On June 19, 2007, the U.S. state of
Georgia
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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%.
History
The vacancy was created by the death of incumbent
Republican Charlie Norwood. Norwood won reelection in
2006
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January
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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
*
Paul Broun –
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, nominee for
GA-03 in
1990, candidate in
1992
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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 –
Realtor
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& previous candidate
*Nate Pulliam – Former soldier in the
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&
Realtor
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*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,
[Georgia state law â€]
O.C.G.A. 21-2-495
but did not do so.
The official returns for the June 19 election and the July 17 run-off are:
See also
*
List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
References
External links
Candidate Web Sites
Democratic
Denise Freeman for Congress web siteJames Marlow for Congress web siteEvita Paschall for Congress web site
Libertarian
Jim Sendelbach for Congress web site
Republican
Paul Broun for Congress web siteBill Greene for Congress web siteMark Myers for Congress web siteNate Pulliam for Congress web siteErik Underwood for Congress web siteJim Whitehead for Congress web site
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