Political party strength in Georgia (U.S. state)
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Georgia:
- Governor (Gov.)
- Lieutenant Governor (Lt. Gov.)
- Secretary of State (Sec. of State)
- Attorney General (Atty. Gen.)
- State School Superintendent (School Supt.)
- Commissioner of Agriculture (Comm. of Ag.)
- Commissioner of Insurance (Comm. of Ins.)
- Commissioner of Labor (Comm. of Labor)
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State Public Service Commission
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's candidate the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Independent (I), Progressive (P), Republican (R). Darker shading indicates confirmed partisan affiliation or majority; lighter shading indicates likely, but unconfirmed, partisan affiliation or majority.
For a particular year, the noted partisan composition is that which either took office during that year or which maintained the office througout the entire year. Only changes made outside of regularly scheduled elections are noted as affecting the partisan composition during a particular year. Shading is determined by the final result of any mid-cycle changes in partisan affiliation.
Political Party Strength in Georgia | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Gov. | Lt. Gov. | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | School Supt. | Comm. of Ag. | Comm. of Ins. | Comm. of Labor | State Senate | State House | Pub. Ser. Comm. | U.S. Sen. (Class II) | U.S. Sen. (Class III) | U.S. House | Pres. |
2008 | Sonny Perdue (R) | Casey Cagle (R) | Karen Handel (R) | Thurbert Baker (D) | Kathy Cox (R) | Tommy Irvin (D) | John Oxendine (R) | Michael Thurmond (D) | 34R, 22D | 101R, 79D | 5R | Saxby Chambliss (R) | Johnny Isakson (R) | 7R, 6D | |
2007 | R, D | R, D | 7R, 6D; 6R, 6Da; 7R, 6Db | ||||||||||||
2006 | Mark Taylor (D) | Cathy Cox (D) | R, D | R, D | 4R, 1D | 7R, 6D | |||||||||
2005 | 34R, 22D | 96R, 84D; 99R, 81D | |||||||||||||
2004 | R, D | D, R | R, D | Zell Miller (D) | 8R, 5D | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) | |||||||||
2003 | 30D, 26R; 30R, 26Dc | R, D | |||||||||||||
2002 | Roy Barnes (D) | Linda Schrenko (R) | D - | D - | R - | Max Cleland (D) | 8R, 3D | ||||||||
2001 | 32D, 24R | 106D, 74R | R, D | ||||||||||||
2000 | D, R | D, R | R, D | Paul Coverdell (R); Zell Miller (D)l | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) | ||||||||||
1999 | D, R | D, R | R, D | Paul Coverdell (R) | |||||||||||
1998 | Zell Miller (D) | Pierre Howard (D) | Lewis Massey (D)h | Marti Fullerton (D) | D - | D - | R - | ||||||||
1997 | Mike Bowers (R); Thurbert Baker (D)d | David Poythress (D) | D - | D - | R - | ||||||||||
1996 | Mike Bowers (R)f | 36D, 20R | 114D, 66R | R - | Sam Nunn (D) | Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (R) | |||||||||
1995 | D | R - | 7R, 4D; 8R, 3De | ||||||||||||
1994 | D | D | Tim Ryles (D) | 39D, 17R | 128D, 52R | D - | 7D, 4R | ||||||||
1993 | D | Mike Bowers (D) | D | D - | |||||||||||
1992 | D | D | 45D, 11R | 145D, 35R | D - | Wyche Fowler (D) | 9D, 1R | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) | |||||||
1991 | D | D | Al Scott (D) | D - | |||||||||||
1990 | Joe Frank Harris (D) | Zell Miller (D) | D | D | D | Ray Hollingsworth (D) | 45D, 11R | 144D, 36R | D - | ||||||
1989 | D | D | D | Joe Tanner (D) | D - | ||||||||||
1988 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | 8D, 2R | George Bush and Dan Quayle (R) | |||||||
1987 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||||
1986 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Mack Mattingly (R) | ||||||||
1985 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||||
1984 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | 9D, 1R | Ronald Reagan and George Bush (R) | |||||||
1983 | D | D | D | Sam Caldwell (D) | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
1982 | George Busbee (D) | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
1981 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||||
1980 | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Herman Talmadge (D) | Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) | ||||||
1979 | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
1978 | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | 10D | |||||||
1977 | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
1976 | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) | |||||||
1975 | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
1974 | Jimmy Carter (D) | Lester Maddox (D) | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | 9D, 1R | |||||
1973 | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
1972 | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | David H. Gambrell (D); Sam Nunn (D) | 8D, 2R | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) | |||||
1971 | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Richard Russell, Jr. (D); David H. Gambrell (D) | |||||||
1970 | Lester Maddox (D) | George T. Smith (D) | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Richard Russell, Jr. (D) | |||||
1969 | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
1968 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | George Wallace and Curtis LeMay (I) | ||||||
1967 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1966 | Carl Sanders (D) | Peter Zack Geer (D) | D | D | D | D | D | Ben Huiet (D)k | D - | D - | D - | 9D, 1R | |||
1965 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1964 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | 10D | Barry Goldwater and William E. Miller (R) | |||||
1963 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1962 | Ernest Vandiver (D) | Garland T. Byrd (D) | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||
1961 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1960 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson (D) | ||||||
1959 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1958 | Marvin Griffin (D) | Ernest Vandiver (D) | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||
1957 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1956 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Walter F. George (D) | Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver (D) | |||||
1955 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1954 | Herman Talmadge (D)j | Marvin Griffin (D) | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||
1953 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1952 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman (D) | ||||||
1951 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1950 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1949 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1948 | Melvin E. Thompson (D); Herman Talmadge (D)g | Vacant; Melvin E. Thompson | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D) | ||||
1947 | Ellis Arnall (D); Herman Talmadge (D); Melvin E. Thompson (D) | Melvin E. Thompson; Vacantg | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||
1946 | Ellis Arnall (D) | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||
1945 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1944 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) | ||||||
1943 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1942 | Eugene Talmadge (D) | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||
1941 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1940 | Eurith D. Rivers (D) | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) | |||||
1939 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1938 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1937 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1936 | Eugene Talmadge (D) | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) | |||||
1935 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1934 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1933 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1932 | Richard Russell, Jr. (D) | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | William J. Harris (D); John S. Cohen (D) | 12D | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) | |||
1931 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | William J. Harris (D) | ||||||
1930 | Lamartine G. Hardman (D) | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||
1929 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1928 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Al Smith and Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) | ||||||
1927 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1926 | Clifford Walker (D) | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||
1925 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1924 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | John W. Davis and Charles W. Bryan (D) | ||||||
1923 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1922 | Thomas W. Hardwick (D) | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Thomas E. Watson (D); Rebecca Latimer Felton (D); Walter F. George | |||||
1921 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Thomas E. Watson (D) | ||||||
1920 | Hugh M. Dorsey (D) | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | M. Hoke Smith (D) | James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | ||||
1919 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1918 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Thomas W. Hardwick (D) | ||||||
1917 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1916 | Nathaniel E. Harris (D) | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) | |||||
1915 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
1914 | John M. Slaton (D) | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Augustus Octavius Bacon (D); William S. West (D); Thomas W. Hardwick (D) | |||||
1913 | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Augustus Octavius Bacon (D) | ||||||
1912 | Joseph M. Brown (D) | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | 11D | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) | ||||
1911 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Joseph M. Terrell (D); M. Hoke Smith (D) | |||||
1910 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Alexander S. Clay (D); Joseph M. Terrell (D) | |||||
1909 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Alexander S. Clay (D) | |||||
1908 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | William Jennings Bryan and John W. Kern (D) | |||||
1907 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||
1906 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||
1905 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||
1904 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis (D) | |||||
1903 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||
1902 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||
1901 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||
1900 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) | |||||
1899 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||
1898 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||
1897 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||
1896 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | John Brown Gordon (D) | William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall (D) | ||||
1895 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||
1894 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Alfred H. Colquitt (D); Patrick Walsh (D) | |||||
1893 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Alfred H. Colquitt (D) | |||||
1892 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | 9D, 1P | Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) | ||||
1891 | D | D | D | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||
1890 | Joseph E. Brown (D) | 10D | |||||||||||||
1889 | |||||||||||||||
1888 | Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman (D) | ||||||||||||||
1887 | |||||||||||||||
1886 | |||||||||||||||
1885 | |||||||||||||||
1884 | Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) | ||||||||||||||
1883 |
(a) Incumbent Republican Charlie Norwood died.
(b) Republican Paul Broun was elected to succeed Norwood.
(c) Incumbent Democrats Don Cheeks, Dan Lee, Rooney Bowen, and Jack Hill switched parties to Republican between the November 2002 election and the beginning of the legislative session in January 2003.
(d) In 1997 incumbent Republican Mike Bowers resigned; Governor Zell Miller appointed Democrat Thurbert Baker.
(e) In April 1995 incumbent Democrat Nathan Deal switched parties to Republican.
(f) In 1994 Incumbent Democrat Mike Bowers switched parties to Republican.
(g) Position created in 1945, first elected in 1946.
(h) Governor Zell Miller appointed Democrat Lewis Massey.
(i) In 1997 incumbent Republican Mike Bowers resigned; Governor Zell Miller appointed Democrat Thurbert Baker.
(j) Eugene Talmadge was elected to a third term in 1946, but died before taking office. Ellis Arnall, governor at the time, claimed the office, as did Lieutenant Governor Melvin Thompson. The state legislature chose Eugene Talmadge's son, Herman Talmadge, to be governor, but the state supreme court declared this unconstitutional and declared Thompson rightful governor, and Talmadge stepped down after 67 days. Talmadge later defeated Thompson in a special election.
(k) The Georgia Department of Labor was created in 1937 and placed under the control of an elected commissioner.[1]
(l) In 2000 incumbent Republican Paul Coverdell died; Governor Roy Barnes appointed Democrat Zell Miller.
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Politics of Georgia (U.S. state)
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