2010 Georgia State Senate election


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.

Retiring incumbent Senators

Democrats

On election day, one seat changed hands with Republicans winning the seat formerly held by J. B. Powell. Senator Tim Golden's switch to the Republicans would give them an additional seat, though that is not recorded in the table below.
DistrictIncumbentPartyElectedStatus2010 Candidates
1Buddy CarterRepublican2009Re-electedBuddy Carter 70.33%
Carry Smith 29.68%
2Lester G. JacksonDemocratic2008Re-electedLester G. Jackson 72.56%
Michael Gaster 27.44%
3Jeff ChapmanRepublican2004Retired; Republican holdWilliam Ligon 71.03%
Griffin Lotson 28.97%
4Jack HillRepublican1990Re-electedJack Hill unopposed
5Curt ThompsonDemocratic2004Re-electedCurt Thompson 64.66%
Garry Guan 35.34%
6Doug StonerDemocratic2004Re-electedDoug Stoner 56.51%
Beth Pollard 43.49%
7Greg GoggansRepublican2004Re-electedGreg Goggans unopposed
8Tim GoldenDemocratic1998Re-electedTim Golden unopposed
9Don BalfourRepublican1992Re-electedDon Balfour 64.46%
Rashid Malik 35.54%
10Emanuel JonesDemocratic2004Re-electedEmanuel Jones unopposed
11John BullochRepublican2002Re-electedJohn Bulloch unopposed
12Freddie P. SimsDemocratic2008Re-electedFreddie P. Sims unopposed
13John D. CrosbyRepublican2008Re-electedJohn Crosby unopposed
14George HooksDemocratic1990Re-electedGeorge Hooks unopposed
15Ed HarbisonDemocratic1992Re-electedEd Harbison unopposed
16Ronnie ChanceRepublican2004Re-electedRonnie Chance unopposed
17John DouglasRepublican2004Retired; Republican holdRick Jeffares 64.06%
Jim Nichols 35.95%
18Cecil StatonRepublican2004Re-electedCecil Staton unopposed
19Tommie WilliamsRepublican1998Re-electedTommie Williams unopposed
20Ross TollesonRepublican2002Re-electedRoss Tolleson unopposed
21Chip RogersRepublican2004Re-electedChip Rogers 80.04%
Patrick Thompson 19.96%
22Hardie DavisDemocratic2010Re-electedHardie Davis unopposed
23J.B. PowellDemocratic2004Retired; Republican pickupJesse Stone 93.51
Diane Evans 6.49%
24Bill JacksonRepublican2007Re-electedBill Jackson unopposed
25Johnny GrantRepublican2004Re-electedJohnny Grant 62.31%
Floyd L. Griffin 37.69%
26Robert BrownDemocratic1991Re-electedRobert Brown unopposed
27Jack MurphyRepublican2006Re-electedJack Murphy unopposed
28Mitch SeabaughRepublican2000Re-electedMitch Seabaugh unopposed
29Seth HarpRepublican2000Retired; Republican holdJoshua McKoon 65.68%
Evelyn Thompson Anderson 34.32%
30Bill HamrickRepublican2000Re-electedBill Hamrick 67.91%
Pat Rhudy 32.09%
31Bill HeathRepublican2004Re-electedBill Heath 72.17%
Tracy Gene Bennett 27.83%
32Judson HillRepublican2004Re-electedJudson Hill unopposed
33Steve ThompsonDemocratic1990Re-electedSteve Thompson 58.71%
Craig Prewett 41.29%
34Valencia SeayDemocratic2002RunningValencia Seay 74.01%
Tiger Billingslea 25.99%
35Donzella JamesDemocratic1993/2009RunningDonzella James unopposed
36Nan Grogan OrrockDemocratic2006Re-electedNan Orrock unopposed
37John J. WilesRepublican2004Defeated in primary; Republican holdLindsey Tippins unopposed
38Horacena TateDemocratic1998Re-electedHoracena Tate 64.06%
Beth Beskin 35.94%
39Vincent FortDemocratic1996Re-electedVincent Fort unopposed
40Dan WeberRepublican2004Retired; Republican holdFran Millar 65.33%
Eric Christ 34.67%
41Steve HensonDemocratic1990/2002Re-electedSteve Henson 57.51%
Alex Johnson 42.49%
42Jason CarterDemocratic2010Re-electedJason Carter unopposed
43Ronald Ramsey, Jr.Democratic2006Re-electedRonald Ramsey, Jr. 79.84%
Diana Williams 20.16%
44Gail BucknerDemocratic2008Retired; Democratic holdGail Davenport 97.17%
Carlotta Harrell 2.83%
45Renee UntermanRepublican2002Re-electedRenee Unterman unopposed
46William CowsertRepublican2006Re-electedWilliam Cowsert unopposed
47Ralph HudgensRepublican2002Retired; Republican holdFrank Ginn 65.33%
Tim Riley 34.67%
48David ShaferRepublican2002Re-electedDavid Shafer unopposed
49Butch MillerRepublican2010Re-electedButch Miller unopposed
50Jim ButterworthRepublican2008Re-electedJim Butterworth unopposed
51Chip PearsonRepublican2004Retired; Republican holdSteve Gooch 81.92%
Joseph Mann 18.08%
52Preston SmithRepublican2002Retired; Republican holdBarry Loudermilk 75.06%
Mike Burton 24.94%
53Jeff MullisRepublican2000Re-electedJeff Mullis unopposed
54Don ThomasRepublican1996Retired; Republican holdCharlie Bethel unopposed
55Gloria ButlerDemocratic1998Re-electedGloria Butler unopposed
56Dan MoodyRepublican2002Retired; Republican holdJohn Albers unopposed

Vacancies (To be filled before November)

All the following special elections occurred on May 11 with runoffs to be held on June 8 if necessary.

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