1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia explained

Election Name:1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia
Country:Georgia (U.S. state)
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1994 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia
Previous Year:1994
Next Election:1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia
Next Year:1998
Seats For Election:All 11 Georgia seats to the United States House of Representatives
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Last Election1:7
Seats Before1:8
Seats1:8
Popular Vote1:1,151,993
Percentage1:53.26%
Swing1: 1.26%
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Last Election2:4
Seats Before2:3
Seats2:3
Popular Vote2:1,011,190
Percentage2:46.75%
Swing2: 1.27%
Map Size:250px

The 1996 House elections in Georgia occurred on November 5, 1996, 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 1996 (including one election in Georgia), the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Following the United States Supreme Court's ruling in the 1995 case Miller v. Johnson, the Second, based in Southwest Georgia, and then-Eleventh districts, which previously stretched from Atlanta to Savannah, were dismantled after being found unconstitutional for violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, according to the interpretation in Shaw v. Reno. As a result, these and neighboring districts were redrawn prior to the 1996 elections.

Though Cynthia McKinney's (D) district (renumbered as the Fourth) remained heavily Democratic, Representative Sanford Bishop (D-GA-2) however became more vulnerable when his district was reconfigured from being a Majority-minority district into a Majority-White district. At the same time, Freshmen Republican Representatives Saxby Chambliss (GA-8) and Charlie Norwood (GA-10) also faced more competitive races when many of the African-American populated areas previously included in the two aforementioned districts were incorporated into each of their districts.

Despite the reconfigurations in the Second, Eighth, and Tenth districts, all three incumbents were re-elected by close margins.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 1996[1]
PartyVotesPercentageSeats beforeSeats after+/–
Republican1,151,993 53.255%88±0
Democratic1,011,19046.746%33±0
Others00.0%00
Valid votes--%
Invalid or blank votes--%
Totals2,163,183100.00%1111-
Voter turnout

Results

DistrictIncumbentPartyElectedStatusResult
Georgia's 1stJack KingstonRepublican1992Re-electedJack Kingston (R) 68.21%
Rosemary Kaszans (D) 31.79%
Georgia's 2ndSanford BishopDemocratic1992Re-electedSanford Bishop (D) 53.97%
Darrel Ealum (R) 46.03%
Georgia's 3rdMac CollinsRepublican1992Re-electedMac Collins (R) 61.11%
Jim Chafin (D) 38.89%
Georgia's 4thCynthia McKinneyDemocratic1992Re-electedCynthia McKinney (D) 57.76%
John Mitnick (R) 42.24%
Georgia's 5thJohn LewisDemocratic1986Re-electedJohn Lewis (D) unopposed
Georgia's 6thNewt GingrichRepublican1978Re-electedNewt Gingrich (R) 57.80%
Michael Coles (D) 42.20%
Georgia's 7thBob BarrRepublican1994Re-electedBob Barr (R) 57.80%
Charlie Watts (D) 42.20%
Georgia's 8thSaxby ChamblissRepublican1994Re-electedSaxby Chambliss (R) 52.56%
Jim Wiggins (D) 47.44%
Georgia's 9thNathan DealRepublican1992Re-electedNathan Deal (R) 65.55%
Ken Poston (D) 34.45%
Georgia's 10thCharlie NorwoodRepublican1994Re-electedCharlie Norwood (R) 52.34%
David Bell (D) 47.65%
Georgia's 11thJohn LinderRepublican1992Re-electedJohn Linder (R) 64.31%
Tommy Stephenson (D) 35.69%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election results 1996 . 2010-11-26 . 2010-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101022135351/http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/1996_1105/federal.htm . dead .