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United States House Of Representatives Elections In Georgia, 2008
The 2008 congressional elections in Georgia were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who would represent the state of Georgia in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011. Georgia has thirteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007–2008 congressional delegation consisted of seven Republicans and six Democrats. No districts changed party, although CQ Politics had forecasted districts 8 and 12 to be at some risk for the incumbent party. The general primary was held July 15, 2008. Overview All information came from the Secretary of State of Georgia website. Match-up summary District breakdown District 1 Incumbent Republican Jack Kingstoncampaign website won against Democratic nominee Bill Gillespiecampaign website. CQ Polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they comprise the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The House's composition was established by Article One of the United States Constitution. The House is composed of representatives who, pursuant to the Uniform Congressional District Act, sit in single member congressional districts allocated to each state on a basis of population as measured by the United States Census, with each district having one representative, provided that each state is entitled to at least one. Since its inception in 1789, all representatives have been directly elected, although universal suffrage did not come to effect until after the passage of the 19th Amendment and the Civil Rights Movement. Since 1913, the number of voting representativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hank Johnson
Henry Calvin Johnson Jr. (born October 2, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is anchored in Atlanta's inner eastern suburbs, including Decatur, Conyers, Lithonia, Lilburn and a sliver of Atlanta itself. Johnson is one of only three Buddhists to have served in the United States Congress. The others are Senator Mazie Hirono and former Representative Colleen Hanabusa, both of Hawaii. Life, education, and career Johnson grew up in Washington, D.C. His father worked for the Bureau of Prisons and was the director of classifications and paroles. Up to that time, he was the highest ranking African-American in the bureau. Johnson received his B.A. degree from Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University) in 1976, is a member of Omega Psi Phi Kappa Alpha Alpha Chapter, Decatur, Georgia, and received his J.D. degree from Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Deal
John Nathan Deal (born August 25, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 82nd governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party in 1992 and switched to the Republican Party in 1995. On March 1, 2010, Deal announced his resignation from Congress to run for Governor of Georgia. Deal faced a crowded field of candidates in the July 2010 Republican primary election, ultimately facing former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel in a tightly contested August 10, 2010, primary runoff election, and won by fewer than 2,500 votes. The following day, Handel declined to pursue a recount and conceded. On November 2, Democratic opponent Roy Barnes called to concede the race for governor of Georgia, making Deal the governor-elect to succeed term-limited Sonny Perdue in 2011. Deal won his re-election campaign for governor in 2014 against Democrat Jason Carter. He was succeeded by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia's 9th Congressional District
Georgia's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the north of the U.S. state of Georgia. The district is represented by Republican Andrew Clyde, who succeeded fellow Republican Doug Collins. The district is mostly rural and exurban in character, though it stretches into Hall and Forsyth counties on Atlanta's northern fringe. It also includes a slice of Athens. The district has a heavy Republican lean. Donald Trump carried the district with almost 78 percent of the vote in 2016, his fourth-best showing in the nation. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+30, it is the most Republican district in Georgia, the fourth-most Republican district in the nation, and the second-most Republican district in the Eastern Time Zone. Since then-congressman and future governor Nathan Deal switched parties in 1995, no Democrat running in the district has crossed the 40 percent mark, and only one Democrat has won as much as 30 percent. Republicans are no less dominant at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Goddard
Richard N. "Rick" Goddard, a retired U.S. Air Force Major General, ran for the United States Congress in the 2008 election for Georgia's 8th congressional district as a Republican. His last position in the Air Force before retiring was commander of Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Early life, education and career Goddard graduated from the University of Utah in 1966 with a bachelor's degree in Political Science and received a Masters of Science in Business Administration from Central Michigan University in 1975. He entered the Air Force in 1966. He became a command pilot with more than 3,500 flying hours, including 226 combat missions in Southeast Asia flying the F-100 Super Sabre, and was awarded the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross and twelve Air Medals. Goddard commanded two aircraft maintenance squadrons and two FB-111 fighter/bomber squadrons, the 380th Bomb Wing at Plattsburgh Air Force Base in Plattsburgh, New York and the 27th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Marshall (Georgia Politician)
James Creel Marshall (born March 31, 1948) is an American attorney who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011. Marshall, a Democrat from Georgia, represented a district based in Macon that also included much of rural Central Georgia. His district was numbered the from 2003 to 2007 and the from 2007 to 2011. Marshall served as president of the United States Institute of Peace from September 2012 to January 2014. In 2013, British Advocacy organization Action on Armed Violence listed Marshall as one of the 100 more influential people in the world for armed violence reduction. Early life, education, and early career The son and grandson of army generals, Marshall was born in Ithaca, New York, but moved frequently during his childhood and graduated from high school in Mobile, Alabama. He entered Princeton University in 1966, but left college in 1968 to enlist in the United States Army. He served in Vietnam as an Airborne Ranger reconn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia's 8th Congressional District
Georgia's 8th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. The district is currently represented by Republican Austin Scott. The district is located in central and south-central Georgia, and stretches from the geographical center of the state to the Florida border. The district includes the cities of Cordele, Tifton, Moultrie, Valdosta, and portions of Macon.2012 Congressional maps Georgia Legislature. Last accessed January 1, 20122012 Congressional maps - closeup of Macon and Columbus Georgia Legislature. Last accessed January 1, 2012< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Heckman
Elections were held on November 2, 2010, to determine Georgia's 13 members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th United States Congress from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013. Primary elections were held on July 20, 2010, and primary runoff elections were held on August 10, 2010. Of the 13 elections, the races in the 2nd and 8th districts were rated as competitive by ''CQ Politics'', ''The Rothenberg Political Report'', and ''Sabato's Crystal Ball'', and the 2nd, 8th and 12th districts were rated as competitive by ''The Cook Political Report''. Of Georgia's thirteen incumbents, eleven were re-elected, while one (John Linder of the 7th district) did not seek re-election and one ( Jim Marshall of the 8th district) unsuccessfully sought re-election. In total, eight Republicans and five Democrats were elected. A total of 2,468,680 votes were cast, of which 1,528,142 (61.90 percent) were for Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Linder
John Elmer Linder (born September 9, 1942) is an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2011. His district was numbered the from 1993 to 1997, the from 1997 to 2003, and the from 2003 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. Linder announced that he would retire from Congress at the end of the 111th Congress. In March 2019, he was announced as President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next United States Representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; Linder was not confirmed and his nomination expired at the end of the Trump administration. Early life, education, and career He was born in Deer River, Minnesota, was educated at the University of Minnesota Duluth, served in the United States Air Force, was a dentist and businessman, president of a lending institution, and a member of the Georgia House of Representatives where he served for seven terms. U.S. House of Representatives Committees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia's 7th Congressional District
Georgia's 7th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is currently represented by Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux. The district's boundaries have been redrawn following the 2010 census, which granted an additional congressional seat to Georgia.Justice Department approves Georgia's political maps . Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Last accessed 2011-12-27 The first election using the new district boundaries (listed below) were the 2012 congressional elections. The district includes portions of the northeast |
Bill Jones (Georgia Politician)
Bill Jones may refer to: Sports *Bill Jones (basketball, born 1914) (1914–2006), American professional basketball player in 1942 and a pioneer of racial integration in the sport * Bill Jones (basketball, born 1936) (1936–2008), American college basketball coach who coached North Alabama University to the NCAA Division II national title in 1978–79 *Bill Jones (basketball, born 1944), American college basketball coach who coached Jacksonville State University to the NCAA Division II national title in 1984–85 *Bill Jones (basketball, born 1958), American professional basketball player known for his career in Australia's National Basketball League *Bill Jones (basketball, born 1966), American professional basketball journeyman in numerous countries; played collegiately for Iowa *Bill Jones (catcher), Major League Baseball player from 1882 to 1884 * Bill Jones (outfielder) (1887–1946), Major League Baseball player * Bill Jones (running back) (born 1966), American football play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Price (American Politician)
Thomas Edmunds Price (born October 8, 1954) is an American physician and Republican Party politician who served as the U.S. representative for , encompassing the northern suburbs of Atlanta, from 2005 to 2017. He was appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services by President Donald Trump and served in that role from February to September 2017. On September 29, 2017, he resigned as head of HHS following criticism of his use of private charters and military aircraft for travel. In July 2018, the HHS inspector general urged the HHS to recoup at least $341,000 from Price for wasteful expenditures. While in Congress, Price chaired the House Committee on the Budget, Republican Study Committee and Republican Policy Committee. Early life, education, and medical career Price was born in Lansing, Michigan, and grew up in Dearborn, where he attended Adams Jr. High and Dearborn High School. Price's father and grandfather were both doctors. As a child, Price occasionally accompanie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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