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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Republican | Johnny Isakson (Incumbent) | 1,489,904 | 58.31% | +0.43% | |
| Democratic | Michael Thurmond | 996,516 | 39.00% | -0.98% | |
| Libertarian | Chuck Donovan | 68,750 | 2.69% | +0.55% | |
| Independent | Steve Davis (write-in) | 52 | 0.00% | N/A | |
| Independent | Raymond Beckworth (write-in) | 24 | 0.00% | N/A | |
| Independent | Brian Russell Brown (write-in) | 12 | 0.00% | N/A | |
| Majority | 493,388 | 19.31% | |||
| Total votes | 2,555,258 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
| United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2010 | |||||
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Republican | 1,528,142 | 61.90% | 8 | +1 | |
| Democratic | 940,347 | 38.09% | 5 | -1 | |
| Write-in | 191 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
Incumbent Governor Sonny Perdue (R) was ineligible to seek re-election due to term limits. The Republican primary featured four candidates who received over 15% of the vote in the first round: former Secretary of State Karen Handel, former U.S. Representative Nathan Deal, former Georgia State Senator Eric Johnson, and Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine. [2] Handel, Deal, and Johnson all resigned their offices during or shortly before the campaign. Because no candidate received a majority of the vote, the race went to a runoff between the top two candidates, Handel and Deal.
George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III is an American veterinarian, businessman, and politician currently serving as the 31st United States Secretary of Agriculture since 2017. He previously served as the 81st Governor of Georgia from 2003 to 2011. He was the first Republican Governor of Georgia since Reconstruction.
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Karen Christine Handel is an American businesswoman, politician, and former member of the United States House of Representatives. A Republican, Handel worked in business before entering politics. She first held elected office in 2003, chairing the Fulton County Board of Commissioners until 2006, and then was elected and served as Georgia's Secretary of State from 2007 to 2010.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Karen Handel | 231,990 | 34.1 | |
| Republican | Nathan Deal | 155,946 | 22.9 | |
| Republican | Eric Johnson | 136,792 | 20.1 | |
| Republican | John Oxendine | 115,421 | 17.0 | |
| Republican | Jeff Chapman | 20,636 | 3.0 | |
| Republican | Ray McBerry | 17,171 | 2.5 | |
| Republican | Otis Putnam | 2,543 | 0.4 | |
| Total votes | 680,499 | 100 | ||
Deal won the runoff narrowly, with a margin of about 0.4%, or 2,519 votes out of 579,551 cast. [3] The Democratic nomination was won easily by former Governor Roy Barnes without a runoff; his most prominent opponent was Attorney General Thurbert Baker. [4]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Nathan Deal | 291,035 | 50.2 | |
| Republican | Karen Handel | 288,516 | 49.8 | |
| Total votes | 579,551 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Roy Barnes | 259,482 | 65.6 | |
| Democratic | Thurbert Baker | 85,571 | 21.6 | |
| Democratic | David Poythress | 21,780 | 5.5 | |
| Democratic | DuBose Porter | 17,767 | 4.5 | |
| Democratic | Carl Camon | 4,170 | 1.1 | |
| Democratic | Bill Bolton | 3,573 | 0.9 | |
| Democratic | Randy Mangham | 3,124 | 0.8 | |
| Total votes | 395,497 | 100 | ||
In the general election, Deal defeated Barnes, becoming just the third Republican to be elected Governor of Georgia, after Perdue and Reconstruction-era governor Rufus Bullock.
Rufus Brown Bullock was a Republican Party politician and businessman in Georgia. During the Reconstruction Era he served as the state's governor and called for equal economic opportunity and political rights for blacks and whites in Georgia. He also promoted public education for both, and encouraged railroads, banks, and industrial development. During his governorship he requested federal military help to ensure the rights of freedmen; this made him "the most hated man in the state", and he had to flee the state without completing his term. After returning to Georgia and being found "not guilty" of corruption charges, for three decades afterwards he was an esteemed private citizen.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Republican | Nathan Deal | 1,365,832 | 53.02% | -4.93% | |
| Democratic | Roy Barnes | 1,107,011 | 42.97% | +4.75% | |
| Libertarian | John Monds | 103,194 | 4.01% | +0.17% | |
| Write-ins | 124 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 258,821 | 10.05% | -9.68% | ||
| Turnout | 2,576,161 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
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