2008 Georgia House of Representatives election

Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2008 ^[1]

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All 180 seats in the Georgia House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Leader Glenn Richardson DuBose Porter Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 19th-Hiram 143rd-Dublin Last election 101 79 Seats before 106 74 Seats won 105 75 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,945,960 1,312,203 Percentage 59.7% 40.3%
Speaker before election Glenn Richardson Republican Elected Speaker Glenn Richardson Republican

The 2008 Georgia House of Representatives elections occurred on November 4, 2008, to elect the members to the Georgia House of Representatives. All fifty-six seats in the state Senate and all 180 seats in the state House were up for two-year terms. The winners of this election cycle served in the 150th Georgia General Assembly.

A special election was held for Democrat Bobby Parham's seat in District 141, and the race went into a runoff in December 2009. ^[2] Rusty Kidd, an independent, won the seat.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Stateline [3]	Safe R	October 15, 2008

Results

District 8
Rep. Charles F. Jenkins (D-Blairsville) received a strong challenge from Stephen Allison (R) in 2008. Jenkins had survived a close call in the previous state House election and thus was a prime target of Peach State Republicans. Allison ultimately prevailed by a narrow margin. ^[1]

Georgia State House District 8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Stephen Allison	13,228	51.6%
	Democratic	Charles F. Jenkins	12,389	48.4%
Majority			839	3.2
Turnout			25,617
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing	3.1

District 13
Rep. Katie Dempsey (R-Rome) sought re-election in Floyd County, and faced her 2006 challenger Bob Puckett (who lost by just 168 votes) again. ^[4] Despite Puckett's strong and energetic campaign, Dempsey ultimately prevailed again, this time defeating Puckett by 289 votes. ^[1]

Georgia State House District 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Katie M. Dempsey	7,527	51
	Democratic	Bob Puckett	7,238	49
Majority			289	2
Turnout			14,765
	Republican hold		Swing

District 15
Incumbent Rep. Jeff Lewis (R-White) was defeated for renomination by Paul R. Battles by a margin of 51.6% to 48.4%. ^[5] Battles subsequently won the general election without opposition.

District 16
Rep. Rick Crawford (D-Cedartown) faced a challenge from Bob Culver (R). Crawford was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives by narrow margin in 2006 and thus Georgian Republicans targeted the freshman Representative for defeat. Despite Republican efforts to oust him, Crawford won re-election, albeit by another close margin. ^[1]

Georgia State House District 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rick Crawford	8,461	50.5%
	Republican	Bob Culver	8,279	49.5%
Majority			182	1
Turnout			16,740
	Democratic hold		Swing

District 95
Democrat George Wilson of Stone Mountain lost to incumbent Rep. Robert Mumford (R-Conyers) in 2006 by about 500 votes. Wilson is running again, but Mumford is retiring. "Obama at the top would be a plus," Wilson said. "We got so close." ^[4] Erick Hunt would win the Republican primary without opposition but Wilson would lose the Democratic nod to Toney L. Collins ^[5] who would go on to defeat Hunt 61.8% to 38.2% ^[1]

Georgia State House District 95

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Toney L. Collins	18,527	61.8
	Republican	Erick Hunt	11,442	38.2
Majority			7,085	23.6
Turnout			29,969
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing	13.55

References

1. "Homepage | Georgia Secretary of State". Archived from the original on November 6, 2008.
2. "State Representative Bobby Parham 1941-2017 | WRGC Georgia College".
3. Jacobson, Louis (October 15, 2008). "Legislative races tilting Dems' way in '08". Stateline. Archived from the original on November 6, 2008. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
4. Georgia Dems hopeful Obama will give them a boost in Statehouse, Aaron Gould Sheinin, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 27, 2008
5. "Homepage | Georgia Secretary of State". Archived from the original on July 16, 2008.