1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia

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1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia
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  1994 November 5, 1996 (1996-11-05) 1998  

All 11 Georgia seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election74
Seats before83
Seats won83
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote1,151,9931,011,190
Percentage53.26%46.75%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.26%Increase2.svg 1.27%

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The 1996 House elections in Georgia occurred on November 5, 1996, to elect the members of the State of Georgia's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Georgia had eleven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1990 United States census.

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These elections were held concurrently with the United States Senate elections of 1996 (including one election in Georgia), the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Following the United States Supreme Court's ruling in the 1995 case Miller v. Johnson, the Second, based in Southwest Georgia, and then-Eleventh districts, which previously stretched from Atlanta to Savannah, were dismantled after being found unconstitutional for violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, according to the interpretation in Shaw v. Reno. As a result, these and neighboring districts were redrawn prior to the 1996 elections.

Though Cynthia McKinney's (D) district (renumbered as the Fourth) remained heavily Democratic, Representative Sanford Bishop (D-GA-2) however became more vulnerable when his district was reconfigured from being a Majority-minority district into a Majority-White district. At the same time, Freshmen Republican Representatives Saxby Chambliss (GA-8) and Charlie Norwood (GA-10) also faced more competitive races when many of the African-American populated areas previously included in the two aforementioned districts were incorporated into each of their districts.

Despite the reconfigurations in the Second, Eighth, and Tenth districts, all three incumbents were re-elected by close margins.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 1996 [1]
PartyVotesPercentageSeats beforeSeats after+/–
Republican 1,151,99353.255%88±0
Democratic 1,011,19046.746%33±0
Others00.0%00
Valid votes--%
Invalid or blank votes--%
Totals2,163,183100.00%1111-
Voter turnout

Results

DistrictIncumbentPartyElectedStatusResult
Georgia's 1st Jack Kingston Republican1992Re-elected Jack Kingston (R) 68.21%
Rosemary Kaszans (D) 31.79%
Georgia's 2nd Sanford Bishop Democratic1992Re-elected Sanford Bishop (D) 53.97%
Darrel Ealum (R) 46.03%
Georgia's 3rd Mac Collins Republican1992Re-elected Mac Collins (R) 61.11%
Jim Chafin (D) 38.89%
Georgia's 4th Cynthia McKinney Democratic1992Re-elected Cynthia McKinney (D) 57.76%
John Mitnick (R) 42.24%
Georgia's 5th John Lewis Democratic1986Re-elected John Lewis (D) unopposed
Georgia's 6th Newt Gingrich Republican1978Re-elected Newt Gingrich (R) 57.80%
Michael Coles (D) 42.20%
Georgia's 7th Bob Barr Republican1994Re-elected Bob Barr (R) 57.80%
Charlie Watts (D) 42.20%
Georgia's 8th Saxby Chambliss Republican1994Re-elected Saxby Chambliss (R) 52.56%
Jim Wiggins (D) 47.44%
Georgia's 9th Nathan Deal Republican1992Re-elected Nathan Deal (R) 65.55%
Ken Poston (D) 34.45%
Georgia's 10th Charlie Norwood Republican1994Re-elected Charlie Norwood (R) 52.34%
David Bell (D) 47.65%
Georgia's 11th John Linder Republican1992Re-elected John Linder (R) 64.31%
Tommy Stephenson (D) 35.69%

References

  1. "Election results 1996". Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.