Certified returns for every federal race in Georgia in 2008, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 14 of 15 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Republican
2,048,759
52.2%
Democratic
1,844,123
47.0%
Libertarian
28,731
0.7%
Write-in
1,715
0.0%
Independent (Write-in)
1,158
0.0%
Total
3,924,486
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2008 election page.
U.S. Senate
General Election
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Saxby Chambliss
Republican
1,867,097
49.8%
Jim Martin
Democrat
1,757,393
46.8%
Allen Buckley
Libertarian
127,923
3.4%
Eleanor Garcia
Write-in
43
0.0%
William Salomone, Jr.
Write-in
29
0.0%
Total
3,752,485
The Clerk's recapitulation gives no separate total for this race.
Runoff Election—December 2, 2008
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Saxby Chambliss
Republican
1,228,033
57.4%
Jim Martin
Democrat
909,923
42.6%
Total
2,137,956
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jack Kingston
Republican
165,890
66.5%
Bill Gillespie
Democrat
83,444
33.5%
Total
249,334
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
Democrat
158,435
68.9%
Lee Ferrell
Republican
71,351
31.1%
Total
229,786
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Lynn A. Westmoreland
Republican
225,055
65.7%
Stephen Camp
Democrat
117,522
34.3%
Loretta VanPelt
Write-in
3
0.0%
Total
342,580
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr.
Democrat
224,494
99.9%
Loren Christopher Collins
Write-in
159
0.1%
Faye Coffield
Write-in
35
0.0%
Jacob Perasso
Write-in
6
0.0%
Total
224,694
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Lewis
Democrat
231,368
100.0%
Shira Kash
Write-in
81
0.0%
Jeanne Fitzmaurice
Write-in
25
0.0%
Total
231,474
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tom Price
Republican
231,520
68.5%
Bill Jones
Democrat
106,551
31.5%
Total
338,071
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Linder
Republican
209,354
62.0%
Doug Heckman
Democrat
128,159
38.0%
Total
337,513
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim Marshall
Democrat
157,241
57.2%
Rick Goddard
Republican
117,446
42.8%
Total
274,687
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Nathan Deal
Republican
217,493
75.5%
Jeff Scott
Democrat
70,537
24.5%
Total
288,030
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Paul C. Broun
Republican
177,265
60.7%
Bobby Saxon
Democrat
114,638
39.3%
Total
291,903
District 11
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Phil Gingrey
Republican
204,082
68.2%
Hugh ‘‘Bud’’ Gammon
Democrat
95,220
31.8%
Total
299,302
District 12
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Barrow
Democrat
164,562
66.0%
John Stone
Republican
84,773
34.0%
Total
249,335
District 13
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
David Scott
Democrat
205,919
69.0%
Deborah Honeycutt
Republican
92,320
31.0%
Total
298,239
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2008 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 ca9fea3dc2259cee9ead5e92c78f577f1309b28e07428164121a40521d91c333
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.