2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election Runoff county resultsBroun : 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%Whitehead : 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
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On June 19, 2007, the U.S. state ofGeorgia held a special election to fill a vacancy inGeorgia's 10th congressional district . Arunoff was held on July 17 withPaul Broun defeatingJim Whitehead by less than 1%.[ 1]
The vacancy was created by the death of incumbentRepublican Charlie Norwood .[ 2] 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.[ 3]
The following candidates were on the June 19 ballot.[ 3] [ 4]
No candidate received a majority in the June 19 election so a runoff betweenRepublicans Jim Whitehead andPaul 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,[ 5] [ 6]
The official returns for the June 19 election and the July 17 run-off are:
Candidate Party General election [ 7] Run-off [ 8] Votes % Votes % Jim Whitehead Republican 23,555 43.51 23,135 49.58 Paul Broun Republican 11,208 20.70 23,529 50.42 James Marlow Democratic 11,010 20.34 Denise Freeman Democratic 2,574 4.76 Evita Paschall Democratic 1,778 3.28 Bill Greene Republican 1,635 3.02 Nate Pulliam Republican 913 1.69 Jim Sendelbach Libertarian 710 1.31 Mark Myers Republican 378 0.70 Erik Underwood Republican 376 0.70
^ Kapochunas, Rachel (July 18, 2007)."Too Close to Call for Candidates in Special Georgia Election" . CQPolitics.com. Archived fromthe original on August 21, 2007. ^ yahoo.com ^a b "Secretary Handel Closes Qualifying for 10th Congressional District Special Election" (Press release). Georgia Secretary of State. April 26, 2007. Archived fromthe original on May 10, 2007. RetrievedApril 26, 2007 .^ Kapochunas, Rachel (April 26, 2007)."Candidate List Emerges for Special Election in Georgia's 10th" . CQ.com. Archived fromthe original on September 29, 2007. RetrievedApril 26, 2007 . ^ Georgia state law –O.C.G.A. 21-2-495 Archived 2009-05-02 at theLibrary of Congress Web Archives ^ Kapochunas, Rachel (July 24, 2007)."Georgia Conservative Broun Fulfills House Dreams With Special Win" . CQPolitics.com. Archived fromthe original on September 29, 2007. RetrievedJuly 25, 2007 . ^ "Georgia Secretary of State Certifies June 19 Election Results" (Press release). Georgia Secretary of State. Archived fromthe original on September 11, 2007. RetrievedJune 28, 2007 .^ "Georgia Secretary of State certifies July 17, 2007 Special Election Runoff results" . Georgia Secretary of State. Archived fromthe original on September 12, 2007. RetrievedJuly 24, 2007 .Candidate Web Sites [ edit ]
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