2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election
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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]
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June 19, 2007
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 Runoff county results Broun: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Whitehead: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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History
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
The following candidates were on the June 19 ballot.[3][4] They are listed here alphabetically: first by party, then by name.
Democratic
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,[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] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||