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The2008Georgia House of Representatives elections occurred on November 4, 2008, to elect the members to theGeorgia 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 the150th Georgia General Assembly.
A special election was held for DemocratBobby Parham's seat in District 141, and the race went into a runoff in December 2009.[2]Rusty Kidd, an independent, won the seat.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Stateline[3] | Safe R | October 15, 2008 |
District 8
Rep.Charles F. Jenkins (D-Blairsville) received a strong challenge fromStephen 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]
| 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 | ||||
| Republicangain fromDemocratic | 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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Katie M. Dempsey | 7,527 | 51 | ||
| Democratic | Bob Puckett | 7,238 | 49 | ||
| Majority | 289 | 2 | |||
| Turnout | 14,765 | ||||
| Republicanhold | Swing | ||||
District 15
Incumbent Rep.Jeff Lewis (R-White) was defeated for renomination byPaul 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 fromBob Culver (R). Crawford was elected to theGeorgia 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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Rick Crawford | 8,461 | 50.5% | ||
| Republican | Bob Culver | 8,279 | 49.5% | ||
| Majority | 182 | 1 | |||
| Turnout | 16,740 | ||||
| Democratichold | 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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Toney L. Collins | 18,527 | 61.8 | ||
| Republican | Erick Hunt | 11,442 | 38.2 | ||
| Majority | 7,085 | 23.6 | |||
| Turnout | 29,969 | ||||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | Swing | 13.55 | |||
