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2008 US House elections in Georgia
Georgia elected 13 members of the House in 2008: Democrats won 6 seats and Republicans 7.
The closest was the 8th district, decided by 14.5 points: Jim Marshall (Democrat) beat Rick Goddard (Republican), 57.2% to 42.8%, a margin of 14.5 points and 39,795 votes.
In the House vote by county, Republicans led in 87 of the 159 counties and Democrats in 72. The largest, Fulton, cast 353,134 votes and went to the Democrat by 48.1 points. The closest was Glascock, where 60 votes separated the two parties.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Every district
| District | Democrat | Votes | Republican | Votes | Others | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Gillespie | 83,444 (33.5%) | Jack Kingston | 165,890 (66.5%) | R+33.1 | |
| 2 | Sanford D. Bishop Jr. | 158,435 (68.9%) | Lee Ferrell | 71,351 (31.1%) | D+37.9 | |
| 3 | Stephen Camp | 117,522 (34.3%) | Lynn A. Westmoreland | 225,055 (65.7%) | 3 | R+31.4 |
| 4 | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson Jr. | 224,494 (99.9%) | none | 200 | D+99.9 | |
| 5 | John Lewis | 231,368 (100.0%) | none | 106 | D+100.0 | |
| 6 | Bill Jones | 106,551 (31.5%) | Tom Price | 231,520 (68.5%) | R+37.0 | |
| 7 | Doug Heckman | 128,159 (38.0%) | John Linder | 209,354 (62.0%) | R+24.1 | |
| 8 | Jim Marshall | 157,241 (57.2%) | Rick Goddard | 117,446 (42.8%) | D+14.5 | |
| 9 | Jeff Scott | 70,537 (24.5%) | Nathan Deal | 217,493 (75.5%) | R+51.0 | |
| 10 | Bobby Saxon | 114,638 (39.3%) | Paul C. Broun | 177,265 (60.7%) | R+21.5 | |
| 11 | Hugh "Bud" Gammon | 95,220 (31.8%) | Phil Gingrey | 204,082 (68.2%) | R+36.4 | |
| 12 | John Barrow | 164,562 (66.0%) | John Stone | 84,773 (34.0%) | D+32.0 | |
| 13 | David Scott | 205,919 (69.0%) | Deborah Honeycutt | 92,320 (31.0%) | D+38.1 |
The House vote in every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton | 261,450 74.0% | 91,603 25.9% | 81 | 353,134 | D+48.1 |
| Cobb | 123,223 41.1% | 176,678 58.9% | 299,901 | R+17.8 | |
| Gwinnett | 121,115 44.4% | 151,864 55.6% | 5 | 272,984 | R+11.3 |
| DeKalb | 251,668 93.5% | 17,477 6.5% | 117 | 269,262 | D+87.0 |
| Chatham | 60,559 57.4% | 44,883 42.6% | 105,442 | D+14.9 | |
| Clayton | 73,733 78.3% | 20,431 21.7% | 94,164 | D+56.6 | |
| Cherokee | 21,345 23.8% | 68,211 76.2% | 89,556 | R+52.3 | |
| Henry | 37,258 44.4% | 46,723 55.6% | 83,981 | R+11.3 | |
| Richmond | 51,060 68.1% | 23,903 31.9% | 74,963 | D+36.2 | |
| Forsyth | 14,079 19.6% | 57,658 80.4% | 71,737 | R+60.7 | |
| Muscogee | 43,128 61.6% | 26,843 38.4% | 2 | 69,973 | D+23.3 |
| Bibb | 45,043 70.4% | 18,907 29.6% | 63,950 | D+40.9 | |
| Hall | 12,822 22.2% | 44,941 77.8% | 57,763 | R+55.6 | |
| Fayette | 18,599 32.7% | 38,269 67.3% | 56,868 | R+34.6 | |
| Houston | 27,969 51.4% | 26,447 48.6% | 54,416 | D+2.8 | |
| Paulding | 16,294 30.0% | 38,099 70.0% | 54,393 | R+40.1 | |
| Columbia | 15,489 29.2% | 37,637 70.8% | 53,126 | R+41.7 | |
| Douglas | 27,082 51.5% | 25,531 48.5% | 52,613 | D+2.9 | |
| Coweta | 14,904 29.1% | 36,292 70.9% | 51,196 | R+41.8 | |
| Clarke | 27,130 63.1% | 15,851 36.9% | 42,981 | D+26.2 | |
| Carroll | 13,765 33.7% | 27,117 66.3% | 40,882 | R+32.7 | |
| Newton | 20,787 53.3% | 18,238 46.7% | 39,025 | D+6.5 | |
| Dougherty | 28,983 77.3% | 8,520 22.7% | 37,503 | D+54.6 | |
| Lowndes | 16,864 46.0% | 19,792 54.0% | 36,656 | R+8.0 | |
| Bartow | 9,360 27.1% | 25,212 72.9% | 34,572 | R+45.9 | |
| Walton | 8,294 24.1% | 26,115 75.9% | 34,409 | R+51.8 | |
| Floyd | 10,279 31.4% | 22,446 68.6% | 32,725 | R+37.2 | |
| Glynn | 10,558 33.0% | 21,469 67.0% | 32,027 | R+34.1 | |
| Rockdale | 26,177 89.0% | 3,239 11.0% | 12 | 29,428 | D+77.9 |
| Whitfield | 7,715 29.0% | 18,923 71.0% | 26,638 | R+42.1 | |
| Troup | 9,482 38.6% | 15,112 61.4% | 1 | 24,595 | R+22.9 |
| Spalding | 9,262 39.0% | 14,496 61.0% | 23,758 | R+22.0 | |
| Barrow | 6,246 26.6% | 17,236 73.4% | 23,482 | R+46.8 | |
| Catoosa | 6,435 27.4% | 17,047 72.6% | 23,482 | R+45.2 | |
| Bulloch | 12,013 52.4% | 10,921 47.6% | 22,934 | D+4.8 | |
| Walker | 7,064 31.1% | 15,659 68.9% | 22,723 | R+37.8 | |
| Jackson | 5,966 27.0% | 16,171 73.0% | 22,137 | R+46.1 | |
| Effingham | 8,173 41.6% | 11,472 58.4% | 19,645 | R+16.8 | |
| Laurens | 11,162 58.9% | 7,803 41.1% | 18,965 | D+17.7 | |
| Thomas | 9,772 55.8% | 7,733 44.2% | 17,505 | D+11.6 | |
| Oconee | 5,249 31.6% | 11,357 68.4% | 16,606 | R+36.8 | |
| Gordon | 4,451 27.2% | 11,918 72.8% | 16,369 | R+45.6 | |
| Camden | 5,779 35.6% | 10,445 64.4% | 16,224 | R+28.8 | |
| Liberty | 7,951 51.1% | 7,614 48.9% | 15,565 | D+2.2 | |
| Baldwin | 9,756 63.3% | 5,662 36.7% | 15,418 | D+26.6 | |
| Habersham | 3,468 24.5% | 10,693 75.5% | 14,161 | R+51.0 | |
| Harris | 4,058 28.8% | 10,008 71.2% | 14,066 | R+42.3 | |
| Tift | 6,467 47.9% | 7,044 52.1% | 13,511 | R+4.3 | |
| Polk | 4,441 32.9% | 9,063 67.1% | 13,504 | R+34.2 | |
| Lee | 5,276 41.5% | 7,447 58.5% | 12,723 | R+17.1 | |
| Colquitt | 5,677 45.1% | 6,910 54.9% | 12,587 | R+9.8 | |
| Coffee | 4,468 35.8% | 8,013 64.2% | 12,481 | R+28.4 | |
| Bryan | 2,723 21.9% | 9,695 78.1% | 12,418 | R+56.1 | |
| Jones | 7,053 58.1% | 5,089 41.9% | 12,142 | D+16.2 | |
| Pickens | 2,712 22.3% | 9,428 77.7% | 12,140 | R+55.3 | |
| Sumter | 8,328 70.9% | 3,419 29.1% | 11,747 | D+41.8 | |
| Monroe | 5,998 51.3% | 5,697 48.7% | 11,695 | D+2.6 | |
| Ware | 3,519 30.1% | 8,168 69.9% | 11,687 | R+39.8 | |
| Madison | 3,589 32.9% | 7,328 67.1% | 10,917 | R+34.2 | |
| Murray | 3,097 28.5% | 7,765 71.5% | 10,862 | R+43.0 | |
| Haralson | 2,561 24.1% | 8,077 75.9% | 10,638 | R+51.9 | |
| Upson | 3,640 34.2% | 6,994 65.8% | 10,634 | R+31.5 | |
| Lumpkin | 2,632 24.9% | 7,933 75.1% | 10,565 | R+50.2 | |
| Gilmer | 2,770 26.2% | 7,790 73.8% | 10,560 | R+47.5 | |
| Peach | 6,393 61.2% | 4,046 38.8% | 10,439 | D+22.5 | |
| White | 2,258 21.8% | 8,110 78.2% | 10,368 | R+56.4 | |
| Wayne | 2,921 28.4% | 7,382 71.6% | 10,303 | R+43.3 | |
| Union | 2,898 29.0% | 7,110 71.0% | 10,008 | R+42.1 | |
| Fannin | 2,883 28.8% | 7,120 71.2% | 10,003 | R+42.4 | |
| Decatur | 6,550 65.8% | 3,410 34.2% | 9,960 | D+31.5 | |
| Stephens | 3,227 32.5% | 6,713 67.5% | 9,940 | R+35.1 | |
| Dawson | 1,655 17.3% | 7,922 82.7% | 9,577 | R+65.4 | |
| Hart | 3,811 40.6% | 5,576 59.4% | 9,387 | R+18.8 | |
| Toombs | 4,989 54.0% | 4,249 46.0% | 9,238 | D+8.0 | |
| Burke | 5,997 65.4% | 3,168 34.6% | 9,165 | D+30.9 | |
| Grady | 5,465 61.4% | 3,440 38.6% | 8,905 | D+22.7 | |
| McDuffie | 3,848 43.2% | 5,052 56.8% | 8,900 | R+13.5 | |
| Meriwether | 4,214 47.4% | 4,672 52.6% | 8,886 | R+5.2 | |
| Morgan | 3,157 36.2% | 5,555 63.8% | 8,712 | R+27.5 | |
| Butts | 3,917 45.5% | 4,686 54.5% | 8,603 | R+8.9 | |
| Putnam | 2,993 35.0% | 5,548 65.0% | 8,541 | R+29.9 | |
| Washington | 5,685 68.7% | 2,589 31.3% | 8,274 | D+37.4 | |
| Worth | 4,100 50.8% | 3,969 49.2% | 8,069 | D+1.6 | |
| Mitchell | 5,413 68.9% | 2,448 31.1% | 7,861 | D+37.7 | |
| Pike | 1,591 20.3% | 6,262 79.7% | 7,853 | R+59.5 | |
| Chattooga | 2,901 37.0% | 4,948 63.0% | 7,849 | R+26.1 | |
| Elbert | 3,472 44.4% | 4,343 55.6% | 7,815 | R+11.1 | |
| Emanuel | 4,292 55.2% | 3,478 44.8% | 7,770 | D+10.5 | |
| Franklin | 2,510 32.4% | 5,241 67.6% | 7,751 | R+35.2 | |
| Dodge | 4,617 59.8% | 3,107 40.2% | 7,724 | D+19.5 | |
| Greene | 3,085 41.3% | 4,392 58.7% | 7,477 | R+17.5 | |
| Lamar | 2,589 35.7% | 4,670 64.3% | 7,259 | R+28.7 | |
| Rabun | 2,459 34.6% | 4,642 65.4% | 7,101 | R+30.7 | |
| Crisp | 4,594 64.8% | 2,499 35.2% | 7,093 | D+29.5 | |
| Jefferson | 4,820 71.2% | 1,945 28.8% | 6,765 | D+42.5 | |
| Appling | 1,653 24.9% | 4,997 75.1% | 6,650 | R+50.3 | |
| Pierce | 1,040 16.0% | 5,466 84.0% | 6,506 | R+68.0 | |
| Tattnall | 3,659 56.8% | 2,783 43.2% | 6,442 | D+13.6 | |
| Oglethorpe | 2,342 37.8% | 3,856 62.2% | 6,198 | R+24.4 | |
| Screven | 3,800 61.6% | 2,367 38.4% | 6,167 | D+23.2 | |
| Dade | 1,892 31.0% | 4,209 69.0% | 6,101 | R+38.0 | |
| Berrien | 1,686 27.6% | 4,413 72.4% | 6,099 | R+44.7 | |
| Brantley | 1,237 20.4% | 4,821 79.6% | 6,058 | R+59.2 | |
| McIntosh | 2,358 39.3% | 3,635 60.7% | 5,993 | R+21.3 | |
| Banks | 1,504 25.2% | 4,459 74.8% | 5,963 | R+49.6 | |
| Ben Hill | 3,299 56.9% | 2,495 43.1% | 5,794 | D+13.9 | |
| Brooks | 3,778 65.3% | 2,012 34.7% | 5,790 | D+30.5 | |
| Jasper | 2,701 48.2% | 2,902 51.8% | 5,603 | R+3.6 | |
| Cook | 1,955 36.0% | 3,474 64.0% | 5,429 | R+28.0 | |
| Towns | 1,745 32.9% | 3,556 67.1% | 5,301 | R+34.2 | |
| Early | 3,754 73.6% | 1,345 26.4% | 5,099 | D+47.2 | |
| Crawford | 2,554 51.8% | 2,381 48.2% | 4,935 | D+3.5 | |
| Bleckley | 2,726 55.3% | 2,206 44.7% | 4,932 | D+10.5 | |
| Jeff Davis | 1,214 24.9% | 3,670 75.1% | 4,884 | R+50.3 | |
| Macon | 3,529 76.6% | 1,077 23.4% | 4,606 | D+53.2 | |
| Wilkes | 2,010 44.4% | 2,512 55.6% | 4,522 | R+11.1 | |
| Wilkinson | 2,994 67.1% | 1,471 32.9% | 4,465 | D+34.1 | |
| Twiggs | 3,020 70.1% | 1,286 29.9% | 4,306 | D+40.3 | |
| Terrell | 3,046 71.6% | 1,210 28.4% | 4,256 | D+43.1 | |
| Lincoln | 1,689 40.8% | 2,452 59.2% | 4,141 | R+18.4 | |
| Telfair | 1,890 47.4% | 2,096 52.6% | 3,986 | R+5.2 | |
| Hancock | 3,383 84.9% | 600 15.1% | 3,983 | D+69.9 | |
| Heard | 1,060 27.0% | 2,864 73.0% | 3,924 | R+46.0 | |
| Pulaski | 2,173 57.3% | 1,618 42.7% | 3,791 | D+14.6 | |
| Seminole | 2,694 71.2% | 1,091 28.8% | 3,785 | D+42.4 | |
| Dooly | 2,702 71.7% | 1,069 28.3% | 3,771 | D+43.3 | |
| Evans | 2,168 58.3% | 1,552 41.7% | 3,720 | D+16.6 | |
| Bacon | 720 19.5% | 2,978 80.5% | 3,698 | R+61.1 | |
| Irwin | 1,936 53.3% | 1,699 46.7% | 3,635 | D+6.5 | |
| Charlton | 1,086 31.9% | 2,321 68.1% | 3,407 | R+36.2 | |
| Montgomery | 1,935 56.9% | 1,464 43.1% | 3,399 | D+13.9 | |
| Talbot | 2,470 72.7% | 929 27.3% | 3,399 | D+45.3 | |
| Taylor | 1,968 58.5% | 1,398 41.5% | 3,366 | D+16.9 | |
| Johnson | 1,886 56.1% | 1,476 43.9% | 3,362 | D+12.2 | |
| Candler | 1,978 59.2% | 1,366 40.8% | 3,344 | D+18.3 | |
| Turner | 1,947 58.4% | 1,389 41.6% | 3,336 | D+16.7 | |
| Long | 996 30.4% | 2,275 69.6% | 3,271 | R+39.1 | |
| Jenkins | 2,080 63.6% | 1,189 36.4% | 3,269 | D+27.3 | |
| Marion | 1,882 61.8% | 1,164 38.2% | 3,046 | D+23.6 | |
| Randolph | 2,273 74.9% | 761 25.1% | 3,034 | D+49.8 | |
| Wilcox | 1,665 55.2% | 1,354 44.8% | 3,019 | D+10.3 | |
| Treutlen | 1,688 62.3% | 1,021 37.7% | 2,709 | D+24.6 | |
| Lanier | 963 36.9% | 1,647 63.1% | 2,610 | R+26.2 | |
| Miller | 1,657 64.7% | 905 35.3% | 2,562 | D+29.4 | |
| Atkinson | 820 32.6% | 1,696 67.4% | 2,516 | R+34.8 | |
| Warren | 1,719 69.6% | 752 30.4% | 2,471 | D+39.1 | |
| Clinch | 806 34.7% | 1,519 65.3% | 2,325 | R+30.7 | |
| Calhoun | 1,742 80.8% | 413 19.2% | 2,155 | D+61.7 | |
| Wheeler | 776 38.1% | 1,260 61.9% | 2,036 | R+23.8 | |
| Stewart | 1,515 78.5% | 415 21.5% | 1,930 | D+57.0 | |
| Schley | 853 53.3% | 746 46.7% | 1,599 | D+6.7 | |
| Baker | 1,152 72.5% | 437 27.5% | 1,589 | D+45.0 | |
| Chattahoochee | 985 64.2% | 550 35.8% | 1,535 | D+28.3 | |
| Clay | 1,044 76.8% | 315 23.2% | 1,359 | D+53.6 | |
| Glascock | 635 47.7% | 695 52.3% | 1,330 | R+4.5 | |
| Echols | 244 23.0% | 818 77.0% | 1,062 | R+54.0 | |
| Webster | 743 70.0% | 318 30.0% | 1,061 | D+40.1 | |
| Quitman | 719 70.8% | 297 29.2% | 1,016 | D+41.5 | |
| Taliaferro | 678 75.6% | 219 24.4% | 897 | D+51.2 |
Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Georgia in every House election we hold
| Year | Seats | House vote |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D 5, R 9 | R+5.2 |
| 2022 | D 5, R 9 | R+4.6 |
| 2020 | D 6, R 8 | R+2.0 |
| 2018 | D 5, R 9 | R+4.5 |
| 2016 | D 4, R 10 | R+20.5 |
| 2014 | D 4, R 10 | R+17.0 |
| 2012 | D 5, R 9 | R+18.4 |
| 2010 | D 5, R 8 | R+23.8 |
| 2008 | D 6, R 7 | D+1.7 |
| 2006 | D 6, R 7 | R+9.9 |
| 2004 | D 6, R 7 | R+22.9 |
| 2002 | D 5, R 8 | R+15.1 |
| 2000 | D 3, R 8 | R+24.0 |
| 1998 | D 3, R 8 | R+27.4 |
| 1996 | D 3, R 8 | R+6.5 |
| 1994 | D 4, R 7 | R+9.0 |
| 1992 | D 7, R 4 | D+9.7 |
| 1990 | D 9, R 1 | D+22.7 |