2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia

2006 Georgia's 8th congressional district election
← 2004 2008 →
	County results
U.S. Representative before election; Jim Marshall; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Jim Marshall; Democratic

2006 Georgia's 2nd congressional district election
← 2004 2008 →
	County results Bishop 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
U.S. Representative before election; Sanford Bishop; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Sanford Bishop; Democratic

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia
All 13 Georgia seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%	Democratic 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%

At the time of the election, Georgia had 13 congressional districts whose lines were redrawn in 2005 after Republicans took control of the state legislature and the previous maps were struck down by federal judges.^[1] Each district is home to approximately 630,000 Georgia residents. In 2006, seven seats were held by Republicans and six seats were held by Democrats. Results for write in candidates can be found here Archived December 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2006
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Republican	1,138,048	54.97%	7	7	0
	Democratic	932,143	45.03%	6	6	0
	Others	0	0.0%	0	0
Valid votes		-	-%
Invalid or blank votes		-	-%
Totals		2,070,191	100.00%	13	13	—
Voter turnout

All information came from the Secretary of State of Georgia Website.

District 1

Endorsements

Jim Nelson (D)

Individuals

Wesley Clark, General, 2004 Democratic presidential candidate^[2]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg^[4]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[5]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics^[6]	Safe R	November 7, 2006
CQ Politics^[7]	Safe R	November 7, 2006

General election results

Georgia's 1st congressional district election results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Nelson	43,668	31.5%
	Republican	Jack Kingston (incumbent)	94,961	68.5%
	Republican hold		Swing
Source: Georgia Secretary of State Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

District 2

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg^[4]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[5]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics^[6]	Safe D	November 7, 2006
CQ Politics^[7]	Safe D	November 7, 2006

General election results

Georgia's 2nd congressional district election results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sanford Bishop (incumbent)	88,662	67.9%
	Republican	Bradley Hughes	41,967	32.1%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Georgia Secretary of State Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

District 3

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg^[4]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[5]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics^[6]	Safe R	November 7, 2006
CQ Politics^[7]	Safe R	November 7, 2006

General election results

Georgia's 3rd congressional district election results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike McGraw	62,371	32.4%
	Republican	Lynn Westmoreland (incumbent)	130,428	67.6%
	Republican hold		Swing
Source: Georgia Secretary of State Archived February 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

District 4

In the primary of July 18, incumbent Cynthia McKinney edged Johnson, a significant figure in DeKalb County politics, 47% to 45%. [1] Archived July 19, 2006, at the Wayback Machine Johnson subsequently defeated McKinney 59% to 41% in the August 8 runoff election.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg^[4]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[5]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics^[6]	Safe D	November 7, 2006
CQ Politics^[7]	Safe D	November 7, 2006

General election results

Georgia's 4th congressional district election results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hank Johnson	106,352	75.4%
	Republican	Catherine Davis	34,778	24.6%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Georgia Secretary of State Archived 2007-06-14 at the Wayback Machine

District 5

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg^[4]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[5]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics^[6]	Safe D	November 7, 2006
CQ Politics^[7]	Safe D	November 7, 2006

General election results

Georgia's 5th congressional district election results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Lewis (incumbent)	122,380	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Georgia Secretary of State Archived February 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

District 6

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg^[4]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[5]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics^[6]	Safe R	November 7, 2006
CQ Politics^[7]	Safe R	November 7, 2006

General election results

Georgia's 6th congressional district election results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Sinton	55,294	27.6%
	Republican	Tom Price (incumbent)	144,958	72.4%
	Republican hold		Swing
Source: Georgia Secretary of State Archived February 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

District 7

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg^[4]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[5]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics^[6]	Safe R	November 7, 2006
CQ Politics^[7]	Safe R	November 7, 2006

General election results

Georgia's 7th congressional district election results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Allan Burns	53,553	29.1%
	Republican	John Linder (incumbent)	130,561	70.9%
	Republican hold		Swing
Source: Georgia Secretary of State Archived 2007-02-16 at the Wayback Machine

District 8

A Republican mid-decade redistricting made this Macon-based district more compact and somewhat more Republican. Democratic incumbent Jim Marshall faced a very tough challenge by former Congressman Mac Collins, who represented an adjoining district from 1993 to 2005. Less than 60 percent of the population in Marshall's present 3rd District was retained in the new 8th District. The reconfigured 8th includes Butts County, the political base of his opponent, former Congressman Mac Collins, who once served as chairman of the county commission. On the other hand, the 8th also includes all of Macon, where Marshall served as mayor from 1995 to 1999. [2] The race featured heavy spending, not only by the candidates themselves, but from independent groups. During the campaign, President George W. Bush attended a rally to try to help Collins. Marshall won reelection by some 1,700 votes.

Marshall was reelected with 63% in 2004, but in 2002 won by only 50.5% to 49.5%. This is one of the most competitive House races in the nation.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Lean D	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg^[4]	Tilt D	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[5]	Lean D	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics^[6]	Tossup	November 7, 2006
CQ Politics^[7]	Lean D	November 7, 2006

General election results

Georgia's 8th congressional district election results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Marshall (incumbent)	80,660	50.5%
	Republican	Mac Collins	78,908	49.5%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Georgia Secretary of State Archived February 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

District 9

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg^[4]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[5]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics^[6]	Safe R	November 7, 2006
CQ Politics^[7]	Safe R	November 7, 2006

General election results

Georgia's 9th congressional district election results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Bradbury	39,240	23.4%
	Republican	Nathan Deal (incumbent)	128,685	76.6%
	Republican hold		Swing
Source: Georgia Secretary of State Archived February 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

District 10

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg^[4]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[5]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics^[6]	Safe R	November 7, 2006
CQ Politics^[7]	Safe R	November 7, 2006

General election results

Georgia's 10th congressional district election results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terry Holley	57,032	32.6%
	Republican	Charlie Norwood (incumbent)	117,721	67.4%
	Republican hold		Swing
Source: Georgia Secretary of State Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

District 11

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg^[4]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[5]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics^[6]	Safe R	November 7, 2006
CQ Politics^[7]	Safe R	November 7, 2006

General election results

Georgia's 11th congressional district election results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick Pillion	48,261	28.9%
	Republican	Phil Gingrey (incumbent)	118,524	71.1%
	Republican hold		Swing
Source: Georgia Secretary of State Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

District 12

Democrat John Barrow unseated first-term Republican Max Burns by 52% to 48% in a Democratic-leaning district which Burns won over a scandal-tainted opponent in 2002. This year, Burns sought a rematch. Recent redistricting made this southern Georgia district more mixed, but the balance still favored Democrats. Burns ran a tough campaign and made the race extremely close. In the end, however, Burns lost by 864 votes and ruled out a recount challenge to the certified results. This failure to win the seat by the GOP sealed the unprecedented gains of the Democrats, in which they did not lose a single House seat, Senate Seat or Governorship they held going into the election.

2006 Georgia's 12th congressional district election

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Nominee	John Barrow	Max Burns
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	71,651	70,787
Percentage	50.3%	49.7%

County results

U.S. Representative before election

John Barrow
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

John Barrow
Democratic

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Likely D	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg^[4]	Tilt D	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[5]	Tilt D	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics^[6]	Tossup	November 7, 2006
CQ Politics^[7]	Lean D	November 7, 2006

General election results

Georgia's 12th congressional district election results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Barrow (incumbent)	71,651	50.3%
	Republican	Max Burns	70,787	49.7%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Georgia Secretary of State Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

District 13

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg^[4]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[5]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics^[6]	Safe D	November 7, 2006
CQ Politics^[7]	Safe D	November 7, 2006

General election results

Georgia's 13th congressional district election results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Scott (incumbent)	103,019	69.2%
	Republican	Deborah Honeycutt	45,770	30.8%
	Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Georgia Secretary of State Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

References

^ "Georgia legislature approves redistricting". UPI.com. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
^ "Rev. Jim Nelson (GA-01) | WesPAC". Archived from the original on November 4, 2006.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "2006 Competitive House Race Chart" (PDF). House: Race Ratings. Cook Political Report. November 6, 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "2006 House Ratings". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. November 6, 2006. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "2006 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 6, 2006. Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Battle for the House of Representatives". realclearpolitics.com. Real Clear Politics. November 7, 2006. Archived from the original on November 9, 2006. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Balance of Power Scorecard: House". cqpolitics.com. Congressional Quarterly Inc. Archived from the original on November 17, 2006. Retrieved November 20, 2023.

[upi-1] "Georgia legislature approves redistricting". UPI.com. Retrieved August 4, 2021.

[2] "Rev. Jim Nelson (GA-01) | WesPAC". Archived from the original on November 4, 2006.

[Cook-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "2006 Competitive House Race Chart" (PDF). House: Race Ratings. Cook Political Report. November 6, 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved November 20, 2023.

[Rothenberg-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "2006 House Ratings". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. November 6, 2006. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved November 20, 2023.

[Sabato-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "2006 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 6, 2006. Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved November 20, 2023.

[RCP-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Battle for the House of Representatives". realclearpolitics.com. Real Clear Politics. November 7, 2006. Archived from the original on November 9, 2006. Retrieved December 12, 2023.

[CQ_Politics-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Balance of Power Scorecard: House". cqpolitics.com. Congressional Quarterly Inc. Archived from the original on November 17, 2006. Retrieved November 20, 2023.

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