Friday, December 10, 2010

Election 2010

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Georgia 1st District Profile

New York Times Race Profile FiveThirtyEight Forecast Primary Results Runoff Results Other Georgia Races
Democrat
Oscar L. Harris II
Republican Incumbent
Jack Kingston
New York Times Race Rating
Solid Republican
FiveThirtyEight Model
100%
Chance of Republican win
Currently held by
Jack Kingston
On election night, view live Georgia 1st District election results.

Incumbent Voting Record

Jack Kingston (R) seeking re-election after holding the seat for years.

Major Bills Incumbent Vote All Republicans
HEALTH CARE BILL No Yes: 0 No: 178
STIMULUS PACKAGE No Yes: 0 No: 177
TARP No Yes: 91 No: 108
ENERGY BILL No Yes: 8 No: 168

Campaign Finances

Oscar L. Harris II
 
Jack Kingston
as of Nov. 22
Raised N.A. $994,130
Spent N.A. $663,710
Cash On Hand N.A. $1,030,170
Contributors
Top Five Industries
More Details »
N/A
$0
Health Professionals
$47,300
N/A
$0
Crop Production & Basic Processing
$41,650
N/A
$0
Defense Electronics
$37,800
N/A
$0
Insurance
$37,000
N/A
$0
Lobbyists
$36,245
  More »
Top Five Contributors
More Details »
N/A
$0
General Dynamics
$11,500
N/A
$0
AFLAC Inc
$10,000
N/A
$0
Alliant Techsystems
$10,000
N/A
$0
American Assn of Orthopaedic Surgeons
$10,000
N/A
$0
American Bankers Assn
$10,000
  More »
Sources: Federal Election Commission; OpenSecrets.org

Previous Election Results

House Democrats Republicans
2008 33% Gillespie 67% Kingston
2006 32% Nelson 69% Kingston
2004 100% Kingston
2002 28% Smart 72% Kingston

July 20 Primary Candidates

Democrat Oscar L. Harris II uncontested
Republican Jack Kingston uncontested

FiveThirtyEight Forecast

  Harris Kingston
Projected Vote
Margin of Error: ± 8.9%
 26.7% 70.7%
Chance of Winning Seat
0.0%
100.0%
Forecast History and Poll Details »

District Demographics

Race and ethnicity District U.S.
White 68.1%
65.9%
Black 24.2%
12.1%
Hispanic 4.9%
15.1%
Asian 1.0%
4.3%
Native American 0.2%
0.7%
Income District U.S.
Median income $43,481
$52,175
Poverty rate 12.7%
9.6%
Below $25,000 27.2%
23.2%
$25,000-$50,000 27.7%
24.8%
$50,000-$100,000 30.0%
31.2%
$100,000-$200,000 11.6%
16.6%
$200,000 or more 2.0%
4.2%
Education District U.S.
High school graduate 81.8%
84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher 19.4%
27.4%
Age District U.S.
Under 18 26.7%
24.5%
65 and older 11.3%
12.6%

Source: Census Bureau