On June 19, 2007, the U.S. state of

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held a special election to fill a vacancy in

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. A

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was held on July 17 with

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defeating Jim Whitehead by less than 1%.

History

The vacancy was created by the death of incumbent

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. Norwood won reelection in

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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. 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. They are listed here alphabetically: first by party, then by name.

Democratic

*Denise Freeman –

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minister and

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Democratic nominee *James Marlow –

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Marketing executive *Evita Paschall – Attorney

Libertarian

*Jim Sendelbach –

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Republican

–

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, nominee for GA-03 in

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, candidate in

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, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1996 *William L. Greene – Conservative activist, American political science professor, and faithless elector (2016) *Mark Myers –

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& previous candidate *Nate Pulliam – Former soldier in the

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*Erik Underwood – Former

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& Political consultant * Jim Whitehead – St. Senator, 2005–2007

Results

No candidate received a majority in the June 19 election so a runoff between

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Jim Whitehead and

was held on July 17.

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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 �
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but did not do so. The official returns for the June 19 election and the July 17 run-off are:

References

External links

Candidate Web Sites

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History

Candidates

Democratic

Libertarian

Republican

Results

See also

References

External links

Candidate Web Sites

Democratic

Libertarian

Republican