Republican Party maintained control of both chambers of the Georgia General Assembly in the 2018 election. In the state Senate, all 56 seats were up for election. The Republican majority in the Georgia State Senate was reduced from 37-19 to 35-21. One Democratic incumbent was defeated in the primary and one Republican incumbent was defeated in the general election.
The Georgia House of Representatives held elections for all 180 seats. The Republican majority in the House of Representatives was reduced from 114-64 to 105-75. Two seats were vacant before the election. Three Democratic incumbents and three Republican incumbents were defeated in the primary. Nine incumbents were defeated in the general election; two Democrats and seven Republicans.
National background
On November 6, 2018, 87 of the nation's 99 state legislative chambers held regularly scheduled elections for 6,073 of 7,383 total seats, meaning that nearly 82 percent of all state legislative seats were up for election.
- Entering the 2018 election, Democrats held 42.6 percent, Republicans held 56.8 percent, and independents and other parties held 0.6 percent of the seats up for regular election.
- Following the 2018 election, Democrats held 47.3 percent, Republicans held 52.3 percent, and independents and other parties held 0.4 percent of the seats up for regular election.
- A total of 469 incumbents were defeated over the course of the election cycle, with roughly one-third of them defeated in the primary.
Want more information?
- Incumbents defeated in 2018's state legislative elections
- 2018 election analysis: Partisan balance of state legislative chambers
- 2018 election analysis: Number of state legislators by party
- 2018 election analysis: State legislative supermajorities
Candidates
General election
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Georgia House of Representatives General Election 2018
- Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Other District 1 District 2
Steve Tarvin (i)
District 3
District 4
District 5 District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15 District 16
Did not make the ballot:
Amanda Carter James (Independent)
District 17 District 18
District 19 District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24 District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28 This general election was canceled. District 29
Nancy Stead (Independent)
District 30 District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36 District 37 Sam Teasley (i)
District 38
District 39
District 40 Did not make the ballot:
Sandra Bullock
District 41
District 42
Did not make the ballot:
Jay Strickland (Libertarian Party)
District 43
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
District 48 Betty Price (i)
District 49 Did not make the ballot:
Luanne Taylor (Independent)
District 50 District 51 District 52
District 53
District 54 Beth Beskin (i)
District 55 District 56
District 57
District 58
District 59
District 60
District 61
District 62
District 63
District 64
District 65 District 66 District 67
District 68
District 69
District 70
District 71
District 72
District 73
District 74
District 75
District 76
District 77
District 78 District 79 District 80 Meagan Hanson (i)
District 81
District 82 District 83 District 84
District 85
District 86
District 87 District 88
Did not make the ballot:
Joshua Hampton (Independent)
District 89
District 90
District 91
District 92
Did not make the ballot:
Linda Davis (Independent)
District 93 District 94
District 95 Scott Hilton (i)
District 96
District 97 District 98
District 99 District 100
District 101
District 102 Did not make the ballot:
Richard Smith (Independent)
District 103
District 104
District 105 District 106
District 107 District 108 Clay Cox (i)
District 109
District 110
District 111 Geoffrey Cauble (i)
District 112
District 113
District 114
Did not make the ballot:
Femi Oduwole (Independent)
District 115
District 116
District 117 Deborah Gonzalez (i)
District 118
District 119 Jonathan Wallace (i)
District 120
District 121
District 122
District 123
District 124
District 125 District 126
District 127
District 128
District 129
District 130
District 131 District 132
District 133 District 134
District 135
District 136
District 137
District 138 District 139
District 140
District 141 District 142
District 143
District 144 District 145
District 146
District 147
District 148 District 149
District 150
District 151
District 152
District 153 District 154
District 155
District 156
District 157
District 158
District 159
District 160
District 161
District 162
District 163
District 164
District 165
District 166
District 167
District 168
District 169
District 170
District 171
District 172
District 173
District 174
District 175
District 176
District 177
District 178 District 179
District 180
Write-in candidates
- Michelle Simmons, District 2
- Robin Aaron Gilmer, District 9
- Omassis Mendonca, District 19
- Jay Strickland, District 42
- Patrick Marcacci, District 52
- Demond Kennedy, District 90
- Raymond Davis, District 92
- Jacqueline Mohair (independent), District 103
- Emily Leslie (Democratic), District 106
- Barbara Seidman, District 176
Primary runoff election
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Georgia House of Representatives Primary Runoff Election 2018
- Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Other District 19 District 36 District 97 District 102 District 105 District 111 District 141 District 144
Primary election
| 2018 Georgia House of Representatives primary candidates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| District |
Democrat |
Republican |
Other |
| 1 | No candidate | John Deffenbaugh: 1,860 (I) Colton Moore: 2,184  |
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| 2 | No candidate | Steve Tarvin: 2,726 (I) |
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| 3 | No candidate | Dewayne Hill: 2,529 (I) |
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| 4 | No candidate | Kasey Carpenter: 1,683 (I) |
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| 5 | Brian Rosser: 505 |
John Meadows: 2,597 (I) |
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| 6 | No candidate | Jason Ridley: 2,091 (I) |
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| 7 | Rick Day: 937 |
David Ralston: 5,755 (I) Margaret Williamson: 2,012 |
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| 8 | No candidate | Matt Gurtler: 5,971 (I) Mickey Cummings: 3,950 |
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| 9 | No candidate | Kevin Tanner: 4,105 (I) Mark Hajduk: 1,449 |
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| 10 | No candidate | Terry Rogers: 4,946 (I) |
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| 11 | Lee Shiver: 674 |
Rick Jasperse: 4,865 (I) |
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| 12 | No candidate | Eddie Lumsden: 3,070 (I) |
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| 13 | John Burnette II: 1,242 |
Katie Dempsey: 3,046 (I) |
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| 14 | No candidate | Christian Coomer: 3,195 (I) |
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| 15 | No candidate | Matthew Gambill: 3,047 Allan Levene: 438 |
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| 16 | No candidate | Trey Kelley: 3,174 (I) |
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| 17 | Ralph Meers: 923 |
David Barnett: 2,406 Martin Momtahan: 2,594 |
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| 18 | Pat Rhudy: 968 |
Kevin Cooke: 3,514 (I) |
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| 19 | Alison Feliciano: 962 Nigel Sims: 503 |
Paulette Rakestraw: 1,600 (I) Bryan Dobbs: 885 Joseph Gullett: 1,152 |
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| 20 | Lillian Burnaman: 1,255 |
Michael Caldwell: 3,603 (I) |
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| 21 | Melanie Whitfield: 982 |
Scot Turner: 3,924 (I) |
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| 22 | Charles Ravenscraft: 1,291 |
Wes Cantrell: 5,809 (I) |
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| 23 | Adam Wynn: 918 |
Mandi Ballinger: 4,297 (I) |
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| 24 | No candidate | Sheri Smallwood Gilligan: 4,045 (I) Joanna Cloud: 2,620 |
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| 25 | Anita Holcomb Tucker: 2,438 |
Todd Jones: 6,140 (I) Steven Grambergs: 2,150 |
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| 26 | No candidate | Marc Morris: 5,973 (I) |
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| 27 | No candidate | Lee Hawkins: 4,751 (I) |
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| 28 | No candidate | Dan Gasaway (I) Chris Erwin (The May 22, 2018 primary election results in this race were cancelled due to errors. A new primary was held on December 4, 2018.)[3] | |
| 29 | No candidate | Matt Dubnik: 2,754 (I) |
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| 30 | Patrick Anderson: 342 Alana Watkins: 631 |
Emory West Dunahoo Jr.: 3,592 (I) |
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| 31 | No candidate | Thomas Benton: 3,108 (I) Samuel Thomas: 2,079 |
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| 32 | No candidate | Alan Powell: 4,117 (I) |
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| 33 | No candidate | Tom McCall: 5,132 (I) |
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| 34 | Matt Southwell: 1,680 |
Bert Reeves: 3,083 (I) |
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| 35 | Salvatore Castellana: 1,225 Kyle Rinaudo: 762 |
Ed Setzler: 2,215 (I) |
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| 36 | Jen Slipakoff: 2,101 |
Ginny Ehrhart: 2,500 Thomas Gray: 2,300 Rob Harrell: 459 |
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| 37 | Bill Bolton: 327 Ragin Edwards: 514 Mary Frances Williams: 1,964 |
Sam Teasley: 3,012 (I) |
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| 38 | David Wilkerson: 3,433 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 39 | Erica R. Thomas: 2,420 (I) Tray Deadwyler: 248 Shelia Edwards: 1,451 Victoria Randle: 414 |
James Morrow: 667 |
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| 40 | Erick Allen: 1,633 Sandra Bullock: 2,260 |
Matt Bentley: 2,808 Taryn Bowman: 1,457 |
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| 41 | Michael Smith: 2,240 (I) |
Bryan Almanza: 446 Deanna Harris: 825 |
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| 42 | Teri Anulewicz: 1,837 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 43 | Luisa Wakeman: 2,641 |
Sharon Cooper: 3,034 (I) |
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| 44 | Chinita Allen: 2,373 |
Don Parsons: 2,953 (I) Homer Crothers: 760 |
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| 45 | Essence Johnson: 3,016 |
Matt Dollar: 4,087 (I) |
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| 46 | Karín Sandiford: 2,384 |
John Carson: 3,823 (I) |
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| 47 | Andrea Nugent: 2,235 |
Jan Jones: 3,382 (I) |
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| 48 | Mary Robichaux: 2,365 |
Betty Price: 2,564 (I) Jere Wood: 1,480 |
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| 49 | Krishan Bralley: 1,630 |
Charles Martin Jr.: 3,200 (I) |
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| 50 | Angelika Kausche: 2,016 Gaurav Phadke: 329 |
Douglas Chanco: 477 Kelly Stewart: 1,942 |
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| 51 | Josh McLaurin: 2,559 |
Alex Kaufman: 2,256 |
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| 52 | Shea Roberts: 3,238 |
Deborah Silcox: 3,097 (I) Gavi Shapiro: 1,195 |
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| 53 | Sheila Jones: 4,906 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 54 | Dan Berschinski: 1,126 Bob Gibeling: 414 Betsy Holland: 2,373 |
Beth Beskin: 3,354 (I) |
|
| 55 | Marie Metze: 6,744 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 56 | Mable Thomas: 3,229 (I) Will Chandler: 611 Darryl Terry II: 454 |
No candidate | |
| 57 | Pat Gardner: 5,020 (I) John Williams: 1,172 |
No candidate | |
| 58 | Park Cannon: 4,242 (I) Bonnie Clark: 2,030 |
No candidate | |
| 59 | David Dreyer: 5,304 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 60 | Kim Schofield: 2,450 (I) Jozmond Black: 1,976 |
No candidate | |
| 61 | Roger Bruce: 5,085 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 62 | William Boddie: 4,134 (I) Valerie Vie: 2,948 |
No candidate | |
| 63 | Debra Bazemore: 3,342 (I) Linda Pritchett: 2,355 |
No candidate | |
| 64 | Derrick Jackson: 5,038 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 65 | Sharon Beasley-Teague: 2,907 (I) Mandisha Thomas: 2,287 |
No candidate | |
| 66 | Kimberly Alexander: 3,080 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 67 | No candidate | Micah Gravley: 3,141 (I) |
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| 68 | No candidate | J. Collins: 3,744 (I) |
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| 69 | No candidate | Randy Nix: 5,177 (I) |
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| 70 | No candidate | Lynn Smith: 3,208 (I) |
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| 71 | Tom Thomason: 1,312 |
David Stover: 2,951 (I) Samuel Anders: 1,635 |
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| 72 | No candidate | Josh Bonner: 4,224 (I) Mary Kay Bacallao: 1,724 |
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| 73 | No candidate | Karen Mathiak: 3,750 (I) |
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| 74 | Valencia Stovall: 2,202 (I) Junior Jackson: 1,114 |
No candidate | |
| 75 | Mike Glanton: 2,783 (I) Tony Barlow: 1,373 |
No candidate | |
| 76 | Sandra Scott: 5,240 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 77 | Rhonda Burnough: 2,856 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 78 | Demetrius Douglas: 4,357 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 79 | Michael Wilensky: 2,898 |
Ken Wright: 2,547 |
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| 80 | Matthew Wilson: 2,865 |
Meagan Hanson: 2,126 (I) |
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| 81 | Scott Holcomb: 2,333 (I) Hamid Noori: 806 |
Ellen Diehl: 1,309 |
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| 82 | Mary Margaret Oliver: 4,398 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 83 | Howard Mosby: 3,065 (I) Becky Evans: 5,600 |
No candidate | |
| 84 | Renitta Shannon: 8,040 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 85 | Karla Drenner: 4,922 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 86 | Michele Henson: 3,984 (I) Joscelyn O'Neil: 1,583 |
No candidate | |
| 87 | Earnest Williams: 2,783 (I) Viola Davis: 3,546 |
No candidate | |
| 88 | Billy Mitchell: 4,680 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 89 | Bee Nguyen: 8,593 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 90 | Pam Stephenson: 5,438 (I) Gregory Shealey: 1,939 |
Takosha Swan: 1,254 |
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| 91 | Vernon Jones: 5,505 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 92 | Doreen Carter: 3,575 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 93 | Dar'shun Kendrick: 5,200 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 94 | Karen Bennett: 4,358 (I) L. Dean Heard: 1,140 |
No candidate | |
| 95 | Beth Moore: 2,453 |
Scott Hilton: 2,670 (I) |
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| 96 | Pedro Marin: 1,501 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 97 | Wayne Slear: 701 Aisha Yaqoob: 1,733 |
Indran Krishnan: 295 Scott LeCraw: 664 Judson McClure: 135 Bonnie Rich: 1,072 Kipper Tabb: 788 Louis Tseng: 273 |
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| 98 | No candidate | David Clark: 2,406 (I) |
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| 99 | Brenda Lopez: 1,082 (I) Shawn Allen: 321 |
No candidate | |
| 100 | Dewey McClain: 1,467 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 101 | Samuel Park: 2,174 (I) |
Valerie Clark: 1,890 |
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| 102 | Gregg Kennard: 1,528 Tony Scalzitti: 611 |
Kellie Pollard Austin: 674 Paula Hastings: 1,064 Zach Procter: 712 |
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| 103 | No candidate | Timothy Barr: 3,554 (I) |
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| 104 | Andrea Stephenson: 2,050 |
Chuck Efstration: 2,371 (I) |
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| 105 | Donna McLeod: 3,012 |
Patrick Batubenge: 310 Robin Mauck: 1,259 Donna Sheldon: 1,287 |
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| 106 | No candidate | Brett Harrell: 2,573 (I) |
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| 107 | Shelly Hutchinson: 2,347 Ken Montano: 569 |
Janet Mihoci: 1,897 |
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| 108 | Jasmine Clark: 2,351 |
Clay Cox: 2,842 (I) |
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| 109 | Denise Gaines-Edmond: 1,574 Regina Lewis-Ward: 2,174 |
Dale Rutledge: 3,285 (I) J. Blake Prince: 1,294 |
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| 110 | No candidate | Andy Welch: 3,004 (I) |
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| 111 | Tarji Leonard Dunn: 1,713 El-Mahdi Holly: 1,284 I. Darryl Payton: 900 |
Geoffrey Cauble: 2,987 (I) |
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| 112 | No candidate | Dave Belton: 4,849 (I) |
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| 113 | Pam Dickerson: 2,739 (I) Sharon Henderson: 1,631 |
No candidate | |
| 114 | No candidate | Tom Kirby: 3,697 (I) |
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| 115 | No candidate | Bruce Williamson: 4,395 (I) |
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| 116 | No candidate | Terry England: 3,616 (I) |
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| 117 | Deborah Gonzalez: 3,965 (I) |
Houston Gaines: 3,758 |
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| 118 | Spencer Frye: 4,690 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 119 | Jonathan Wallace: 3,655 (I) |
Steven Strickland: 1,863 Marcus Wiedower: 2,985 |
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| 120 | Charles Hogg: 1,949 |
Trey Rhodes: 4,328 (I) |
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| 121 | No candidate | Barry Fleming: 4,098 (I) |
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| 122 | No candidate | Jodi Lott: 6,704 (I) |
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| 123 | Scott Richard: 2,169 |
Mark Newton: 6,301 (I) |
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| 124 | Henry Howard: 3,549 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 125 | Sheila Clark Nelson: 3,453 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 126 | Gloria Frazier: 5,175 (I) |
William Harris: 1,446 |
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| 127 | Brian Prince: 4,221 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 128 | Mack Jackson: 4,214 (I) |
Jackson Williams: 1,872 |
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| 129 | No candidate | Susan Holmes: 3,753 (I) |
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| 130 | No candidate | David Knight: 3,703 (I) Raymond Ray: 1,030 |
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| 131 | Chris Benton: 1,202 |
Johnnie Caldwell Jr.: 2,307 (I) Ken Pullin: 3,943 |
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| 132 | Robert Trammell: 1,476 (I) |
Leonard Gomez: 1,741 |
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| 133 | No candidate | Christopher Gyening: 940 Vance Smith: 5,106 |
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| 134 | No candidate | Richard H. Smith: 4,119 (I) |
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| 135 | Calvin Smyre: 2,526 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 136 | Carolyn Hugley: 4,639 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 137 | Debbie Buckner: 3,929 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 138 | Bardin Hooks: 1,794 |
Mike Cheokas: 1,739 Herschel Smith: 1,081 |
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| 139 | Patty Bentley: 2,559 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 140 | No candidate | Robert Dickey: 2,966 (I) |
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| 141 | No candidate | Gary Bechtel: 1,920 Shane Mobley: 1,171 Todd Tolbert: 1,577 Dale Washburn: 2,408 |
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| 142 | Miriam Paris: 2,541 (I) Frank Austin: 1,935 |
No candidate | |
| 143 | James Beverly: 3,409 (I) Phyllis Hightower: 1,079 |
No candidate | |
| 144 | Gregory Odoms: 920 Jessica Walden: 1,094 Cheyenne Warnock: 313 Mary Whipple-Lue: 893 |
Trey Ennis: 1,395 Danny Mathis: 2,863 Milton Sampson: 243 |
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| 145 | No candidate | Ricky Williams: 2,672 (I) |
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| 146 | No candidate | Shaw Blackmon: 3,185 (I) |
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| 147 | Fenika Miller: 1,710 |
Heath N. Clark: 1,994 (I) |
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| 148 | Joshua Deriso: 1,298 |
Noel Williams Jr.: 2,840 |
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| 149 | No candidate | Jimmy Pruett: 2,288 (I) |
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| 150 | No candidate | Matt Hatchett: 3,688 (I) |
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| 151 | Joyce Barlow: 3,156 |
Gerald Greene: 2,726 (I) |
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| 152 | Marcus Batten: 971 Mary Egler: 707 |
Ed Rynders: 4,268 (I) |
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| 153 | Darrel B. Ealum: 1,835 (I) CaMia Jackson: 1,931 |
Tracy Taylor: 1,253 |
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| 154 | Winfred Dukes: 4,235 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 155 | No candidate | Clay Pirkle: 3,461 (I) |
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| 156 | No candidate | Greg Morris: 3,576 (I) Lee Burton: 1,495 |
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| 157 | No candidate | Bill Werkheiser: 2,557 (I) Delvis Dutton: 1,541 |
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| 158 | No candidate | Butch Parrish: 3,128 (I) |
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| 159 | No candidate | Jon Burns: 3,276 (I) |
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| 160 | No candidate | Jan Tankersley: 2,561 (I) Robert Busbee: 767 |
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| 161 | Adam Bridges: 1,869 |
Bill Hitchens: 2,824 (I) |
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| 162 | Carl Gilliard: 3,092 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 163 | J. Craig Gordon: 3,703 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 164 | Alicia Scott: 1,885 |
Ron Stephens: 1,722 (I) |
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| 165 | Edward Stephens: 3,782 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 166 | No candidate | Jesse L. Petrea: 4,741 (I) |
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| 167 | Cedric King: 1,815 |
Jeff Jones: 3,370 (I) |
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| 168 | Al Williams: 3,134 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 169 | No candidate | Dominic F. LaRiccia: 2,191 (I) |
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| 170 | No candidate | Penny Houston: 3,397 (I) |
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| 171 | No candidate | Jay Powell: 2,495 (I) |
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| 172 | No candidate | Sam Watson: 2,744 (I) |
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| 173 | Twitty Titus: 1,552 |
Darlene Taylor: 2,744 (I) |
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| 174 | No candidate | John L. Corbett: 2,439 (I) |
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| 175 | Treva Gear: 1,393 |
John LaHood: 3,826 (I) Coy Reaves: 675 |
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| 176 | No candidate | Jason Shaw: 2,994 (I) |
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| 177 | Dexter Sharper: 1,603 (I) |
No candidate | |
| 178 | Greg O'Driscoll: 457 |
Steven Meeks: 3,865 Franklin Rozier: 2,265 |
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| 179 | Julie Jordan: 1,982 |
Don Hogan: 3,596 (I) |
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| 180 | No candidate | Jason Spencer: 1,798 (I) Steven Sainz: 2,463 |
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| Notes | • An (I) denotes an incumbent. | ||
| • Candidate lists can change frequently throughout an election season. Ballotpedia staff update this list monthly. To suggest changes, click here to email our State Legislature Project. | |||
Margins of victory
A margin of victory (MOV) analysis for the 2018 Georgia House of Representatives races is presented in this section. MOV represents the percentage of total votes that separated the winner and the second-place finisher. For example, if the winner of a race received 47 percent of the vote and the second-place finisher received 45 percent of the vote, the MOV is 2 percent.
The table below presents the following figures for each party:
- Elections won
- Elections won by less than 10 percentage points
- Elections won without opposition
- Average margin of victory[4]
| Georgia House of Representatives: 2018 Margin of Victory Analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elections won | Elections won by less than 10% | Unopposed elections | Average margin of victory[4] |
| Democratic |
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| Republican |
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 Other |
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| Total | ||||
The margin of victory in each race is presented below. The list is sorted from the closest MOV to the largest (including unopposed races).
Seats flipped
The below map displays each seat in the Georgia House of Representatives which changed partisan hands as a result of the 2018 elections, shaded according to the partisan affiliation of the winner in 2018. Hover over a shaded district for more information.
Incumbents retiring
Seventeen incumbents did not run for re-election in 2018.[5] Those incumbents were:
| Name | Party | Current Office |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Battles |  Republican |
House District 15 |
| Howard Maxwell | Republican |
House District 17 |
| Earl Ehrhart | Republican |
House District 36 |
| Rich Golick | Republican |
House District 40 |
| Brad Raffensperger | Republican |
House District 50 |
| Wendell Willard | Republican |
House District 51 |
| Tom Taylor | Republican |
House District 79 |
| Brooks Coleman, Jr. | Republican |
House District 97 |
| Buzz Brockway | Republican |
House District 102 |
| Joyce Chandler | Republican |
House District 105 |
| David Casas | Republican |
House District 107 |
| John Pezold | Republican |
House District 133 |
| Bill McGowan |  Democratic |
House District 138 |
| Allen Peake | Republican |
House District 141 |
| Bubber Epps | Republican |
House District 144 |
| Buddy Harden | Republican |
House District 148 |
| Chad Nimmer | Republican |
House District 178 |
Process to become a candidate
See statutes: Title 21, Chapter 2, Article 4 of the Georgia Code
There are four ways for a candidate to gain ballot access in Georgia: as a political party candidate, as a political organization candidate, as an independent candidate or as a write-in.
Requirements for all candidates
All candidates are required to pay a filing fee; filing fees vary from year-to-year. In lieu of a filing fee, a candidate may submit a pauper's affidavit and qualifying petition, which certifies that the candidate is unable to pay the fee. The affidavit includes a financial statement that lists the candidate's total income, assets, liabilities, and other relevant financial information. This information must indicate that the candidate has neither the assets nor the income to pay the qualifying fee normally required. The pauper's affidavit must be accompanied by a qualifying petition containing signatures as follows:[6]
- One-fourth of 1 percent of the total number of registered voters eligible to vote in the last general election if the candidate is seeking statewide office
- 1 percent of the total number of registered voters eligible to vote in the last election for the office being sought by the candidate if the candidate is seeking an office other than statewide office
Political party candidates
A political party candidate is nominated at his or her party's primary election. An individual cannot become a political party candidate if he or she has already qualified for the same primary election with a different political party, or if he or she has filed as an independent or political organization candidate. Political parties determine the rules for qualifying to appear on the primary election ballot. However, there are some stipulations set by the state to which all political party candidates must adhere. These include the following:[7][8][9]
- filing a declaration of candidacy and an affidavit with the political party during the political party qualifying period, which is set by the Georgia Secretary of State; the affidavit must state the following:
- the name of the candidate as he or she wishes it to appear on the ballot
- the candidate’s residence
- the candidate’s occupation
- the candidate’s precinct
- that the candidate is eligible to vote in the primary in which he or she is running
- the office the candidate is seeking
- that the candidate is eligible to hold the office he or she is seeking
- that the candidate will not knowingly violate any election rule or law
- that the candidate has never been convicted or sentenced for violation of election laws, malfeasance in office or a felony involving moral turpitude, or, if the candidate has been convicted and sentenced for such crimes, that at least 10 years have passed since completion of the sentence and that the candidate's civil rights have been restored
- paying the qualifying fee or submitting a pauper's affidavit and the accompanying qualifying petition
Within three days of the end of the qualifying period, a political party must certify to the Georgia Secretary of State a list of those candidates who successfully qualified with the party for the primary election and turn in the qualifying fees paid by the candidates, the declarations of candidacy, and the affidavits.[10]
Political organization candidates
A political organization candidate can be nominated by his or her organization's convention, if the political organization has qualified to hold such a convention, or by petition. A candidate cannot file as a political organization candidate if he or she has already filed for the same office as a political party candidate.[8]
If nominated by convention, a political organization candidate must file a notice of candidacy with the Georgia Secretary of State during the political party qualifying period. After a candidate is chosen at the convention, the candidate must pay the filing fee for the corresponding office to the Georgia Secretary of State. If the candidate cannot afford the filing fee, he or she must file a pauper's affidavit and accompanying qualifying petition. With the filing fee or pauper's affidavit, a certified copy of the minutes of the convention, attested to by the chairperson and secretary of the convention, must also be filed.[6][11]
If nominated by petition, a political organization candidate must file a notice of candidacy, petition, and qualifying fee (or pauper's affidavit) with the Georgia Secretary of State during the independent candidate qualifying period, which starts on the fourth Monday in June and ends the following Friday. The signature requirements for these petitions are the same as those for independent candidates, which are listed below. In order for a candidate filing by petition to be recognized as a political organization candidate, the political organization must provide a sworn certificate stating that the named candidate is the nominee of that political organization.[6][12]
Independent candidates
A candidate cannot run as an independent if he or she has qualified for the same office with any political party or political organization. An independent candidate must file a notice of candidacy, petition, and qualifying fee (or pauper's affidavit) with the Georgia Secretary of State during the independent candidate qualifying period, which starts on the fourth Monday in June and ends the following Friday. The signature requirements for the petitions are as follows:[6][8][12]
- For a candidate seeking statewide office, the petition must be signed by registered voters equal in number to 1 percent of the total registered voters eligible to vote in the last election for the same office the candidate is seeking.
- For candidates seeking any other office, the petition must be signed by registered voters equal in number to 5 percent of the total registered voters eligible to vote in the last election for the same office the candidate is seeking.
Petitions cannot be circulated for more than 180 days between the signing of the first signature and the last.[12]
Write-in candidates
A write-in candidate can only run in the general election. A candidate cannot run as a write-in if he or she ran for the same office as a political party candidate in the immediately preceding primary election. A write-in candidate must file a notice of intention of write-in candidacy with the Georgia Secretary of State no earlier than January 1 in the year of the election and no later than the first Monday in September in the year of the election. After the notice of intention is filed, a notice must also be published in a newspaper with general circulation in the state. Once this notice has been published, the candidate must file with the Georgia Secretary of State a copy of the published notice, as well as an affidavit stating that the notice has been published. The affidavit can be filled out by the candidate or by the publisher or an employee of the newspaper.[13]
Qualifications
Paragraph 3 of Section 2 of Article 3 of the Georgia Constitution states, "At the time of their election, the members of the House of Representatives shall be citizens of the United States, shall be at least 21 years of age, shall have been citizens of this state for at least two years, and shall have been legal residents of the territory embraced within the district from which elected for at least one year."
Salaries and per diem
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2024[14] | |
|---|---|
| Salary | Per diem |
| $24,341.64/year | $247/day |
When sworn in
Georgia legislators assume office the second Monday in January.[15]
Georgia political history
Party control
2018
In the 2018 elections, the Republican majority in the Georgia House of Representatives was reduced from 114-64 to 105-75.
| Georgia House of Representatives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 6, 2018 | After November 7, 2018 | |
| Democratic Party | 64 | 75 | |
| Republican Party | 114 | 105 | |
| Vacancy | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 180 | 180 | |
2016
In the 2016 elections, Republicans' advantage over Democrats changed from 116-61 with one independent and two vacancies to 118-62. A party needs 120 votes for a two-thirds supermajority that can override gubernatorial vetoes and certify constitutional amendments.
Prior to the 2000s, Democrats maintained control in both chambers of the General Assembly. The Senate moved to a Republican majority in 2002. Republicans took control of the House in 2004.
| Georgia House of Representatives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 7, 2016 | After November 8, 2016 | |
| Democratic Party | 61 | 62 | |
| Republican Party | 116 | 118 | |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | |
| Vacancy | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 180 | 180 | |
Trifectas
A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government. Republicans in Georgia gained a state government trifecta as a result of the 2004 elections, when they took control of the state House. They took control of the governor's office and the state Senate following the 2002 elections.
Georgia Party Control: 1992-2025
Eleven years of Democratic trifectas • Twenty-one years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Wave election analysis
- See also: Wave elections (1918-2016)
The term wave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makes significant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?
Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from President Woodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 to Donald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016. We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.
Applying this definition to state legislative elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose 494 seats for 2018 to qualify as a wave election.
The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 10 state legislative waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.
| State legislative wave elections | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | President | Party | Election type | State legislative seats change | Elections analyzed[16] | |
| 1932 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -1,022 | 7,365 | |
| 1922 | Harding | R | First midterm | -907 | 6,907 | |
| 1966 | Johnson | D | First midterm[17] | -782 | 7,561 | |
| 1938 | Roosevelt | D | Second midterm | -769 | 7,179 | |
| 1958 | Eisenhower | R | Second midterm | -702 | 7,627 | |
| 2010 | Obama | D | First midterm | -702 | 7,306 | |
| 1974 | Ford | R | Second midterm[18] | -695 | 7,481 | |
| 1920 | Wilson | D | Presidential | -654 | 6,835 | |
| 1930 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -640 | 7,361 | |
| 1954 | Eisenhower | R | First midterm | -494 | 7,513 | |
Competitiveness
Every year, Ballotpedia uses official candidate lists from each state to examine the competitiveness of every state legislative race in the country. Nationally, there has been a steady decline in electoral competitiveness since 2010. Most notable is that the number of districts with general election competition has dropped by more than 10 percent.
Results from 2016
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Historical context
Uncontested elections: In 2014, 32.8 percent of Americans lived in states with an uncontested state senate election. Similarly, 40.4 percent of Americans lived in states with uncontested house elections. Primary elections were uncontested even more frequently, with 61 percent of people living in states with no contested primaries. Uncontested elections often occur in locations that are so politically one-sided that the result of an election would be a foregone conclusion regardless of whether it was contested or not.
Open seats: In most cases, an incumbent will run for re-election, which decreases the number of open seats available. In 2014, 83 percent of the 6,057 seats up for election saw the incumbent running for re-election. The states that impose term limits on their legislatures typically see a higher percentage of open seats in a given year because a portion of incumbents in each election are forced to leave office. Overall, the number of open seats decreased from 2012 to 2014, dropping from 21.2 percent in 2012 to 17.0 percent in 2014.
Incumbent win rates: Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of elections between 1972 and 2014 documented the high propensity for incumbents to win re-election in state legislative elections. In fact, since 1972, the win rate for incumbents had not dropped below 90 percent—with the exception of 1974, when 88 percent of incumbents were re-elected to their seats. Perhaps most importantly, the win rate for incumbents generally increased over time. In 2014, 96.5 percent of incumbents were able to retain their seats. Common convention holds that incumbents are able to leverage their office to maintain their seat. However, the high incumbent win rate may actually be a result of incumbents being more likely to hold seats in districts that are considered safe for their party.
Marginal primaries: Often, competitiveness is measured by examining the rate of elections that have been won by amounts that are considered marginal (5 percent or less). During the 2014 election, 90.1 percent of primary and general election races were won by margins higher than 5 percent. Interestingly, it is usually the case that only one of the two races—primary or general—will be competitive at a time. This means that if a district's general election is competitive, typically one or more of the district's primaries were won by more than 5 percent. The reverse is also true: If a district sees a competitive primary, it is unlikely that the general election for that district will be won by less than 5 percent. Primaries often see very low voter turnout in comparison to general elections. In 2014, there were only 27 million voters for state legislative primaries, but approximately 107 million voters for the state legislative general elections.
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Five of 159 Georgia counties—3.14 percent—are pivot counties. These are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 pivot counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Baker County, Georgia | 8.68% | 0.57% | 1.07% | ||||
| Dooly County, Georgia | 2.05% | 6.98% | 3.53% | ||||
| Peach County, Georgia | 2.91% | 7.48% | 6.75% | ||||
| Quitman County, Georgia | 10.92% | 9.04% | 7.90% | ||||
| Twiggs County, Georgia | 1.58% | 8.64% | 6.97% | ||||
In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Georgia with 50.8 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 45.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Georgia voted Democratic 63.33 percent of the time and Republican 36.67 percent of the time. Georgia voted Republican in every presidential election from 2000 to 2016.
Presidential results by legislative district
The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Georgia. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[19][20]
| In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 64 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 45.5 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 74 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 42.3 points. Clinton won 14 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections. |
| In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 116 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 36.6 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 106 out of 180 state House districts in Georgia with an average margin of victory of 36.8 points. Trump won four districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections. |
| 2016 presidential results by state House district | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | Party Control |
| 1 | 24.59% | 73.49% | R+48.9 | 18.33% | 78.10% | R+59.8 | R |
| 2 | 22.14% | 76.22% | R+54.1 | 15.51% | 81.50% | R+66 | R |
| 3 | 23.05% | 75.08% | R+52 | 18.64% | 77.94% | R+59.3 | R |
| 4 | 32.11% | 66.73% | R+34.6 | 33.09% | 63.58% | R+30.5 | R |
| 5 | 20.99% | 77.56% | R+56.6 | 17.38% | 79.95% | R+62.6 | R |
| 6 | 22.66% | 75.78% | R+53.1 | 19.28% | 78.15% | R+58.9 | R |
| 7 | 18.83% | 79.93% | R+61.1 | 16.26% | 81.63% | R+65.4 | R |
| 8 | 19.75% | 78.79% | R+59 | 17.01% | 80.65% | R+63.6 | R |
| 9 | 15.29% | 83.06% | R+67.8 | 14.76% | 81.57% | R+66.8 | R |
| 10 | 16.34% | 82.49% | R+66.1 | 14.77% | 82.43% | R+67.7 | R |
| 11 | 17.74% | 80.81% | R+63.1 | 14.12% | 83.40% | R+69.3 | R |
| 12 | 25.59% | 72.86% | R+47.3 | 20.35% | 77.06% | R+56.7 | R |
| 13 | 35.70% | 62.94% | R+27.2 | 33.39% | 63.13% | R+29.7 | R |
| 14 | 20.15% | 78.39% | R+58.2 | 17.29% | 79.95% | R+62.7 | R |
| 15 | 26.96% | 71.58% | R+44.6 | 24.54% | 72.30% | R+47.8 | R |
| 16 | 23.79% | 74.95% | R+51.2 | 18.10% | 79.74% | R+61.6 | R |
| 17 | 23.36% | 75.50% | R+52.1 | 23.02% | 73.98% | R+51 | R |
| 18 | 29.93% | 68.66% | R+38.7 | 26.14% | 70.83% | R+44.7 | R |
| 19 | 29.46% | 69.22% | R+39.8 | 31.16% | 65.71% | R+34.6 | R |
| 20 | 23.09% | 75.03% | R+51.9 | 26.37% | 68.76% | R+42.4 | R |
| 21 | 19.48% | 78.70% | R+59.2 | 22.00% | 73.27% | R+51.3 | R |
| 22 | 16.80% | 81.60% | R+64.8 | 21.44% | 74.42% | R+53 | R |
| 23 | 20.52% | 77.66% | R+57.1 | 22.07% | 73.64% | R+51.6 | R |
| 24 | 17.81% | 80.67% | R+62.9 | 21.56% | 73.96% | R+52.4 | R |
| 25 | 21.70% | 77.05% | R+55.3 | 32.10% | 63.74% | R+31.6 | R |
| 26 | 14.56% | 83.89% | R+69.3 | 18.43% | 77.66% | R+59.2 | R |
| 27 | 15.62% | 83.00% | R+67.4 | 16.26% | 80.92% | R+64.7 | R |
| 28 | 17.56% | 81.23% | R+63.7 | 15.37% | 82.27% | R+66.9 | R |
| 29 | 31.73% | 66.98% | R+35.3 | 32.94% | 63.21% | R+30.3 | R |
| 30 | 21.69% | 76.74% | R+55 | 24.56% | 71.98% | R+47.4 | R |
| 31 | 16.84% | 81.82% | R+65 | 15.76% | 81.14% | R+65.4 | R |
| 32 | 24.07% | 74.41% | R+50.3 | 19.58% | 78.30% | R+58.7 | R |
| 33 | 31.40% | 67.45% | R+36.1 | 26.87% | 70.96% | R+44.1 | R |
| 34 | 33.92% | 64.28% | R+30.4 | 39.66% | 55.82% | R+16.2 | R |
| 35 | 38.10% | 60.28% | R+22.2 | 42.81% | 52.42% | R+9.6 | R |
| 36 | 24.38% | 74.30% | R+49.9 | 29.80% | 66.20% | R+36.4 | R |
| 37 | 43.83% | 54.52% | R+10.7 | 48.89% | 46.46% | D+2.4 | R |
| 38 | 60.41% | 38.62% | D+21.8 | 64.07% | 33.08% | D+31 | D |
| 39 | 75.10% | 23.95% | D+51.1 | 78.09% | 19.54% | D+58.5 | D |
| 40 | 45.00% | 53.24% | R+8.2 | 54.52% | 40.56% | D+14 | R |
| 41 | 62.15% | 36.51% | D+25.6 | 64.86% | 31.62% | D+33.2 | D |
| 42 | 68.42% | 29.97% | D+38.4 | 68.61% | 26.72% | D+41.9 | D |
| 43 | 38.77% | 59.40% | R+20.6 | 46.47% | 48.56% | R+2.1 | R |
| 44 | 33.75% | 63.93% | R+30.2 | 39.79% | 54.74% | R+14.9 | R |
| 45 | 30.98% | 67.21% | R+36.2 | 41.50% | 53.61% | R+12.1 | R |
| 46 | 27.84% | 70.25% | R+42.4 | 34.24% | 60.65% | R+26.4 | R |
| 47 | 28.08% | 70.51% | R+42.4 | 38.02% | 57.47% | R+19.4 | R |
| 48 | 37.71% | 60.31% | R+22.6 | 45.85% | 48.81% | R+3 | R |
| 49 | 34.61% | 63.82% | R+29.2 | 44.57% | 50.58% | R+6 | R |
| 50 | 35.98% | 62.65% | R+26.7 | 47.45% | 48.69% | R+1.2 | R |
| 51 | 41.99% | 56.48% | R+14.5 | 50.15% | 44.99% | D+5.2 | R |
| 52 | 36.77% | 61.94% | R+25.2 | 49.71% | 45.43% | D+4.3 | R |
| 53 | 73.52% | 25.53% | D+48 | 77.16% | 18.98% | D+58.2 | D |
| 54 | 40.58% | 58.07% | R+17.5 | 54.55% | 40.79% | D+13.8 | R |
| 55 | 83.91% | 15.09% | D+68.8 | 84.84% | 11.77% | D+73.1 | D |
| 56 | 87.70% | 11.09% | D+76.6 | 87.74% | 8.94% | D+78.8 | D |
| 57 | 82.83% | 15.94% | D+66.9 | 85.62% | 11.02% | D+74.6 | D |
| 58 | 87.26% | 11.21% | D+76.1 | 88.49% | 7.87% | D+80.6 | D |
| 59 | 87.41% | 10.84% | D+76.6 | 87.27% | 9.08% | D+78.2 | D |
| 60 | 88.96% | 10.53% | D+78.4 | 90.79% | 7.32% | D+83.5 | D |
| 61 | 82.95% | 16.50% | D+66.5 | 82.57% | 15.51% | D+67.1 | D |
| 62 | 81.40% | 18.05% | D+63.4 | 82.69% | 15.44% | D+67.3 | D |
| 63 | 71.58% | 27.78% | D+43.8 | 73.97% | 24.02% | D+49.9 | D |
| 64 | 69.30% | 30.15% | D+39.1 | 70.36% | 27.44% | D+42.9 | D |
| 65 | 80.57% | 18.97% | D+61.6 | 81.08% | 17.15% | D+63.9 | D |
| 66 | 53.46% | 45.64% | D+7.8 | 56.72% | 40.59% | D+16.1 | D |
| 67 | 31.46% | 67.23% | R+35.8 | 31.50% | 65.51% | R+34 | R |
| 68 | 27.70% | 71.08% | R+43.4 | 26.14% | 70.90% | R+44.8 | R |
| 69 | 25.45% | 73.10% | R+47.7 | 23.33% | 73.96% | R+50.6 | R |
| 70 | 31.26% | 67.48% | R+36.2 | 31.56% | 64.90% | R+33.3 | R |
| 71 | 21.50% | 77.16% | R+55.7 | 22.29% | 73.84% | R+51.5 | R |
| 72 | 22.11% | 76.41% | R+54.3 | 25.46% | 70.56% | R+45.1 | R |
| 73 | 34.83% | 64.14% | R+29.3 | 37.99% | 59.21% | R+21.2 | R |
| 74 | 86.99% | 12.68% | D+74.3 | 86.51% | 11.95% | D+74.6 | D |
| 75 | 83.95% | 15.53% | D+68.4 | 83.71% | 14.28% | D+69.4 | D |
| 76 | 80.47% | 19.06% | D+61.4 | 80.34% | 17.67% | D+62.7 | D |
| 77 | 90.59% | 9.03% | D+81.6 | 89.32% | 9.13% | D+80.2 | D |
| 78 | 75.77% | 23.63% | D+52.1 | 77.40% | 20.70% | D+56.7 | D |
| 79 | 41.91% | 56.52% | R+14.6 | 52.42% | 42.92% | D+9.5 | R |
| 80 | 42.54% | 55.68% | R+13.1 | 54.21% | 40.41% | D+13.8 | R |
| 81 | 51.71% | 46.40% | D+5.3 | 59.53% | 35.29% | D+24.2 | D |
| 82 | 61.00% | 37.01% | D+24 | 71.24% | 24.55% | D+46.7 | D |
| 83 | 86.80% | 12.13% | D+74.7 | 88.45% | 8.62% | D+79.8 | D |
| 84 | 86.06% | 12.96% | D+73.1 | 88.43% | 8.98% | D+79.5 | D |
| 85 | 85.47% | 13.30% | D+72.2 | 86.00% | 10.70% | D+75.3 | D |
| 86 | 77.13% | 21.82% | D+55.3 | 79.72% | 17.14% | D+62.6 | D |
| 87 | 83.03% | 16.15% | D+66.9 | 83.50% | 14.06% | D+69.4 | D |
| 88 | 77.84% | 21.44% | D+56.4 | 79.10% | 18.35% | D+60.8 | D |
| 89 | 89.42% | 9.07% | D+80.3 | 90.41% | 6.40% | D+84 | D |
| 90 | 76.41% | 23.09% | D+53.3 | 76.26% | 22.14% | D+54.1 | D |
| 91 | 71.58% | 27.81% | D+43.8 | 73.80% | 24.25% | D+49.5 | D |
| 92 | 81.39% | 18.08% | D+63.3 | 81.15% | 16.93% | D+64.2 | D |
| 93 | 76.70% | 22.66% | D+54 | 78.87% | 19.09% | D+59.8 | D |
| 94 | 79.72% | 19.56% | D+60.2 | 80.73% | 17.01% | D+63.7 | D |
| 95 | 42.53% | 55.99% | R+13.5 | 49.81% | 45.53% | D+4.3 | R |
| 96 | 56.53% | 41.64% | D+14.9 | 61.84% | 34.14% | D+27.7 | D |
| 97 | 32.15% | 66.25% | R+34.1 | 41.38% | 54.28% | R+12.9 | R |
| 98 | 30.33% | 68.23% | R+37.9 | 34.80% | 61.14% | R+26.3 | R |
| 99 | 71.34% | 27.36% | D+44 | 74.04% | 22.41% | D+51.6 | D |
| 100 | 75.08% | 23.78% | D+51.3 | 76.18% | 20.68% | D+55.5 | D |
| 101 | 47.33% | 51.24% | R+3.9 | 54.22% | 41.58% | D+12.6 | D |
| 102 | 38.64% | 59.59% | R+20.9 | 45.67% | 49.43% | R+3.8 | R |
| 103 | 22.68% | 75.95% | R+53.3 | 26.93% | 69.29% | R+42.4 | R |
| 104 | 30.82% | 67.93% | R+37.1 | 40.21% | 56.12% | R+15.9 | R |
| 105 | 50.77% | 48.36% | D+2.4 | 52.14% | 44.88% | D+7.3 | R |
| 106 | 42.29% | 56.44% | R+14.1 | 49.74% | 47.07% | D+2.7 | R |
| 107 | 45.20% | 53.22% | R+8 | 53.78% | 42.22% | D+11.6 | R |
| 108 | 38.64% | 59.72% | R+21.1 | 48.10% | 47.65% | D+0.5 | R |
| 109 | 38.25% | 60.84% | R+22.6 | 43.64% | 53.70% | R+10.1 | R |
| 110 | 38.67% | 60.44% | R+21.8 | 38.94% | 58.73% | R+19.8 | R |
| 111 | 49.19% | 49.81% | R+0.6 | 50.02% | 47.45% | D+2.6 | R |
| 112 | 30.34% | 68.53% | R+38.2 | 28.46% | 69.09% | R+40.6 | R |
| 113 | 70.01% | 29.34% | D+40.7 | 70.93% | 27.16% | D+43.8 | D |
| 114 | 24.42% | 74.28% | R+49.9 | 27.08% | 69.78% | R+42.7 | R |
| 115 | 25.05% | 73.96% | R+48.9 | 21.86% | 75.71% | R+53.8 | R |
| 116 | 22.38% | 75.96% | R+53.6 | 21.50% | 74.72% | R+53.2 | R |
| 117 | 43.85% | 54.33% | R+10.5 | 46.06% | 49.44% | R+3.4 | D |
| 118 | 70.03% | 27.73% | D+42.3 | 72.30% | 23.85% | D+48.4 | D |
| 119 | 39.17% | 58.60% | R+19.4 | 43.90% | 51.13% | R+7.2 | D |
| 120 | 37.24% | 61.81% | R+24.6 | 35.23% | 62.85% | R+27.6 | R |
| 121 | 34.55% | 64.38% | R+29.8 | 33.78% | 63.33% | R+29.6 | R |
| 122 | 25.27% | 73.58% | R+48.3 | 27.39% | 68.99% | R+41.6 | R |
| 123 | 30.23% | 68.67% | R+38.4 | 32.20% | 64.30% | R+32.1 | R |
| 124 | 68.87% | 30.10% | D+38.8 | 67.16% | 29.95% | D+37.2 | D |
| 125 | 64.05% | 35.27% | D+28.8 | 61.49% | 36.47% | D+25 | D |
| 126 | 71.14% | 28.33% | D+42.8 | 67.70% | 30.69% | D+37 | D |
| 127 | 71.70% | 27.73% | D+44 | 69.62% | 28.60% | D+41 | D |
| 128 | 58.68% | 40.74% | D+17.9 | 53.91% | 45.01% | D+8.9 | D |
| 129 | 34.82% | 64.33% | R+29.5 | 30.56% | 67.28% | R+36.7 | R |
| 130 | 41.36% | 57.52% | R+16.2 | 38.50% | 59.23% | R+20.7 | R |
| 131 | 30.10% | 69.02% | R+38.9 | 26.45% | 71.84% | R+45.4 | R |
| 132 | 52.31% | 46.76% | D+5.5 | 47.39% | 50.36% | R+3 | D |
| 133 | 26.96% | 72.09% | R+45.1 | 26.40% | 71.27% | R+44.9 | R |
| 134 | 32.39% | 66.58% | R+34.2 | 33.09% | 63.59% | R+30.5 | R |
| 135 | 75.20% | 24.15% | D+51.1 | 71.83% | 25.62% | D+46.2 | D |
| 136 | 76.64% | 22.90% | D+53.7 | 74.36% | 23.45% | D+50.9 | D |
| 137 | 61.33% | 38.05% | D+23.3 | 57.56% | 40.47% | D+17.1 | D |
| 138 | 49.61% | 49.57% | D+0 | 44.79% | 53.44% | R+8.7 | D |
| 139 | 62.73% | 36.73% | D+26 | 56.98% | 41.79% | D+15.2 | D |
| 140 | 42.66% | 56.37% | R+13.7 | 36.47% | 61.24% | R+24.8 | R |
| 141 | 33.52% | 65.50% | R+32 | 35.91% | 61.38% | R+25.5 | R |
| 142 | 72.69% | 26.82% | D+45.9 | 69.80% | 28.67% | D+41.1 | D |
| 143 | 72.80% | 26.38% | D+46.4 | 72.74% | 24.59% | D+48.2 | D |
| 144 | 37.33% | 61.88% | R+24.5 | 33.67% | 64.40% | R+30.7 | R |
| 145 | 49.55% | 49.52% | D+0 | 45.42% | 52.08% | R+6.7 | R |
| 146 | 33.17% | 65.78% | R+32.6 | 33.28% | 63.67% | R+30.4 | R |
| 147 | 42.82% | 55.88% | R+13.1 | 45.91% | 50.87% | R+5 | R |
| 148 | 36.88% | 62.49% | R+25.6 | 32.66% | 65.69% | R+33 | R |
| 149 | 34.99% | 64.01% | R+29 | 28.75% | 69.67% | R+40.9 | R |
| 150 | 38.10% | 61.18% | R+23.1 | 34.09% | 64.38% | R+30.3 | R |
| 151 | 56.09% | 43.44% | D+12.7 | 52.05% | 46.87% | D+5.2 | R |
| 152 | 27.10% | 72.15% | R+45 | 24.18% | 74.01% | R+49.8 | R |
| 153 | 65.09% | 34.35% | D+30.7 | 64.29% | 34.03% | D+30.3 | D |
| 154 | 64.12% | 35.37% | D+28.7 | 61.05% | 37.84% | D+23.2 | D |
| 155 | 32.85% | 66.34% | R+33.5 | 27.89% | 70.48% | R+42.6 | R |
| 156 | 27.90% | 71.11% | R+43.2 | 23.40% | 75.08% | R+51.7 | R |
| 157 | 31.00% | 68.11% | R+37.1 | 25.57% | 72.59% | R+47 | R |
| 158 | 40.23% | 59.08% | R+18.8 | 34.85% | 63.53% | R+28.7 | R |
| 159 | 36.50% | 62.45% | R+25.9 | 31.08% | 66.39% | R+35.3 | R |
| 160 | 34.41% | 64.13% | R+29.7 | 30.97% | 65.40% | R+34.4 | R |
| 161 | 30.32% | 68.49% | R+38.2 | 31.61% | 65.21% | R+33.6 | R |
| 162 | 71.15% | 27.88% | D+43.3 | 69.50% | 27.89% | D+41.6 | D |
| 163 | 72.75% | 26.10% | D+46.7 | 73.06% | 23.61% | D+49.4 | D |
| 164 | 41.85% | 57.06% | R+15.2 | 41.94% | 54.18% | R+12.2 | R |
| 165 | 66.44% | 32.76% | D+33.7 | 68.06% | 29.12% | D+38.9 | D |
| 166 | 29.14% | 69.78% | R+40.6 | 31.24% | 65.39% | R+34.2 | R |
| 167 | 32.87% | 66.15% | R+33.3 | 30.01% | 67.57% | R+37.6 | R |
| 168 | 64.64% | 34.46% | D+30.2 | 59.49% | 37.96% | D+21.5 | D |
| 169 | 31.08% | 67.86% | R+36.8 | 25.60% | 72.82% | R+47.2 | R |
| 170 | 30.62% | 68.45% | R+37.8 | 26.38% | 71.80% | R+45.4 | R |
| 171 | 41.06% | 58.25% | R+17.2 | 36.53% | 62.23% | R+25.7 | R |
| 172 | 35.73% | 63.65% | R+27.9 | 31.21% | 67.02% | R+35.8 | R |
| 173 | 43.69% | 55.72% | R+12 | 40.54% | 57.80% | R+17.3 | R |
| 174 | 30.98% | 68.00% | R+37 | 26.14% | 71.93% | R+45.8 | R |
| 175 | 32.86% | 66.33% | R+33.5 | 36.55% | 61.37% | R+24.8 | R |
| 176 | 33.55% | 65.50% | R+32 | 29.41% | 68.46% | R+39.1 | R |
| 177 | 66.82% | 32.35% | D+34.5 | 51.94% | 45.63% | D+6.3 | D |
| 178 | 16.00% | 82.80% | R+66.8 | 12.05% | 86.54% | R+74.5 | R |
| 179 | 42.01% | 57.11% | R+15.1 | 39.66% | 57.92% | R+18.3 | R |
| 180 | 33.80% | 64.90% | R+31.1 | 30.05% | 66.93% | R+36.9 | R |
| Total | 45.51% | 53.33% | R+7.8 | 45.89% | 51.05% | R+5.2 | - |
| Source: Daily Kos | |||||||
See also
- Georgia House of Representatives
- Georgia State Legislature
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Georgia state legislative Democratic primaries, 2018
- Georgia state legislative Republican primaries, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The registration deadline was extended to October 16, 2018, in Clay, Grady, Randolph, and Turner counties by executive order of Gov. Nathan Deal in response to Hurricane Michael.
- ↑ The election for District 28 was cancelled after the primary was administered improperly.
- ↑ WSB-TV2 Atlanta, "Georgia state House primary voided over error; redo ordered", September 20, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Excludes unopposed elections
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-132," accessed February 5, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-151," accessed February 5, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-137," accessed February 5, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-153," accessed February 5, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-154," accessed February 5, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-172," accessed February 4, 2014
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-170," accessed February 4, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Code, "Section 21-2-133," accessed February 3, 2014
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Georgia Constitution - Article III, Section IV, Paragraph I," accessed February 12, 2021
- ↑ The number of state legislative seats available for analysis varied, with as many as 7,795 and as few as 6,835.
- ↑ Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
- ↑ Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
