Georgia												Total Vote	Turnout '98-'02
	Registered	Voting
1998	3,910,740	1,792,748	45.8417%
2002	3,758,717	2,048,998	54.5132%
	152,023	(256,250)	-8.6716%
Ga. Gov. 98	Millner (R)	Barnes (D)	Cashin (Lib)									Governor 98
	790,141	941,076	61,531									1,792,748
	44.0743%	52.4935%	3.4322%	0.0000%	0.0000%							61,531
Ga. Gov. 02	Perdue - Rep	Barnes (D)	Gary Hayes - L									Governor 02	(234,776)
	1,042,221	937,335	47,968	0							2,048,998	2,027,524	(21,474)
	51.4036%	46.2305%	2.3658%	0.0000%							Ind. total	47,968
Difference	(252,080)	3,741	13,563	0
Ga. Sen. 98	Coverdell (R)	Coles (D)	Loftman (Lib)									Senate 98
	918,540	791,904	43,467									1,753,911
	52.3710%	45.1508%	2.4783%									43467
Ga. Sen. 02	Chambliss - Rep	Cleland (D)	Thomas (Lib)									Senate 02	(277,693)
	1,071,352	932,422	27,830								2,048,998	2,031,604	(17,394)
	52.7343%	45.8959%	1.3699%								Ind. total	27,830
Difference	(152,812)	(140,518)	15,637
Ga. Lt. Gov. 98	Skandalakis (R)	Taylor (D)	Russell (Lib)	Novosel (Ref)								Lt. Gov. 98
	676,358	990,496	79,174	11,705								1,757,733
	38.4790%	56.3508%	4.5043%	0.6659%								90,879
Ga. Lt. Gov. 02	Stancil - Rep	Howard (D)	Galloway (L)									Lt. Gov. 02	(250,652)
	914,825	1,041,500	52,060								2,048,998	2,008,385	(40,613)
	45.5503%	51.8576%	2.5921%								Ind. total	52060
Difference	(238,467)	(51,004)	27,114
Ga. SoS 98	McCallum (R)	Cathy Cox (D)	Antieau (Lib)									SecofState 98
	703,941	983,905	50,281									1,738,127
	40.5000%	56.6072%	2.8928%									50,281
Ga. SoS 02	Bailey - Rep	Cathy Cox (D)	Mike Pitts (L)									SecofState 02	(268,376)
	717,881	1,225,505	63,117								2,048,998	2,006,503	(42,495)
	35.7777%	61.0767%	3.1456%								Ind. total	63117
Difference	(13,940)	(241,600)	(12,836)
Ga. At. Gen. 98	Ralston (R)	Baker (D)	Chandler (Lib)									Att. Gen. 98
	786,669	883,932	66,485									1,737,086
	45.2867%	50.8859%	3.8274%	0.0000%								66,485
Ga. At. Gen. 02	Goessling - Rep	Baker (D)										Att. Gen. 02	(232,459)
	875,538	1,094,007									2,048,998	1,969,545	(79,453)
	44.4538%	55.5462%									Ind. total	0
Difference	(88,869)	(210,075)
Ga. Com. Ag. 98	Bob Greer (R)	Irvin (D)	Mark Bierley (Lib)									Comm. Agric.98
	585,655	1,085,694	57,321									1,728,670
	33.8789%	62.8052%	3.3159%									57,321
Ga. Com. Ag. 02	Strickland - R	Irvin (D)	Doug Morton - L									Comm. Ag. 2002	(256,905)
	777,068	1,138,978	69,529								2,048,998	1,985,575	(63,423)
	39.1357%	57.3626%	3.5017%								Ind. total	69,529
Difference	(191,413)	(53,284)	(12,208)
Ga. Com. Ins.98	Oxendine (R)	Canty (D)	Batchelder (Lib)									Comm. Ins.1998
	1,017,602	651,891	59,170									1,728,663
	58.8664%	37.7107%	3.4229%									59,170
Ga. Com. Ins.02	Oxendine (R)	Lois Cohen (D)	Forren - L									Com. Ins. 2002	(261,644)
	1,275,373	658,027	56,907								2,048,998	1,990,307	(58,691)
	64.0792%	33.0616%	2.8592%								Ind. total	56,907
Difference	(257,771)	(6,136)	2,263
Ga. Sch.Supt.98	Schrenko (R)	Joe Martin (D)	Cartwright (Lib)									School Supt.98
	857,321	794,324	76,800									1,728,445
	49.6007%	45.9560%	4.4433%									76,800
Ga. Sch.Supt.02	Kathy Cox - R	Christmas (D)	Krogseng - L									School Supt. 02	(274,621)
	1,086,234	859,925	56,907								2,048,998	2,003,066	(45,932)
	54.2286%	42.9304%	2.8410%								Ind. total	56,907
Difference	(228,913)	(65,601)	19,893
Ga. Com. Lab.98	Collins (R)	Thurmond (D)										Com. of Labor98
	802,242	894,656										1,696,898
	47.2770%	52.7230%	0.0000%	0.0000%								0
Ga. Com. Lab.02	McGee - R	Thurmond (D)	Costa (Ind)									Labor Comm 02	(273,933)
	896,378	1,007,743	66,710								2,048,998	1,970,831	(78,167)
	45.4822%	51.1329%	3.3849%								Ind. total	66,710
Difference	(94,136)	(113,087)	(66,710)
Ga. PSC 1 98	Baker (R)	Anna Hargis (D)										PSC 1 1998
	927,696	746,081										1,673,777
	55.4253%	44.5747%	0.0000%									0
Ga. PSC 1 02	Everett - R	Sizemore (D)										PSC 1 2002	(247,631)
	1,008,019	913,389	0	0							2,048,998	1,921,408	(127,590)
	52.4625%	47.5375%	0.0000%	0.0000%							Ind. total	0
Difference	(80,323)	(167,308)	0	0
Ga. PSC 2 02	Speir - Rep	Durden (D)	Goldin (Lib)									PSC 2
	919,375	883,754	196,197									1,999,326
	45.98%	44.20%	9.81%									196197
Ga. PSC 2 94	Wise (R)	Rowan (D)										PSC 2 1994	601269
	705,317	692,740	0	0								1,398,057
	50.4498%	49.5502%	0.0000%	0.0000%							Ind. total	2.93874E-39
Difference	214,058	191,014	196,197	(0)
Ga. House 1-98	Kingston (R)	No Democrat								Race Total
	92,229	0								92,229
	100.0000%	0.0000%
Ga. House 1-02	Kingston (R)	Don Smart (D)	Write-in								(51,458)
	103,661	40,026	0						143,687
	72.1436%	27.8564%	0.0000%
	(11,432)	(40,026)	(0)
Ga. House 2-98	McCormick (R)	Bishop (D)								Race Total
	59,306	77,953								137,259
	43.2074%	56.7926%
Ga. House 2-02	No Republican	Bishop (D)	Write-in								34,334
	0	102,925	0						102,925
	0.0000%	100.0000%	0.0000%
	59,306	(24,972)	(0)
Ga. House 3-98	Mac Collins (R)	No Democrat								Race Total
	123,064	0								123,064
	100.0000%	0.0000%
Ga. House 3-02	Calder Clay - R	Marshall (D)	Write-in								(26,196)
R to D	73,866	75,394	0						149,260
	49.4881%	50.5119%	0.0000%
	49,198	(75,394)	(0)
Ga. House 4-98	Warren (R)	McKinney (D)								Race Total
	64,146	100,622								164,768
	38.9311%	61.0689%	0.0000%
Ga. House 4-02	Van Auken - R	Majette (D)									11,521
	35,202	118,045	0						153,247
	22.9708%	77.0292%	0.0000%
	28,944	(17,423)	(0)
Ga. House 5-98	Lewis Sr. (R)	Lewis (D)								Race Total
	29,877	109,177								139,054
	21.4859%	78.5141%	0.0000%
Ga. House 5-02	No Republican	Lewis (D)	Write-in								22,795
	0	116,259	0						116,259
	0.0000%	100.0000%	0.0000%
	29,877	(7,082)	(0)
Ga. House 6-98	Gingrich (R)	Pelphrey (D)								Race Total
	164,966	68,366								233,332
	70.7001%	29.2999%	0.0000%
Ga. House 6-02	Isakson - Rep	Weisberger (D)	Write-in								28,603
	163,525	41,204	0						204,729
	79.8739%	20.1261%	0.0000%
	1,441	27,162	(0)
Ga. House 7-98	Bob Barr (R)	Williams (R)								Race Total
	85,982	69,293								155,275
	55.3740%	44.6260%
Ga. House 7-02	Linder - Rep	Mike Berlon (D)	Write-in								(20,846)
	138,997	37,124	0						176,121
	78.9213%	21.0787%	0.0000%
	(53,015)	32,169	(0)
										Race Total
Ga. House 8-98	Chambliss (R)	Ronald Cain (D)
	87,993	53,079								141,072
	62.3745%	37.6255%	0.0000%
Ga. House 8-02	Mac Collins - R	Petrakopoulos D									(40,855)
	142,505	39,422	0						181,927
	78.3309%	21.6691%	0.0000%
	(54,512)	13,657	(0)
Ga. House 9-98	Nathan Deal (R)	No Democrat								Race Total
	122,713	0								122,713
	100.0000%	0.0000%
Ga. House 9-02	Norwood - Rep	Barry Irwin (D)	Write-in								(46,574)
	123,313	45,974	0						169,287
	72.8426%	27.1574%	0.0000%
	(600)	(45,974)	(0)
Ga. House 10-98	Norwood (R)	Freeman (D)								Race Total
	88,527	60,004								148,531
	59.6017%	40.3983%
Ga. House 10-02	Nathan Deal - R	No Democrat	Write-in								19,289
	129,242	0	0						129,242
	100.0000%	0.0000%	0.0000%
	(40,715)	60,004	(0)
Ga. House 11-98	John Linder (R)	Littman (D)								Race Total
	120,909	53,510								174,419
	69.3210%	30.6790%
Ga. House 11-02	Gingrey - Rep	Roger Kahn (D)	Write-in								39,985
	69,427	65,007	0						134,434
	51.6439%	48.3561%	0.0000%
	51,482	(11,497)	(0)
No District 98										Race Total
	0	0								0
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Ga. House 12-02	Max Burns - Rep	Walker (D)	Write-in								(140,383)
	77,479	62,904	0						140,383
	55.1912%	44.8088%	0.0000%
	(77,479)	(62,904)	(0)
No District 98										Race Total
	0	0								0
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Ga. House 13-02	Clay Cox - Rep	David Scott (D)	Write-in								(117,416)
	47,405	70,011	0						117,416
	40.3735%	59.6265%	0.0000%
	(47,405)	(70,011)	(0)
Total Georgia												House 1998
1998	1,039,712	592,004	0	0					House 2002			1,631,716	(287,201)
2002	1,104,622	814,295	0	0				2,048,998	1,918,917
	(64,910)	(222,291)	(0)	0.00
Georgia House	Republicans	Democrats	Unopposed Reps.	Unopposed Dems.	Total Unopposed	%
1998	8	3	3	0	3	27.2727%
2002	8	5	1	2	3	23.0769%
	0	-2	2	-2	0	4.1958%
Questions							Yes		No
Ga. Amend. #1	Tax defaulters ineligible to hold public office.						1,523,555	78.7447%	411,249			1,934,804	0.09
Ga. Amend. #6	Dog and cat sterilization funded by license plates.						1,355,656	70.8639%	557,387			1,913,043	0.18
Ga. Refer. B	Extend tax exemption for spouses of war dead military.						1,584,030	82.9725%	325,072			1,909,102	0.27
Ga. Amend. #4	Allow different tax rates for contaminated properties.						1,304,957	68.5624%	598,357			1,903,314	0.36
Ga. Refer. A	Ad valorem school tax exemption for >62, <$10,000 net income						1,511,004	79.6090%	387,028			1,898,032	0.45
Ga. Refer. E	Increase tax exemption for personal property from $500 to $7,500.						1,353,577	72.1733%	521,876			1,875,453	0.55
Ga. Amend. #3	Allow tax incentives to encourage redevelopment of blighted property.						1,114,489	59.5872%	755,860			1,870,349	0.64
Ga. Amend. #2	Allow separate valuations for qualified affordable residential developments.						857,769	46.1223%	1,002,000			1,859,769	0.73
Ga. Refer. C	Exempt medical societies and non-profit historical museums from property taxes.						832,900	44.8316%	1,024,940			1,857,840	0.82
Ga. Refer. D	Exempt commercial fishing vessels from property tax.						610,092	33.0667%	1,234,940			1,845,032	0.91
Ga. Amend  #5	Allow different tax rates for dockside facilities/ seafood processing.						797,461	43.3080%	1,043,909			1,841,370	1.00
Ga. #1 in '98	Provide for Land, Water, Wildlife and Recreation Heritage Fund						770,192	46.8146%	875,003			1,645,195
Legislature	Republicans	Democrats	Unopposed Inds.	Unopposed Reps.	Unopposed Dems.	Total Unopposed
Ga. Senate 98	23	32	0	12	17	29	90.6250%
Ga. Senate 02	26	30	0	14	15	29	96.6667%
	-3	2	0	-2	2	0	-6.0417%
Ga. Reps. 98	78	102	0	53	53	106	58.8889%
Ga. Reps. 02	73	107	1	48	59	107	59.1160%
	5	-5	-1	5	-6	-1	-0.2271%
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