The Green Papers: Georgia 2011 Off-Year Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2011. Find 2012 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2000 Census:8,206,975 (2.91% of 281,998,273)
2002, 2008 Electoral Votes:15(2.79% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:13(2.99% of 435)
2010 Census:9,727,566 (3.14% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:16(2.97% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:14(3.22% of 435)
Capital:Atlanta
 

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Georgia State and Local Government

Georgia 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties


If no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote in the primary, a runoff will be held between the top two vote-getters.

For all offices EXCEPT President of the United States, if no candidate receives 50% of the vote plus 1 in the General Election, the top 2 vote getters will advance to a runoff.


Georgia gained 1 U.S. House seat in the 2010 Census and will elected 14 Representatives in 2012.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 112th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Class 3 Republican Senator John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson
First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2010.
(also served in U.S. House- first elected in a special election [to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Congressman Newt Gingrich]: 1999; re-elected: 2000, 2002.)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Nathan Deal
First elected: 2010
Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Elected separately from Governor

  Republican Lieutenant Governor L.S. Casey Cagle
First elected: 2006, re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

112th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
8 Republican (8 Undetermined);
5 Democratic (5 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 1 Republican Congressman John Heddens "Jack" Kingston
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman John Heddens "Jack" Kingston
FEC H2GA01157; 30 Sep 11; Tot $315,622; Dsb $232,109

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 2 Democratic Congressman Sanford Dixon Bishop, Jr.
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Sanford Dixon Bishop, Jr.
FEC H2GA02031; 30 Sep 11; Tot $366,866; Dsb $232,150
  Candidate Republican     Rick Allen
FEC H0GA02241

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 3 Republican Congressman Lynn Acton Westmoreland
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Lynn Acton Westmoreland
FEC H4GA08067; 30 Sep 11; Tot $370,695; Dsb $280,813

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 4 Democratic Congressman Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
FEC H6GA04129; 30 Sep 11; Tot $140,531; Dsb $113,214

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 5 Democratic Congressman John R. Lewis
First elected: 1986
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     former Fulton County Superior Court Judge Michael Darrell Johnson
FEC H2GA05125; 30 Sep 11; Tot $68,155; Dsb $16,199
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman John R. Lewis
FEC H6GA05217; 30 Sep 11; Tot $241,525; Dsb $163,135
  Candidate Republican     Howard Stopeck
FEC H2GA05133

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 6 Republican Congressman Thomas Edmunds "Tom" Price
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Thomas Edmunds "Tom" Price
FEC H4GA06087; 30 Sep 11; Tot $899,660; Dsb $527,821
  Candidate Independent     Wayne Michael Hecht
FEC H2GA06099

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 7 Republican Congressman William Robert "Rob" Woodall, III
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman William Robert "Rob" Woodall, III
FEC H0GA07133; 30 Sep 11; Tot $104,386; Dsb $109,181

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 8 Republican Congressman James Austin "Austin" Scott
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman James Austin "Austin" Scott
FEC H0GA08099; 30 Sep 11; Tot $443,434; Dsb $293,368

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 9 Republican Congressman John Thomas "Tom" Graves, Jr.
First elected in a special election (to fill the vacant seat of Congressman Nathan Deal, Republican) 8 June 2010.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Congressman Graves is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 14.
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Hunter Bicknell
FEC H2GA09168
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Douglas Allen "Doug" Collins
FEC H2GA09150; 30 Sep 11; Tot $114,235; Dsb $1,513
  Candidate Republican     Martha Mitchell Zoller
FEC H2GA09143; 30 Sep 11; Tot $29,031; Dsb $1,437
  Candidate Write-in     Ken Paul
National Write In Party

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 10 Republican Congressman Paul Collins Broun, Jr.
First elected in a special election: 17 July 2007 to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Charles Whitlow "Charlie" Norwood.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Paul Collins Broun, Jr.
FEC H8GA10049; 30 Sep 11; Tot $532,564; Dsb $510,930
  Candidate Republican     Stephen K. "Steve" Simpson
FEC H2GA10117

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 11 Republican Congressman John Phillip "Phil" Gingrey
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman John Phillip "Phil" Gingrey
FEC H2GA11149; 30 Sep 11; Tot $642,727; Dsb $317,419
  Candidate Republican     Michael Opitz
FEC H2GA11172

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 12 Democratic Congressman John J. Barrow
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
circa 23 June 2011: Congressman Barrow has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and expects to fully recover.
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman John J. Barrow
FEC H4GA12010; 30 Sep 11; Tot $877,181; Dsb $256,067
  Candidate Republican     Richard W. "Rick" Allen
FEC H2GA12121
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Lee Ivey Anderson
FEC H2GA12105; 30 Sep 11; Tot $82,050; Dsb $438
  Candidate Republican     Lee Benedict
  Candidate Republican     Daniel Wright "Wright" McLeod
FEC H2GA12113
  Candidate Republican     Brian Albert Apostol Nafarrete
FEC H2GA12139
  Candidate Republican     Jeanne Seaver

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 13 Democratic Congressman David Albert Scott
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman David Albert Scott
FEC H2GA13012; 30 Sep 11; Tot $343,831; Dsb $270,311

No Incumbent - New Seat in 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment - First election in 2012
CD 14  
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
  Candidate Republican     Congressman John Thomas "Tom" Graves, Jr.
Congressman Graves, incumbent in the old CD 9, is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 14.

FEC H0GA09030; 30 Sep 11; Tot $449,542; Dsb $303,158

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Secretary of State Brian P. Kemp
Appointed 8 January 2010 upon the resignation of Karen C. Handel; first elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Attorney General Samuel S. "Sam" Olens
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Comptroller General/Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Comptroller General/Insurance Commissioner Ralph T. Hudgens
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Superintendent of Education  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Education Superintendent John D. Barge
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Commissioner of Labor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Labor Commissioner Mark Butler
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 5 incumbents, 6 candidates
  Republican: 18 incumbents, 21 candidates
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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