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1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia

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1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia

← 1996 November 3, 1998 (1998-11-03) 2000 →

All 11 Georgia seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 8 3
Seats won 8 3
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,039,711 592,004
Percentage 63.72% 36.28%
Swing Increase 10.46% Decrease 10.52%

The 1998 House elections in Georgia occurred on November 3, 1998 to elect the members of the State of Georgia's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Georgia had eleven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1990 United States census.

These elections were held concurrently with the United States Senate elections of 1998 (including one election in Georgia), the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Overview

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United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 1998[1]
Party Votes Percentage Seats before Seats after +/–
Republican 1,039,711 63.719% 8 8 ±0
Democratic 592,004 36.281% 3 3 ±0
Others 0 0.0% 0 0
Valid votes - -%
Invalid or blank votes - -%
Totals 1,631,715 100.00% 11 11 -
Voter turnout

Results

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District Incumbent Party Elected Status Result
Georgia's 1st Jack Kingston Republican 1992 Re-elected Jack Kingston (R) unopposed
Georgia's 2nd Sanford Bishop Democratic 1992 Re-elected Sanford Bishop (D) 57%
Joseph McCormick (R) 43%
Georgia's 3rd Mac Collins Republican 1992 Re-elected Mac Collins (R) unopposed
Georgia's 4th Cynthia McKinney Democratic 1992 Re-elected Cynthia McKinney (D) 61%
Sunny Warren (R) 39%
Georgia's 5th John Lewis Democratic 1986 Re-elected John Lewis (D) 79%
John Lewis Sr. (R) 21%
Georgia's 6th Johnny Isakson Republican 1999 Re-elected Newt Gingrich (R) 71%
Gary Pelphrey (D) 29%
Georgia's 7th Bob Barr Republican 1994 Re-elected Bob Barr (R) 55%
James Williams (D) 45%
Georgia's 8th Saxby Chambliss Republican 1994 Re-elected Saxby Chambliss (R) 62%
Ronald Cain (D) 38%
Georgia's 9th Nathan Deal Republican 1992 Re-elected Nathan Deal (R) unopposed
Georgia's 10th Charlie Norwood Republican 1994 Re-elected Charlie Norwood (R) 59%
Marion Freeman (D) 41%
Georgia's 11th John Linder Republican 1992 Re-elected John Linder (R) 69%
Vince Littman (D) 31%

References

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  1. ^ "11/3/98 - Federal and Statewide". Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2010.