| Election Name: | 2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election |
| Country: | Georgia (U.S. state) |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia#District 10 |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia#District 10 |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Election Date: | June 19, 2007 |
| Nominee1: | Paul Broun |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 23,529 |
| Percentage1: | 50.4% |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 23,135 |
| Percentage2: | 49.6% |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Charlie Norwood |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Paul Broun |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
On June 19, 2007, the U.S. state of Georgia held a special election to fill a vacancy in Georgia's 10th congressional district. A runoff was held on July 17 with Paul Broun defeating Jim Whitehead by less than 1%.[1]
The vacancy was created by the death of incumbent Republican Charlie Norwood.[2] Norwood won reelection in 2006 with 67% of the vote.
Since this is a nonpartisan special election, all candidates for the election were listed alphabetically, though their party affiliations are noted on the ballot.[3] According to Georgia law, to win outright, a candidate needed a majority vote; since no candidate won more than 50% of the vote, the top two finishers competed in a runoff election on July 17, 2007.
The following candidates were on the June 19 ballot.[3] [4] They are listed here alphabetically: first by party, then by name.
No candidate received a majority in the June 19 election so a runoff between Republicans Jim Whitehead and Paul Broun was held on July 17. Democrat James Marlow, the third-place finisher, had the right to request a recount within 48 hours of the official certification of the election results on June 25, 2007, due to the very small difference in total votes for himself and Broun,[5] but did not do so.[6]
The official returns for the June 19 election and the July 17 run-off are:
| Candidate | Party | General election[7] | Run-off[8] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| align=left | Jim Whitehead | align=left | Republican | 23,555 | 43.51 | 23,135 | 49.58 |
| align=left | Paul Broun | align=left | Republican | 11,208 | 20.70 | 23,529 | 50.42 |
| align=left | James Marlow | align=left | Democratic | 11,010 | 20.34 | ||
| align=left | Denise Freeman | align=left | Democratic | 2,574 | 4.76 | ||
| align=left | Evita Paschall | align=left | Democratic | 1,778 | 3.28 | ||
| align=left | Bill Greene | align=left | Republican | 1,635 | 3.02 | ||
| align=left | Nate Pulliam | align=left | Republican | 913 | 1.69 | ||
| align=left | Jim Sendelbach | align=left | Libertarian | 710 | 1.31 | ||
| align=left | Mark Myers | align=left | Republican | 378 | 0.70 | ||
| align=left | Erik Underwood | align=left | Republican | 376 | 0.70 | ||