2010 Georgia State Senate election

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Georgia State Senate elections, 2010
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 2008November 2, 20102012 

All 56 seats in the Georgia State Senate
 
Leader Tommie Williams Robert Brown
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 19th-Lyons 26th-Macon
Last election3422
Current seats3422

Incumbent President pro tempore

Tommie Williams
Republican



The 2010 Georgia State Senate elections occurred on November 2, 2010, to elect the members to the Georgia State Senate. 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 151st Georgia General Assembly.

Contents

Retiring incumbent Senators

Democrats

Republicans

Incumbents defeated in primary

Election results

On election day, one seat changed hands, with Republicans winning the seat formerly held by J. B. Powell. [6] Senator Tim Golden's switch to the Republicans would give them an additional seat, though that is not recorded in the table below.

DistrictIncumbentPartyElectedStatus2010 candidates
1 Buddy Carter Republican2009Re-electedBuddy Carter (R) 70.33%
Carry Smith (D) 29.68%
2 Lester G. Jackson Democratic2008Re-electedLester G. Jackson (D) 72.56%
Michael Gaster (R) 27.44%
3 Jeff Chapman Republican2004Retired; Republican hold William Ligon (R) 71.03%
Griffin Lotson (D) 28.97%
4 Jack Hill Republican1990Re-electedJack Hill (R) unopposed
5 Curt Thompson Democratic2004Re-electedCurt Thompson (D) 64.66%
Garry Guan (R) 35.34%
6 Doug Stoner Democratic2004Re-electedDoug Stoner (D) 56.51%
Beth Pollard (R) 43.49%
7 Greg Goggans Republican2004Re-electedGreg Goggans (R) unopposed
8 Tim Golden Democratic1998Re-electedTim Golden (D) unopposed
9 Don Balfour Republican1992Re-electedDon Balfour 64.46% (R)
Rashid Malik (D) 35.54%
10 Emanuel Jones Democratic2004Re-electedEmanuel Jones (D) unopposed
11 John Bulloch Republican2002Re-electedJohn Bulloch (R) unopposed
12 Freddie P. Sims Democratic2008Re-electedFreddie P. Sims (D) unopposed
13 John D. Crosby Republican2008Re-electedJohn Crosby (R) unopposed
14 George Hooks Democratic1990Re-electedGeorge Hooks (D) unopposed
15 Ed Harbison Democratic1992Re-electedEd Harbison (D) unopposed
16 Ronnie Chance Republican2004Re-electedRonnie Chance (R) unopposed
17 John Douglas Republican2004Retired; Republican hold Rick Jeffares 64.06% (R)
Jim Nichols (D) 35.95%
18 Cecil Staton Republican2004Re-electedCecil Staton (R) unopposed
19 Tommie Williams Republican1998Re-electedTommie Williams (R) unopposed
20 Ross Tolleson Republican2002Re-electedRoss Tolleson (R) unopposed
21 Chip Rogers Republican2004Re-electedChip Rogers (R) 80.04%
Patrick Thompson (D) 19.96%
22 Hardie Davis Democratic2010Re-electedHardie Davis (D) unopposed
23 J.B. Powell Democratic2004Retired; Republican pickup Jesse Stone (R) 93.51
Diane Evans (I) 6.49%
24 Bill Jackson Republican2007Re-electedBill Jackson (R) unopposed
25 Johnny Grant Republican2004Re-electedJohnny Grant (R) 62.31%
Floyd Griffin (D) 37.69%
26 Robert Brown Democratic1991Re-electedRobert Brown (D) unopposed
27 Jack Murphy Republican2006Re-electedJack Murphy (R) unopposed
28 Mitch Seabaugh Republican2000Re-electedMitch Seabaugh (R) unopposed
29 Seth Harp Republican2000Retired; Republican hold Joshua McKoon (R) 65.68%
Evelyn Thompson Anderson (D) 34.32%
30 Bill Hamrick Republican2000Re-electedBill Hamrick (R) 67.91%
Pat Rhudy (D) 32.09%
31 Bill Heath Republican2004Re-electedBill Heath (R) 72.17%
Tracy Gene Bennett (D) 27.83%
32 Judson Hill Republican2004Re-electedJudson Hill (R) unopposed
33 Steve Thompson Democratic1990Re-electedSteve Thompson (D) 58.71%
Craig Prewett (R) 41.29%
34 Valencia Seay Democratic2002RunningValencia Seay (D) 74.01%
Tiger Billingslea (R) 25.99%
35 Donzella James Democratic1993/2009RunningDonzella James (D) unopposed
36 Nan Grogan Orrock Democratic2006Re-electedNan Orrock (D) unopposed
37 John J. Wiles Republican2004Defeated in primary; Republican hold Lindsey Tippins (R) unopposed
38 Horacena Tate Democratic1998Re-electedHoracena Tate (D) 64.06%
Beth Beskin (R) 35.94%
39 Vincent Fort Democratic1996Re-electedVincent Fort (D) unopposed
40 Dan Weber Republican2004Retired; Republican hold Fran Millar (R) 65.33%
Eric Christ (D) 34.67%
41 Steve Henson Democratic1990/2002Re-electedSteve Henson (D) 57.51%
Alex Johnson (R) 42.49%
42 Jason Carter Democratic2010Re-electedJason Carter (D) unopposed
43 Ronald Ramsey, Jr. Democratic2006Re-electedRonald Ramsey, Jr. (D) 79.84%
Diana Williams (R) 20.16%
44 Gail Buckner Democratic2008Retired; Democratic hold Gail Davenport (D) 97.17%
Carlotta Harrell (I) 2.83%
45 Renee Unterman Republican2002Re-electedRenee Unterman (R) unopposed
46 William Cowsert Republican2006Re-electedWilliam Cowsert (R) unopposed
47 Ralph Hudgens Republican2002Retired; Republican hold Frank Ginn (R) 65.33%
Tim Riley (D) 34.67%
48 David Shafer Republican2002Re-electedDavid Shafer (R) unopposed
49 Butch Miller Republican2010Re-electedButch Miller (R) unopposed
50 Jim Butterworth Republican2008Re-electedJim Butterworth (R) unopposed
51 Chip Pearson Republican2004Retired; Republican hold Steve Gooch (R) 81.92%
Joseph Mann (D) 18.08%
52 Preston Smith Republican2002Retired; Republican hold Barry Loudermilk (R) 75.06%
Mike Burton (D) 24.94%
53 Jeff Mullis Republican2000Re-electedJeff Mullis (R) unopposed
54 Don Thomas Republican1996Retired; Republican hold Charlie Bethel (R) unopposed
55 Gloria Butler Democratic1998Re-electedGloria Butler (D) unopposed
56 Dan Moody Republican2002Retired; Republican hold John Albers (R) unopposed

Vacancies (to be filled before November)

All the following special elections occurred on May 11 with runoffs to be held on June 8 if necessary.

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References

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  2. The Dunwoody Crier - Front
  3. Thomas to retire; Williams to seek re-election | timesfreepress.com
  4. Georgia Senate Press Office » Blog Archive » Sen. Dan Moody Will Not Run for State Senate in 2010
  5. 7/20/2010 - State Senate
  6. 11/2/2010 - State Senate