Georgia U.S. House election, 2006

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Category: 2006 Georgia elections

This article discusses the 2006 elections for the U.S. House of Representatives in Georgia, also see U.S. House election, 2006. The filing period closed on April 28, 2006, and the official list of candidates is available from the Secretary of State's office. The primary election was on July 18th.

The district numbers on this page are the new districts for the 110th Congress, and they are different than the districts shown on the Georgia home page.

District 01 Representative Jack Kingston (R) (cw)
- Challenger - Jim Nelson (D) (cw)
- Results: Kingston won 68-32%

District 02 Representative Sanford Bishop (D) (cw)
- Challenger - Bradley C. Hughes (R) (cw)
- Results: Bishop won 68-32%

District 03 Representative Lynn Westmoreland (R) (cw)
- Challenger - Mike McGraw (D) (cw)
- Results: Westmoreland won 68-32%

District 04 Representative Cynthia McKinney (D) (cw) - lost primary
- Candidates:
  - Hank Johnson (D) (cw)
  - ~~John F. Coyne, III (D) (cw)~~
  - Catherine Davis (R) (cw)
  - Loren Collins (Write-In) (cw)
- Outlook: Johnson defeated McKinney in the run-off by 59-41, and faced Davis in this safely Democratic district.
- Results: Johnson won 76-24%
- External Links
  - Hearn, Josephine. McKinney rebuked by her leader The Hill, April, 5, 2006.
  - Epstein, Edward. McKinney apologizes for run-in -- Congresswoman allegedly assaulted police officer San Francisco Chronicle, April 7, 2006.

District 05 Representative John Lewis (D) (cw)
- Results: unopposed

District 06 Representative Tom Price (R) (cw)
- ~~Challenger - John Konop (R) (cw)~~
- Challenger - Steve Sinton (D) (cw)
- Results: Price won 72-28%

District 07 Representative John Linder (R) (cw)
- Challenger - Allan Burns (D) (cw)
- Results: Linder won 71-29%

District 08 Representative Jim Marshall (D) (cw)
- Challengers:
  - Mac Collins (R) (cw)
  - ~~James Neal Harris (R)~~
- Results: Marshall won 51-49%

District 09
- Incumbents: Representative Nathan Deal (R)
- Challengers:
  - John D. Bradbury (D) (cw)
  - ~~Bob Longwith (D)~~
- Results: Deal won 77-23%

District 10 Representative Charlie Norwood (R) (cw)
- Challenger - Terry Holley (D) (cw)
- Results: Norwood won 67-23%

District 11 Representative Phil Gingrey (R) (cw)
- Challengers:
  - Patrick Pillion (D) (cw)
  - William Satterwhite (Write-In) (cw)
- Results: Gingrey won 71-29%

District 12 Representative John Barrow (D) (cw)
- Challenger - Max Burns (R) (cw)
- Outlook - this race was a rematch from 2004, when Barrow won 52-48.
- Results: Barrow won by less than 1000 votes.

District 13 Representative David Scott (D) (cw)
- Challengers:
  - ~~Donzella James (D) (cw)~~
  - Deborah Travis Honeycutt (R) (cw)
- Results: Scott won 69-31%

External Links

US Congressional Delegations from Georgia (Wikipedia)

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