2007_Georgia's_10th_congressional_district_special_election Knowpia

2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election
	County results; Broun: 50–60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%; Whitehead: 50–60% 60-70% 70-80%
U.S. Representative before election; Charlie Norwood; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Paul Broun; Republican

On June 19, 2007, the U.S. state of Georgia held a special election to fill a vacancy in Georgia's 10th congressional district. A runoff was held on July 17 with Paul Broun defeating Jim Whitehead by less than 1%.^[1]

History edit

The vacancy was created by the death of incumbent Republican Charlie Norwood.^[2] Norwood won reelection in 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] According to Georgia law, to win outright, a candidate needed a majority vote; since no candidate won more than 50% of the vote, the top two finishers competed in a runoff election on July 17, 2007.

Candidates edit

The following candidates were on the June 19 ballot.^[3]^[4] They are listed here alphabetically: first by party, then by name.

Democratic edit

Denise Freeman – Baptist minister and 1998/2000 Democratic nominee
James Marlow – Yahoo! Marketing executive
Evita Paschall – Attorney

Libertarian edit

Jim Sendelbach – Psychotherapist

Republican edit

Paul Broun – Physician, nominee for GA-03 in 1990, candidate in 1992, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1996
William L. Greene – Conservative activist, American political science professor, and faithless elector (2016)
Mark Myers – Realtor & previous candidate
Nate Pulliam – Former soldier in the US Army & Realtor
Erik Underwood – Former Congressional Aide & Political consultant
Jim Whitehead – St. Senator, 2005–2007

Results edit

No candidate received a majority in the June 19 election so a runoff between Republicans Jim Whitehead and Paul 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] but did not do so.^[6]

The official returns for the June 19 election and the July 17 run-off are:

Candidate	Party	General election^[7]		Run-off^[8]
Candidate	Party	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

References edit

^ Kapochunas, Rachel (July 18, 2007). "Too Close to Call for Candidates in Special Georgia Election". CQPolitics.com. Archived from the 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 from the original on May 10, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
^ Kapochunas, Rachel (April 26, 2007). "Candidate List Emerges for Special Election in Georgia's 10th". CQ.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
^ Georgia state law – O.C.G.A. 21-2-495 Archived 2009-05-02 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
^ Kapochunas, Rachel (July 24, 2007). "Georgia Conservative Broun Fulfills House Dreams With Special Win". CQPolitics.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
^ "Georgia Secretary of State Certifies June 19 Election Results" (Press release). Georgia Secretary of State. Archived from the original on September 11, 2007. Retrieved June 28, 2007.
^ "Georgia Secretary of State certifies July 17, 2007 Special Election Runoff results". Georgia Secretary of State. Archived from the original on September 12, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2007.