Government
Governor: Roy E. Barnes (D) elected in 1998.
State Legislature: Georgia General Assembly   House: 101D, 78R, 1 vacant  Senate: 34D, 22R
Local: Cities and Counties   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 8R, 3D - 1. J.Kingston (R) | 2. S.Bishop (D) | 3. M.Collins (R) | 4. C.McKinney (D) | 5. J.Lewis (D) | 6. J.Isakson (R) | 7. B.Barr (R) | 8. S.Chambliss (R) | 9. N.Deal (R) | 10. C.Norwood (R) | 11. J.Linder (R).
U.S. Senate: Max Cleland (D) faces re-election in 2002, Zell Miller (D) sought election in 2000.

Changes as of the November 2000 Elections State Legislature: All 180 House seats and all 56 Senate seats up.  Democrats maintained solid majorities in both houses.  House 104D, 74R, 2 Ind.  Senate 32D, 24R. U.S. House: All 11 congresspersons were re-elected. U.S. Senate: Zell Miller (D), appointed after Sen. Paul Coverdell (R)'s death, easily won election.

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Politics1-GA
 

1992

Clinton (Dem.).....1,008,966	(43.47)
Bush (Rep.)...........995,252	(42.88)
Perot (Ind.) ...........309,657	(13.34)
Others (1+w/ins).......7,250	(0.31)
Total........2,321,125

2,690,624 total ballots were cast (difference from total votes for president is 93,991 or 3.5%).

Turnout as a percentage of voting age population was 44.06%.  (U.S. avg: 53.76%).
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Notes.  Only four candidates appeared on the presidential ballot (there were also five certified write-in candidates).  Independent candidates for president were required to submit 38,113 signatures of qualified, registered voters (one percent of the total number of voters registered and eligible to vote in Georgia in the 1996 presidential election). 

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