Georgia's 10th congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Georgia
district number = 10


representative = Paul Broun
party = Republican
english area =
metric area =
percent urban =
percent rural =
population = 629,702
population year = 2000
median income = 42,037
percent white =89.7
percent black = 3.4
percent asian = 0.7
percent native american = 0.3
percent hispanic = 9.2
percent other race = 0.3
percent blue collar =
percent white collar =
percent gray collar =
cpvi = R+14

Georgia's 10th congressional district is located in northeastern Georgia, and includes the cities of Athens, Evans, Augusta, Watkinsville, and Toccoa.

Counties currently in the district

* Clarke
* Banks
* Clarke
* Columbia
* Elbert
* Franklin
* Greene
* Habersham
* Hart
* Jackson
* Lincoln
* Madison
* McDuffie
* Morgan
* Oconee
* Oglethorpe
* Putnam
* Rabun
* Stephens
* Towns
* Wilkes
* Richmond (partial, see also 12th district)

pecial election 2007

This seat was vacated upon the death of Charlie Norwood, and pursuant to Georgia law a nonpartisan special election was held on June 19, 2007 [cite news|first=Karen |last=Handel |title=Secretary of State Press Release regarding 10th Special Election |url=http://www.sos.state.ga.us/pressrel/20070222.htm|publisher=GA Secretary of State|date=February 222007|accessdate=2007-03-14] . No candidate won a majority in the first round, so a July 17 runoff was held between the top two finishers: Republicans Jim Whitehead, a state senator from Evans, and Dr. Paul Broun, a physician from Athens. [cite news
title=All-GOP Final in Georgia House Special Looks More Certain
first=Rachel
last=Kapochunas
url=http://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/06/20/cq_2928.html
work=The New York Times
publisher=Congressional Quarterly
date=2007-06-20
accessdate=2007-06-20] The day after the runoff, Broun led Whitehead by less than 1% with absentee ballots still to be counted.cite web|url=http://www.cqpolitics.com/2007/07/broun_favored_in_early_special.html|title=Too Close to Call for Candidates in Special Georgia Election|last=Kapochunas|first=Rachel|publisher=CQPolitics.com|date=2007-07-18] After Whitehead declined to call for a recount, the final vote tally had Broun winning by 394 votes. [ [http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election%5Fresults/2007%5F0717/ " Official Results of the Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Special Election Runoff"] ] Broun was sworn into office on July 25, 2007. [ [http://onlineathens.com/stories/072607/news_20070726055.shtml OnlineAthens.com | News | Broun sworn in Wednesday 07/26/07 ] ]

2008 election

The Democratic candidate in the 2008 election will be Iraq War Veteran Bobby Saxon, as he was the only candidate on the Democratic Primary ballot.

The 2008 Republican Party primary was contested between State Representative Barry Fleming and incumbent Paul Broun. Unofficial results as of July 18, 2008, show Broun winning the primary with approximately 71% of the vote. [ [http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2008_0715/swfed.htm Georgia Secretary of State Unofficial Results of the July 15,2008 Primary] ]

History

References

External links

* [http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/congdist/GA10_110.pdf PDF map of Georgia's 10th district at "nationalatlas.gov"]
* [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd?state=GA&district=10 Georgia's 10th district at "GovTrack.us"]