Friday, December 10, 2010

Election 2010

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Georgia 5th District Profile

New York Times Race Profile FiveThirtyEight Forecast Primary Results Runoff Results Other Georgia Races
Democratic Incumbent
John Lewis
Republican
Fenn Little
New York Times Race Rating
Solid Democratic
FiveThirtyEight Model
100%
Chance of Democratic win
Currently held by
John Lewis
On election night, view live Georgia 5th District election results.

Incumbent Voting Record

John Lewis (D) seeking re-election after holding the seat for years.

Major Bills Incumbent Vote All Democrats
HEALTH CARE BILL Yes Yes: 219 No: 34
STIMULUS PACKAGE Yes Yes: 244 No: 11
TARP Yes Yes: 172 No: 63
ENERGY BILL Yes Yes: 211 No: 44

Campaign Finances

John Lewis
as of Nov. 22
Fenn Little
as of Nov. 22
Raised $1,006,080 $107,319
Spent $1,087,680 $98,024
Cash On Hand $294,453 $17,200
Contributors
Top Five Industries
More Details »
Lawyers/Law Firms
$89,600
Retired
$5,350
Health Services/HMOs
$61,250
Misc Finance
$4,000
Health Professionals
$54,950
Accountants
$2,400
Insurance
$46,500
Real Estate
$2,000
Transportation Unions
$36,000
Commercial Banks
$1,600
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Top Five Contributors
More Details »
DaVita Inc
$25,700
Stresser & Assoc
$2,400
Gentiva Health Services
$13,000
Register Financial
$2,000
AFLAC Inc
$10,000
Dixon Hughes
$1,500
American Assn for Justice
$10,000
Mt Vernon Investments
$1,500
American Federation of Teachers
$10,000
Blancard & Calhoun
$1,000
More » More »
Sources: Federal Election Commission; OpenSecrets.org

Previous Election Results

House Democrats Republicans
2008 100% Lewis
2006 100% Lewis
2004 100% Lewis
2002 100% Lewis

100% reporting July 20 Primary Results

Republican Fenn Little 8,729 60%
Kelly Nguyen 5,921 40%
Democrat John Lewis uncontested

Source: Preliminary vote totals from The Associated Press

FiveThirtyEight Forecast

  Lewis Little
Projected Vote
Margin of Error: ± 7.7%
 75.3% 22.0%
Chance of Winning Seat
100.0%
0.0%
Forecast History and Poll Details »

District Demographics

Race and ethnicity District U.S.
White 37.6%
65.9%
Black 50.2%
12.1%
Hispanic 8.1%
15.1%
Asian 2.6%
4.3%
Native American 0.2%
0.7%
Income District U.S.
Median income $50,072
$52,175
Poverty rate 15.2%
9.6%
Below $25,000 25.4%
23.2%
$25,000-$50,000 23.4%
24.8%
$50,000-$100,000 25.1%
31.2%
$100,000-$200,000 15.7%
16.6%
$200,000 or more 9.2%
4.2%
Education District U.S.
High school graduate 84.6%
84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher 42.9%
27.4%
Age District U.S.
Under 18 21.7%
24.5%
65 and older 9.0%
12.6%

Source: Census Bureau