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2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election

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Nominee Paul Broun Jim Whitehead Party Republican Republican Popular vote 23,529 23,135 Percentage 50.4% 49.6%

County results Broun:      50–60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90% Whitehead:      50–60%      60-70%      70-80%

U.S. Representative before election Charlie Norwood Republican Elected U.S. Representative Paul Broun Republican

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On June 19, 2007, the U.S. state of Georgia held a special election to fill a vacancy in Georgia's 10th congressional district. A runoff was held on July 17 with Paul Broun defeating Jim Whitehead by less than 1%.

History

The vacancy was created by the death of incumbent Republican Charlie Norwood. Norwood won reelection in 2006 with 67% of the vote.

Since this is a nonpartisan special election, all candidates for the election were listed alphabetically, though their party affiliations are noted on the ballot. According to Georgia law, to win outright, a candidate needed a majority vote; since no candidate won more than 50% of the vote, the top two finishers competed in a runoff election on July 17, 2007.

Candidates

The following candidates were on the June 19 ballot. They are listed here alphabetically: first by party, then by name.

Democratic

• Denise Freeman – Baptist minister and 1998/2000 Democratic nominee
• James Marlow – Yahoo! Marketing executive
• Evita Paschall – Attorney

Libertarian

• Jim Sendelbach – Psychotherapist

Republican

• Paul Broun – Physician, nominee for GA-03 in 1990, candidate in 1992, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1996
• William L. Greene – Conservative activist, American political science professor, and faithless elector (2016)
• Mark Myers – Realtor & previous candidate
• Nate Pulliam – Former soldier in the US Army & Realtor
• Erik Underwood – Former Congressional Aide & Political consultant
• Jim Whitehead – St. Senator, 2005–2007

Results

No candidate received a majority in the June 19 election so a runoff between Republicans Jim Whitehead and Paul Broun was held on July 17. Democrat James Marlow, the third-place finisher, had the right to request a recount within 48 hours of the official certification of the election results on June 25, 2007, due to the very small difference in total votes for himself and Broun, but did not do so.

The official returns for the June 19 election and the July 17 run-off are:

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

References

1. Kapochunas, Rachel (July 18, 2007). "Too Close to Call for Candidates in Special Georgia Election". CQPolitics.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2007.
2. yahoo.com
3. ^ "Secretary Handel Closes Qualifying for 10th Congressional District Special Election" (Press release). Georgia Secretary of State. April 26, 2007. Archived from the original on May 10, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
4. Kapochunas, Rachel (April 26, 2007). "Candidate List Emerges for Special Election in Georgia's 10th". CQ.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
5. Georgia state law – O.C.G.A. 21-2-495 Archived 2009-05-02 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
6. Kapochunas, Rachel (July 24, 2007). "Georgia Conservative Broun Fulfills House Dreams With Special Win". CQPolitics.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
7. "Georgia Secretary of State Certifies June 19 Election Results" (Press release). Georgia Secretary of State. Archived from the original on September 11, 2007. Retrieved June 28, 2007.
8. "Georgia Secretary of State certifies July 17, 2007 Special Election Runoff results". Georgia Secretary of State. Archived from the original on September 12, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2007.

External links

Candidate Web Sites

Democratic

• Denise Freeman for Congress web site
• James Marlow for Congress web site
• Evita Paschall for Congress web site

Libertarian

• Jim Sendelbach for Congress web site

Republican

• Paul Broun for Congress web site
• Bill Greene for Congress web site
• Mark Myers for Congress web site
• Nate Pulliam for Congress web site
• Erik Underwood for Congress web site
• Jim Whitehead for Congress web site

• Special elections to the 110th United States Congress
• United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia (U.S. state)
• 2007 United States House of Representatives elections
• United States House of Representatives special elections
• June 2007 events in the United States
• 2007 Georgia (U.S. state) elections