2010 Georgia House of Representatives election

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All 180 seats in theGeorgia House of Representatives 91 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader David Ralston DuBose Porter (retired) Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 7th-Blue Ridge 143rd-Dublin Last election 105 75 Seats before 105 74 Seats after 108 71 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 1,328,025 921,242 Percentage 58.85% 40.82% Swing 0.85pp 0.52pp
Results:      Democratic hold     Democratic gain      Republican hold     Republican gain      Independent hold
Speaker before election David Ralston Republican Elected Speaker David Ralston Republican

The2010Georgia House of Representatives elections occurred on November 2, 2010, to elect the members to theGeorgia House of Representatives. All 180 seats in the state House were up for two-year terms. The winners of this election cycle served in the151st Georgia General Assembly. It was the last election to the House before the 2010 redistricting cycle based on the2010 United States census.

Eight state representatives (C. Ellis Black, Amy Carter, Mike Cheokas, Bubber Epps, Gerald Greene, Bob Hanner, Doug McKillip, and Alan Powell) switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party after the election.^[1] This gave Republicans a 116-63-1 majority.

• Rob Teilhet (District-40): To run forstate Attorney General^[2]
• Georganna Sinkfield (District-60): To run forSecretary of State of Georgia^[2]
• Ron Dodson (District-75): Retiring, not seeking other office^[3]
• Mike Glanton (District 76): To run forGeorgia State Senate in state Senate District 44.^[4]
• Kevin Levitas (District 82): Retired after filing deadline passed.^[5]
• Randal Mangham (District 94): Torun for Governor of Georgia^[2]
• DuBose Porter (District-143): Torun for Governor of Georgia.^[2]
• Jay Shaw (District-176): Retiring upon election to Georgia Department of Transportation Board^[6]

• Barry Loudermilk (District-14): To run forGeorgia State Senate in state Senate District 52.^[4]
• Mark Butler (District-18): To run for Labor Commissioner^[2]
• Tom Knox (District-24): To run for Insurance Commissioner^[2]
• Mark Burkhalter (District-50): Retiring, not seeking other office^[7]
• Fran Millar (District-79): To run forGeorgia State Senate in state Senate District 40.^[4]
• Bobby Reese (District-98): Retired torun for U.S. House inGeorgia's 9th congressional district. He has since withdrawn from thespecial election, but will still run in the regularly scheduled election^[8]
• Mike Coan (District-101): Retiring upon GovernorSonny Perdue's recommendation to head Supplemental Insurance Trust Fund^[9]
• Clay Cox (District-102): Torun for U.S. House inGeorgia's 7th congressional district^[10]
• Melvin Everson (District-106): To run for Labor Commissioner^[2]
• John Lunsford (District-110): retiring, not seeking other office^[11]
• Jeff May (District-111): To run forGeorgia Public Service Commission^[2]
• Bob Smith (District-113): Retiring, not seeking other office.^[12]
• Jim Cole (District-125): Retiring, not seeking other office^[13]
• Austin Scott (District-153): Torun for U.S. House inGeorgia's 8th congressional district^[14]
• Bob Lane (District-158): Retiring, not seeking other office.^[15]
• Burke Day (District-163): Retiring, not seeking other office.^[16]
• Terry E. Barnard (District-166): Retiring, not seeking other office.^[17]
• Mike Keown (District-173): Torun for U.S. House inGeorgia's 2nd congressional district^[14]
• Jerry Keen (District-179): Retiring, not seeking other office.^[18]

• Daniel Stout (R-District-19) (elected in 2010) was defeated byPaulette Braddock^[19]
• Don Wix (D-District-33) (elected in 1998) was defeated byDavid Wilkerson^[20]
• Toney Collins (D-District-95) (elected in 2008) was defeated byPam Dickerson^[19]
• Cecily Hill (R-District-180) (elected in 2002) was defeated byJason Spencer^[19]

On election day, Republicans made a net gain of three seats.^[22] However Republicans would make additional gains when Democratic Representativeschanged their party affiliation, though this is not recorded in the table below.

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

• House district 12: RepresentativeTom Graves (R) resigned to focus on his campaign for theUnited States House of Representatives inGeorgia's 9th congressional district.

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