Georgia Election Results 2010
Posted Tue, Jul 20, 2010 by Francis Salenga
Roy Barnes, the former governor of Georgia, was selected by his party and was nominated to run as governor. On the other hand, former congressman Nathan Deal and the former state secretary Karen Handel are qualified on the GOP side runoff on august 10.
Attorney General Thurbert Baker was defeated by Barnes along with the other five Democrats getting approximately two-thirds of the votes in the race. Because of a seat currently held by the republican Sonny Perdue, the Democratic Governors Association thrives to be competitive. While the Republicans are still contemplating to whom they will choose to run as their candidate, Barnes’s decisive win give the Democrats hope.
Five rivals were led by both Handel and Deal to the Republican race. With almost four-fifths of the votes tallied, Handel is currently in the lead at 33 percent while Deal is on the Second place bearing a rating of 24 percent of the total votes.
With a little help for the late endorsement of Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, Handel came with a momentum to Tuesday’s voting. However, it is said that the runoff in three weeks can still be anybody’s game according to a wide-open primary.
Newt Gingrich, who is the former congressman and former House Speaker of Georgia, chose to endorse Deal.
John Oxendine, the State Insurance Commissioner, is in the wound up and disappointing fourth place even though he was favored during the campaign.
Austin Scott and Mike Keown, GOP state representatives, won their primaries in the other races that were held in the state. They will face their targeted opponents who are Jim Marshall and Sanford Bishop. Both Scott and Keown drawn attection from the national Republicans, however theirs are not yet considered as one of the top races.
Former DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones and current DeKalb County Commissioner Connie Srokes were defeated by Representative Hank Johnson who won his primary over his said opponents. Johnson suggested that the island of Guam may be capsized from over-population during a congressional hearing. Johnson also battled Hepatitis C and its effects in the last couple of years.
It is also an easy win for Representative John Barrow won his primary. On the other hand, Representative Tom Graves fell short in his votes, so he is expected to a runoff with former state Senator Lee Hawkins whom he beat during the last month’s special elections.
Mike Thurmond, Georgia Labor’s Commissioner, won with the nomination of the Democrats and will face Senator Johnny Isakson in the state’s Senate race that will be held in November. Unless recent Health issues of Isakson will compromise with his campaign, it will be unlikely a competitive race.
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