2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election Georgia (U.S. state) presidential no 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia#District 10 2006 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia#District 10 2008 June 19, 2007 120px Paul Broun Republican Party (United States) 23,529 50.4% 120px Jim Whitehead Republican Party (United States) 23,135 49.6% 210px Runoff county resultsBroun: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Whitehead: #5fd35f 50–60% #37c837 60–70% #2ca02c 70–80% U.S. Representative Charlie Norwood Republican Party (United States) Paul Broun Republican Party (United States) 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%.http://www.cqpolitics.com/2007/07/broun_favored_in_early_special.html Too Close to Call for Candidates in Special Georgia Election Kapochunas Rachel CQPolitics.com 2007-07-18 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070821215511/http://www.cqpolitics.com/2007/07/broun_favored_in_early_special.html 2007-08-21 History The vacancy was created by the death of incumbent Republican Charlie Norwood.yahoo.com 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.http://www.sos.state.ga.us/pressrel/20070426.htm Secretary Handel Closes Qualifying for 10th Congressional District Special Election April 26, 2007 Georgia Secretary of State 2007-04-26 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070510053048/http://www.sos.state.ga.us/pressrel/20070426.htm 2007-05-10 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 The following candidates were on the June 19 ballot.Candidate List Emerges for Special Election in Georgia's 10th http://www.cqpolitics.com/2007/04/candidate_list_emerges_for_spe.html 2007-04-26 Kapochunas Rachel CQ.com 2007-04-26 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095607/http://www.cqpolitics.com/2007/04/candidate_list_emerges_for_spe.html 2007-09-29 They are listed here alphabetically: first by party, then by name. Democratic Denise Freeman – Baptist minister and 1998/2000 Democratic nominee James Marlow – Yahoo! Marketing executive Evita Paschall – Attorney Libertarian Jim Sendelbach – Psychotherapist Republican 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 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,Georgia state law – O.C.G.A. 21-2-495 http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090502205238/http://www.lexis-nexis.com/hottopics/gacode/default.asp 2009-05-02 but did not do so.http://www.cqpolitics.com/2007/07/georgia_conservative_broun_ful.html CQPolitics.com Georgia Conservative Broun Fulfills House Dreams With Special Win Kapochunas Rachel July 24, 2007 2007-07-25 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083343/http://www.cqpolitics.com/2007/07/georgia_conservative_broun_ful.html 2007-09-29 The official returns for the June 19 election and the July 17 run-off are: CandidatePartyGeneral electionGeorgia Secretary of State Certifies June 19 Election Results Georgia Secretary of State http://sos.georgia.gov/pressrel/20070626.htm 2007-06-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070911183830/http://sos.georgia.gov/pressrel/20070626.htm 2007-09-11 Run-offhttp://sos.georgia.gov/pressrel/20070723.htm Georgia Secretary of State certifies July 17, 2007 Special Election Runoff results Georgia Secretary of State 2007-07-24 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070912143056/http://sos.georgia.gov/pressrel/20070723.htm 2007-09-12 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 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References 30em External links Candidate Web Sites Democratic Denise Freeman for Congress web site James Marlow for Congress web site Evita Paschall for Congress web site Libertarian Jim Sendelbach for Congress web site Republican Paul Broun for Congress web site Bill Greene for Congress web site Mark Myers for Congress web site Nate Pulliam for Congress web site Erik Underwood for Congress web site Jim Whitehead for Congress web site Georgia 2007 10 2007 10 Georgia 10 Georgia 2007 10 Category:June 2007 in the United States Category:2007 Georgia (U.S. state) elections United States House of Representatives 2007 10