The 2010 Georgia State Senate elections occurred on November 2, 2010, to elect the members to the Georgia State Senate. All fifty-six seats in the state Senate and all 180 seats in the state House were up for two year terms. The winners of this election cycle served in the 151st Georgia General Assembly.
Democrat Tim Golden became a Republican shortly after the election, which gave Republicans a 36–20 majority.
Special elections All the following special elections occurred on May 11, with runoffs to be held on June 8 if necessary.
Senate district 42: Senator David I. Adelman (D) was appointed to serve as United States Ambassador to Singapore and resigned upon being confirmed by the United States Senate. Senate district 49: Senator Lee Hawkins (R) resigned to focus on his campaign for the United States House of Representatives in Georgia's 9th congressional district.
Retiring incumbent Senators Democrats J.B. Powell (District-23): to run for Commissioner of Agriculture Gail Buckner (District-44): to run for Secretary of State of Georgia
Republicans Jeff Chapman (District-3): to run for Governor John Douglas (District-17): to run for the Georgia Public Service Commission Seth Harp (District-29): to run for Insurance Commissioner Dan Weber (District-40): retiring, not seeking other officeThe Dunwoody Crier - Front Ralph Hudgens (District-47): to run for Insurance Commissioner Preston Smith (District-52): to run for state Attorney General Don Thomas (District-54): retiring, not seeking other officeThomas to retire; Williams to seek re-election timesfreepress.com Dan Moody (District-56): retiring, not seeking other officeGeorgia Senate Press Office » Blog Archive » Sen. Dan Moody Will Not Run for State Senate in 2010
Incumbents defeated in primary John J. Wiles (R-District-37) (elected in 2004) was defeated by Lindsey Tippins.7/20/2010 - State Senate
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Governing | November 1, 2010
Election results On election day, one seat changed hands, with Republicans winning the seat formerly held by J. B. Powell.11/2/2010 - State Senate Senator Tim Golden's switch to the Republicans would give them an additional seat, though that is not recorded in the table below. District Incumbent Party Elected Status 2010 candidates 1 Buddy Carter Republican 2009 Re-elected Buddy Carter (R) 70.33% Carry Smith (D) 29.68% 2 Lester G. Jackson Democratic 2008 Re-elected Lester G. Jackson (D) 72.56% Michael Gaster (R) 27.44% 3Jeff Chapman Republican 2004 Retired; Republican hold William Ligon (R) 71.03% Griffin Lotson (D) 28.97% 4 Jack Hill Republican 1990 Re-elected Jack Hill (R) unopposed 5 Curt Thompson Democratic 2004 Re-elected Curt Thompson (D) 64.66% Garry Guan (R) 35.34% 6 Doug Stoner Democratic 2004 Re-elected Doug Stoner (D) 56.51% Beth Pollard (R) 43.49% 7 Greg Goggans Republican 2004 Re-elected Greg Goggans (R) unopposed 8 Tim Golden Democratic 1998 Re-elected Tim Golden (D) unopposed 9 Don Balfour Republican 1992 Re-elected Don Balfour 64.46% (R) Rashid Malik (D) 35.54% 10 Emanuel Jones Democratic 2004 Re-elected Emanuel Jones (D) unopposed 11 John Bulloch Republican 2002 Re-elected John Bulloch (R) unopposed 12 Freddie P. Sims Democratic 2008 Re-elected Freddie P. Sims (D) unopposed 13 John D. Crosby Republican 2008 Re-elected John Crosby (R) unopposed 14 George Hooks Democratic 1990 Re-elected George Hooks (D) unopposed 15 Ed Harbison Democratic 1992 Re-elected Ed Harbison (D) unopposed 16 Ronnie Chance Republican 2004 Re-elected Ronnie Chance (R) unopposed 17John Douglas Republican 2004 Retired; Republican hold Rick Jeffares 64.06% (R) Jim Nichols (D) 35.95% 18 Cecil Staton Republican 2004 Re-elected Cecil Staton (R) unopposed 19 Tommie Williams Republican 1998 Re-elected Tommie Williams (R) unopposed 20 Ross Tolleson Republican 2002 Re-elected Ross Tolleson (R) unopposed 21 Chip Rogers Republican 2004 Re-elected Chip Rogers (R) 80.04% Patrick Thompson (D) 19.96% 22 Hardie Davis Democratic 2010 Re-elected Hardie Davis (D) unopposed 23J.B. Powell Democratic 2004 Retired; Republican pickup Jesse Stone (R) 93.51 Diane Evans (I) 6.49% 24 Bill Jackson Republican 2007 Re-elected Bill Jackson (R) unopposed 25 Johnny Grant Republican 2004 Re-elected Johnny Grant (R) 62.31% Floyd Griffin (D) 37.69% 26 Robert Brown Democratic 1991 Re-elected Robert Brown (D) unopposed 27 Jack Murphy Republican 2006 Re-elected Jack Murphy (R) unopposed 28 Mitch Seabaugh Republican 2000 Re-elected Mitch Seabaugh (R) unopposed 29Seth Harp Republican 2000 Retired; Republican hold Joshua McKoon (R) 65.68% Evelyn Thompson Anderson (D) 34.32% 30 Bill Hamrick Republican 2000 Re-elected Bill Hamrick (R) 67.91% Pat Rhudy (D) 32.09% 31 Bill Heath Republican 2004 Re-elected Bill Heath (R) 72.17% Tracy Gene Bennett (D) 27.83% 32 Judson Hill Republican 2004 Re-elected Judson Hill (R) unopposed 33 Steve Thompson Democratic 1990 Re-elected Steve Thompson (D) 58.71% Craig Prewett (R) 41.29% 34 Valencia Seay Democratic 2002 Running Valencia Seay (D) 74.01% Tiger Billingslea (R) 25.99% 35 Donzella James Democratic 1993/2009 Running Donzella James (D) unopposed 36 Nan Grogan Orrock Democratic 2006 Re-elected Nan Orrock (D) unopposed 37John J. Wiles Republican 2004 Defeated in primary; Republican hold Lindsey Tippins (R) unopposed 38 Horacena Tate Democratic 1998 Re-elected Horacena Tate (D) 64.06% Beth Beskin (R) 35.94% 39 Vincent Fort Democratic 1996 Re-elected Vincent Fort (D) unopposed 40Dan Weber Republican 2004 Retired; Republican hold Fran Millar (R) 65.33% Eric Christ (D) 34.67% 41 Steve Henson Democratic 1990/2002 Re-elected Steve Henson (D) 57.51% Alex Johnson (R) 42.49% 42 Jason Carter Democratic 2010 Re-elected Jason Carter (D) unopposed 43 Ronald Ramsey, Jr. Democratic 2006 Re-elected Ronald Ramsey, Jr. (D) 79.84% Diana Williams (R) 20.16% 44Gail Buckner Democratic 2008 Retired; Democratic hold Gail Davenport (D) 97.17% Carlotta Harrell (I) 2.83% 45 Renee Unterman Republican 2002 Re-elected Renee Unterman (R) unopposed 46 William Cowsert Republican 2006 Re-elected William Cowsert (R) unopposed 47Ralph Hudgens Republican 2002 Retired; Republican hold Frank Ginn (R) 65.33% Tim Riley (D) 34.67% 48 David Shafer Republican 2002 Re-elected David Shafer (R) unopposed 49 Butch Miller Republican 2010 Re-elected Butch Miller (R) unopposed 50 Jim Butterworth Republican 2008 Re-elected Jim Butterworth (R) unopposed 51Chip Pearson Republican 2004 Retired; Republican hold Steve Gooch (R) 81.92% Joseph Mann (D) 18.08% 52Preston Smith Republican 2002 Retired; Republican hold Barry Loudermilk (R) 75.06% Mike Burton (D) 24.94% 53 Jeff Mullis Republican 2000 Re-elected Jeff Mullis (R) unopposed 54Don Thomas Republican 1996 Retired; Republican hold Charlie Bethel (R) unopposed 55 Gloria Butler Democratic 1998 Re-elected Gloria Butler (D) unopposed 56Dan Moody Republican 2002 Retired; Republican hold John Albers (R) unopposed
See also United States elections, 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2010 Georgia elections, 2010 Georgia gubernatorial election, 2010 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2010 Georgia Secretary of State election, 2010 Georgia House of Representatives election, 2010 Elections in Georgia (U.S. state) List of Georgia state legislatures
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External links Secretary of State of Georgia elections website - Voter registration information, polling place lookup, and election results. Imagine Election - Find out which candidates will appear on your ballot - search by address or zip code.