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Election 2024: Georgia incumbents maintain seats in U.S. House

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(The Center Square) – Of the 14 U.S. House of Representative races in Georgia, Republicans maintained their nine seats and Democrats their five.

Incumbents had the advantage on Election Day, with no upsets. Like other races for state House and Senate, experts predicted little upheaval in down-ballot races.

Only District 3 had no incumbent, leaving it open for either party. There, Republican Brian Jack raised significantly more than his Democratic opponent Maura Keller. With all precincts reporting, Jack led 67%-34%.

Jack faced tough opposition in the spring Republican primary, one of five candidates seeking to replace the current Republican officeholder, Drew Ferguson. The primary ended in a runoff with Jake beating out Mike Dugan on June 18.

Ferguson’s four terms were more moderate as compared to Jack’s alignment with former President Donald Trump. Jack, who worked in Trump’s White House and is endorsed by him, has made immigration and the economy key issues for his campaign. Keller ran on progressive policies.In the other 13 districts, incumbents had the funding and the parties’ backing to win.Numbers by the districts:• U.S. House District 1: Republican Earl Carter defeated Democrat challenger Patti Hewitt with 62% of the votes. • U.S. House District 2: Democrat Sanford Bishop Jr. won the race with just 56% of the vote. He was first elected to this seat in 1993. Republican Wayne Johnson gave Bishop a run, despite receiving just a fraction of the campaign funding that Bishop did. • U.S. House District 3: Jack defeated Keller. Jack received 273,000 votes, to Keller’s 139,000. • U.S. House District 4: Hank Johnson, a Democrat, is the incumbent and defeated political newcoer Eugene Yu. Johnson received 76% of the vote, compared to Yu’s 24%. Johnson had held the seat since 2007. • U.S. House District 5: Democratic incumbent Nikema Williams defeated Republican John Salvesen. Williams received nearly 86% of the vote. • U.S. House District 6: Democrat Lucy McBath, first elected in 2022, defeated Republican Jeff Criswell 75%-25%.• U.S. House District 7: Rich McCormick was the Republican incumbent for District 7, unsuccessfully challenged by Democrat Dob Christian. McCormick won by a margin of 30% of the vote. • U.S. House District 8: Republican Austin Scott was first elected to this seat in 2011. Democrat Darrius Butler lost his challenge against Scott, with the incumbent receiving 69% of the vote. Butler brought in 31%. • U.S. House District 9: Republican incumbent Andrew Clyde defeated Democrat Tambrei Cash, getting 69% of the vote. • U.S. House District 10: Incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Collins, first elected two years ago, defeated Democrat Lexy Doherty with 63% of the vote. • U.S. House District 11: Republican incumbent Barry Loudermilk defeated Democrat opponent Katy Stamper with 67% of the votes. • U.S. House District 12: Republican Rick Allen defeated Democrat Liz Johnson 60%-40%. Despite having no challengers in his primary, Allen still raised over $1 million. • U.S. House District 13: David Scott, a Democrat serving District 13 since 2003, garnered 72% of the votes against Republican Jonathan Chavez. He’ll serve for a 12th term. • U.S. House District 14: Incumbent Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defeated Democrat Shawn Harris 64%-36%. She brought in over $8 million over the course of her campaign.

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