In this conservative, coastal Georgia-based district, incumbent Republican CongressmanJack Kingston ran for re-election to a seventh term in Congress. Kingston was re-elected in the general election without any opposition whatsoever.
Incumbent Democratic CongressmanSanford Bishop did not face a credible threat to his re-election in this liberal-leaning, southwest Georgia district. Opposed by Republican Dave Eversman, a businessman and localchamber of commerce official, Bishop was overwhelmingly re-elected.
In 2002,Jim Marshall was narrowly elected to Congress in this conservative, central Georgia-based district. This year, Congressman Marshall faced a rematch against businessman Calder Clay, who was the Republican nominee for Congress. In a significant improvement over his previous performance, Marshall crushed Clay with over sixty percent of the vote, surprising given the fact that PresidentGeorge W. Bushcarried the district comfortably.
One-term incumbent Democratic CongresswomanDenise Majette opted torun for Senate, creating an open seat in the House.Cynthia McKinney, the previous representative of this district, ran for her sixth nonconsecutive term in Congress. McKinney faced Republican Party official Catherine Davis in the general election, whom she defeated, but by a smaller margin than expected in this solidly liberal district.
John Lewis, the dean of the Georgia congressional delegation, ran for his tenth term in this solidly liberal,Atlanta-based district. Just as with the previous election, Congressman Lewis was unopposed in the general election and coasted to re-election.
When three-term incumbent Republican CongressmanJohnny Isakson soughtelection to the Senate, an open seat emerged. PhysicianTom Price became the Republican nominee after surviving a contentious primary that featured many candidates and arun-off election. Seeing as no Democratic candidate filed to run in this district, Price was sent to his first term in Congress without opposition. However, in this conservative district based in the northern suburbs ofAtlanta, the Republican primary istantamount to election, so Price would not have faced a serious challenge in either case.
In Republican CongressmanJohn Linder’s bid for a seventh term, he faced no opposition in any form and was successful in his re-election in this staunchly conservative district, which wraps around the northern collar of the suburbs ofAtlanta.
Though Republican CongressmanMac Collins could have easily won a seventh term in this solidly conservative, gerrymandered district based in the southern suburbs ofAtlanta and rural north-central Georgia, he instead opted torun for Senate.Lynn Westmoreland, the Republican leader in theGeorgia House of Representatives, became the Republican nominee and faced off against Democratic candidate Silvia Delamar. Delamar was defeated by Westmoreland on election day.
Though popular Republican CongressmanCharlie Norwood faced a challenge from Democrat Bob Ellis, he might as well have been unopposed in this solidly conservative district based innorth Georgia and some of the suburbs ofAtlanta andAugusta. Come election day, Congressman Norwood was overwhelmingly re-elected to his sixth term in Congress.
Though he was originally elected as a Democrat, incumbent CongressmanNathan Deal has built a solid profile as a conservative Republican. In thisnorth Georgia district, Deal did not face a Democratic opponent, which meant that he was easily elected to his seventh term.
Republican CongressmanPhil Gingrey has represented this conservative-leaning district since 2002 and ran for his second term this year. The 11th district, which is somewhat moderate only because it is heavily gerrymandered, has a shape that has been described as similar to that ofIndonesia.[4] Congressman Gingrey faced a challenge from Rick Crawford, the chairman of thePolk County Democratic Party and a special Assistant Attorney General of Georgia. Gingrey ultimately beat Crawford by a somewhat comfortable margin, undoubtedly helped by the strong performance of President Bush in Georgiathat year.
Though one-term Republican CongressmanMax Burns has managed to win election in 2002 in this Democratic-leaning district, which stretches fromAthens down to the western suburbs ofSavannah, his stroke of luck vanished by 2004. Burns faced a scandal- and controversy-free Democratic opponent inAthens-Clarke County CommissionerJohn Barrow. In a bitterly fought election, Barrow ousted Burns and won his first term in Congress.
Originally elected in 2002 in a gerrymandered district drawn to elect a Democrat, incumbent CongressmanDavid Scott sought election to a second term in Congress. Congressman Scott did not face any sort of challenge in his re-election bid, so he was sent back toWashington unopposed.
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