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In the 2006 Georgia elections, Incumbent Governor Sonny Perdue, the first Republican Governor of Georgia since reconstruction, was re-elected over then-Lieutenant Governor Mark Taylor (D). Prior to the elections, though Republicans held the Governor's mansion and majorities in both houses of the Georgia General Assembly , Democrats then-held ...
The 2006 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006. Georgia incumbent Republican governor Sonny Perdue ran for re-election to a second and final term as governor. Governor Perdue was renominated by the Republican Party, defeating a minor opponent in the process, while Lieutenant Governor Mark Taylor narrowly emerged victorious ...
In August 2024, the Georgia State Elections Board enacted two new rules that could deputize local election officials more discretion on whether they certify the election, contrary to state and national precedent. The Democratic party has filed a lawsuit to stop the new rules from taking effect, [28] [29] and it was blocked by a judge on October ...
For more than 20 years, Georgia had been a reliably red state in presidential elections — until 2020, when Biden narrowly defeated Trump by just 11,779 votes, a margin of 0.24%, becoming the ...
Four years after the 2020 election, a newly GOP-aligned election board in Georgia is pushing to reinvestigate the state's largest county for its handling of the vote. Georgia's State Election ...
The Democratic primary election was held on 18 July 2006, but as no candidate received a majority of the vote, a run-off election was held between former member of the Georgia House of Representatives Jim Martin and former member of the Georgia State Senate Greg Hecht on 8 August 2006. Candidate Jim Martin received a majority of the votes (62. ...
Millions of people across Georgia are lining up to cast their votes in two state runoff elections that will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. The reason these runoffs are even ...
Several elections took place in the U.S state of Georgia in 2020. The general election was held on November 3, 2020, and the runoff on January 5, 2021. A combined partisan primary for president and all other offices on the ballot was held on June 9, 2020, with a primary runoff held on August 11.