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| House1: 435 seats | Senate: 33 seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOP | Dems | Total | GOP | Dems | Total | |
| Confirmed primary challenges | 63 | 32 | 95 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Possible primary challenges | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Open seats* | 7 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 92 |
2. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.
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Contents
2012 election
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2012 fundraising data for GA-02
available when OpenSecrets.org updates for 2012.Race status
Incumbent: Sanford Bishop Incumbent running? Yes Primary challenge? No primary challenge for incumbent. Candidates
Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Sanford Bishop Democratic Confirmed candidate FEC Source July 8, 2011 Mike Keown Republican Out of race Blog Entry Source July 8, 2011 2010 Candidate Rick Allen Republican Confirmed candidate FEC Source December 8, 2011 2010 Primary Candidate John House Republican Confirmed candidate Media Story Source January 23, 2012 (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2012 primary winners 2012 general election winner TBD TBD
2010 election
Candidates
Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Sanford Bishop Democratic Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source March 21, 2009 Lee Ferrell Republican Out GA SOS Source November 1, 2010 2008 Candidate, Lost Primary Mike Keown Republican Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source November 1, 2010 Rick Allen Republican Out GA SOS Source November 1, 2010 Lost Primary (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2010 primary election winners 2010 general election winner Sanford Bishop, Mike Keown Sanford Bishop
2008 election
Incumbent: Sanford Bishop
CandidatesName Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Sanford Bishop Democratic Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 21, 2009 Lee Ferrell Republican Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 21, 2009 (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2008 primary election winners 2008 general election winner Sanford Bishop, Lee Ferrell Sanford Bishop 2008 Presidential election results
Republican Democratic 2000 48% George W. Bush 52% Al Gore 2004 50% George W. Bush 50% John Kerry 2008 46% John McCain 54% Barack Obama District map and incumbent offices
Sanford Bishop's district offices - Albany Towers, Suite 114, 235 Roosevelt Avenue, Albany, GA 31701
229-439-8067 (Phone) (Fax) - 18 Ninth Street, Suite 201, Columbus, GA 31901
706-320-9477 (Phone) (Fax) - 101 South Main Street, Dawson, GA 31742
229-995-3991 (Phone) (Fax) - Federal Building, Room 255, 401 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, GA 31601
229-247-9705 (Phone) (Fax)
District map layers graciously provided by GovTrack.Us.
See the incumbent's page for more contact info.
Articles and resources
See also
- Index for all the Georgia congressional districts and candidates.
- The full House 2012 elections report.
- The RaceTracker homepage.
External articles
Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "GA-02" (link) Want this data? All information is open-source and free (as in beer and speech). Most data is available via API, RDF, CSV or other methods. See details or email us.
Campaign contribution methodology: Information is updated daily from the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org), which downloads their data from the Federal Election Commission on the first weekday of each work week. Candidates must have filed a report with the FEC to show up in the widget and inactive candidates are screened out by CRP. - Albany Towers, Suite 114, 235 Roosevelt Avenue, Albany, GA 31701
