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Elections were held on November 2, 2010, to determine Georgia's 13 members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th United States Congress from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013. Primary elections were held on July 20, 2010, and primary runoff elections were held on August 10, 2010.[1]
Of the 13 elections, the races in the 2nd and 8th districts were rated as competitive by CQ Politics,[2] The Rothenberg Political Report,[3] and Sabato's Crystal Ball,[4][5] and the 2nd, 8th and 12th districts were rated as competitive by The Cook Political Report.[6] Of Georgia's thirteen incumbents, eleven were re-elected,[7] while one (John Linder of the 7th district) did not seek re-election[8] and one (Jim Marshall of the 8th district) unsuccessfully sought re-election.[9]
In total, eight Republicans and five Democrats were elected.[7] A total of 2,468,680 votes were cast, of which 1,528,142 (61.90 percent) were for Republican candidates, 940,347 (38.09 percent) were for Democratic candidates and 191 (0.01 percent) were for write-in candidates.[10]
- ^ "Georgia 2010 Elections and Voter Registration Calendar" (PDF). DeKalb County, Georgia. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ^ "Race Ratings Chart: House". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "House Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. November 1, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "Georgia (02) House 2010". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "Georgia (08) House 2010". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "2010 competitive House race chart". The Cook Political Report. October 26, 2010. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ a b "Georgia". The New York Times. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ Galloway, Jim (February 27, 2010). "John Linder announces retirement from Congress". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ Abdullah, Halimah (December 20, 2010). "After November defeat, Marshall ready to move on". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "Statistics of the congressional election of November 2, 2010". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. June 3, 2011. p. 14. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
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