The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the fourteen

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from the state of Georgia, one from each of the state's fourteen

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. The elections coincided with the

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, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,

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to the

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and various state and

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. The primaries took place on May 24.

Results summary

By district

Results of the general election by district:

District 1

The incumbent was Republican Buddy Carter, who has represented the district since 2015. Carter is running unopposed.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Buddy Carter, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

General election

Results

District 2

The incumbent was Democrat Sanford Bishop, who has represented the district since 1993. Bishop was unchallenged in the primary.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Sanford Bishop, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Greg Duke, optician, former Lee County School Board member and nominee for this seat in

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=Eliminated in primary

= * Diane Vann, army nurse, candidate for Georgia's 8th congressional district in

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and

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=Withdrawn

= * Bobby Scott

Results

General election

Results

District 3

The incumbent was Republican

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, who has represented the district since 2005. Westmoreland announced he would not seek re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Drew Ferguson, former mayor of West Point

=Eliminated in primary

= * Sam Anders *

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, state senator * Chip Flanegan, business owner and candidate for this seat in

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* Richard Mix * Jim Pace * Rod Thomas

=Withdrawn

= * Hayden Marlowe (running for the state senate)

=Declined

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Runoff

Democratic primary

=Eliminated in primary

= *Angela Hicks, truck driver

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *James Neal Harris, retired deputy sheriff with Bibb County Sheriff’s Office and candidate for this seat in

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Results

General election

Results

District 9

The incumbent was Republican Doug Collins, who has represented northeastern Georgia since 2013. He was re-elected with 81% of the vote in 2014.

Republican primary

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Al Gainey considered running against Collins in the Republican primary, following Collins' vote to re-elect

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as Speaker of the House.

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Doug Collins, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Paul Broun, former U.S. Representative and candidate for U.S. Senate in

*Roger Fitzpatrick, school principal and candidate for this seat in

*Bernie Fontaine, candidate for this seat in

*Mike Scupin

=Declined

, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= *Hayden Collins, radio talk show host *Daniel Cowan, businessman *Billy Davis *William Llop,

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and candidate for this seat in

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Don Wilson

Results

General election

Results

District 12

The incumbent was Republican

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Candidates

=Nominee

= * David Scott, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

General election

Results

District 14

The incumbent was Republican

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, who has represented northwestern Georgia since 2010. He was re-elected in 2014 with no general election opposition. Mickey Tuck, an electrician and 1992 Floyd County Commission candidate, is challenging Graves for the Republican nomination.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Allan Levene, businessman and candidate for

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*Mickey Tuck, electrician

Results

General election

Results

References

External links

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