2010 Georgia gubernatorial election

The 2010 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Republican Governor Sonny Perdue was term-limited and unable to seek re-election. Primary elections for the Republican and Democratic parties took place on July 20. Democrats nominated former Governor Roy Barnes, and Republicans nominated Congressman Nathan Deal following a runoff on August 10. The Libertarian Party also had ballot access and nominated John Monds. Deal won the general election, and took office on January 10, 2011. [1]

2010 Georgia gubernatorial election
November 2, 2010
 
Nominee Nathan Deal Roy Barnes
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,365,832 1,107,011
Percentage 53.0% 43.0%
County results
Deal:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Barnes:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Governor before election

Sonny Perdue
Republican

 Elected Governor

Nathan Deal
Republican

Elections in Georgia

As of 2020, this was the last election in which a candidate won the governorship by double digits. This is the first gubernatorial election in Georgia since 1990 in which in the winner was of a different party than the incumbent president.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

Primary
Poll source Dates administered John
Oxendine		 Karen
Handel		 Nathan
Deal		 Eric
Johnson		 Ray
McBerry		 Austin
Scott		 Jeff
Chapman		 Undecided
Magellan Strategies July 18, 2010 12% 38% 20% 17% 3% – 3% 7%
InsiderAdvantage July 14, 2010 15% 24% 16% 13% 3% – 6% 22%
Rasmussen Reports July 13, 2010 20% 25% 25% 13% – – – 14%
Mason-Dixon July 8–13, 2010 31% 23% 18% 6% 2% – 1% 19%
Magellan Strategies July 8, 2010 18% 32% 18% 8% 3% – 3% 14%
Survey USA July 7–8, 2010 32% 23% 12% 12% 5% – 4% 10%
InsiderAdvantage July 1, 2010 18% 18% 12% 8% 3% – 6% 34%
Survey USA June 14–17, 2010 34% 18% 17% 6% 3% – 4% 17%
InsiderAdvantage April 5, 2010 26% 18% 9% 5% – – – 31%
Rasmussen Reports December 15, 2009 28% 14% 13% 2% 2% 2% 2% 32%
Rasmussen Reports October 20, 2009 27% 12% 9% 3% 3% 3% -- 35%
Rasmussen Reports August 18, 2009 31% 13% 13% 3% 2% -- -- 31%
Rasmussen Reports June 17, 2009 33% 11% 10% 3% 2% 2% -- 33%
Strategic Vision June 17, 2009 35% 13% 12% 4% 2% 2% -- 32%

Runoff
Poll source Dates administered Nathan
Deal		 Karen
Handel
Landmark Communications August 7, 2010 44% 42%
Georgia Newspapers August 7, 2010 42% 47%
Insider Advantage August 5, 2010 46% 46%
Landmark Communications August 2, 2010 37% 46%
McLaughlin & Associates July 23, 2010 39% 38%

Results
Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Karen Handel 231,990 34.1
Republican Nathan Deal 155,946 22.9
Republican Eric Johnson 136,792 20.1
Republican John Oxendine 115,421 17.0
Republican Jeff Chapman 20,636 3.0
Republican Ray McBerry 17,171 2.5
Republican Otis Putnam 2,543 0.4
Total votes 680,499 100.0
Republican primary runoff results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nathan Deal 291,035 50.2
Republican Karen Handel 288,516 49.8
Total votes 579,551 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling
Poll source Dates administered Roy
Barnes		 Thurbert
Baker		 DuBose
Porter		 Carl
Camon		 David
Poythress		 Undecided
Rasmussen Reports July 13, 2010 59% 16% 5% -- 5% 12%
Mason-Dixon July 8–13, 2010 54% 20% 3% -- 7% 16%
Survey USA July 7–8, 2010 56% 18% 6% 3% 5% 9%
Survey USA June 14–17, 2010 63% 13% 4% 1% 5% 11%
InsiderAdvantage April 7, 2010 47% 18% 5% – 6% 24%
Rasmussen Reports December 18, 2009 48% 17% 3% 1% 4% 19%
Rasmussen Reports October 20, 2009 43% 19% 4% 3% 4% 21%
Rasmussen Reports August 18, 2009 42% 9% 7% 1% 2% 30%
Rasmussen Reports June 17, 2009 48% 8% 5% 2% 2% 31%
Strategic Vision June 17, 2009 49% 30% 2% - 5% 14%

Results
Primary results by county:
Democratic primary results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roy Barnes 259,482 65.6
Democratic Thurbert Baker 85,571 21.6
Democratic David Poythress 21,780 5.5
Democratic DuBose Porter 17,767 4.5
Democratic Carl Camon 4,170 1.1
Democratic Bill Bolton 3,573 0.9
Democratic Randy Mangham 3,124 0.8
Total votes 395,497 100.0

Third Party and independent candidates

Independent
  • Neal Horsley[7]

Libertarian Party

Write-in

General election

Predictions
Source Rating As of
Cook Political Report Lean R[9] October 30, 2010
Rothenberg Report Lean R[10] October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics Leans R[11] October 30, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball Leans R[12] October 28, 2010
CQ Politics Leans R[13] October 30, 2010
New York Times Lean R[14] October 30, 2010
Rasmussen Reports Lean R[15] October 30, 2010

Polling
Poll source Dates administered Nathan
Deal (R)		 Roy
Barnes (D)		 John
Monds (L)		 Other Undecided
Rasmussen Reports October 24, 2010 49% 39% 5% 5% 1%
Insider Advantage Unavailable 49% 41% 3% -- 7%
Rasmussen Reports October 6, 2010 50% 41% 3% 3% 3%
Insider Advantage September 27, 2010 45% 37% 5% -- 13%
Rasmussen Reports September 21, 2010 45% 39% 5% 6% 5%
Insider Advantage September 16, 2010 42% 42% 5% -- 11%
Survey USA September 10–12, 2010 49% 38% 9% -- 4%
Insider Advantage August 17, 2010 45% 41% 5% -- 9%
Rasmussen Reports August 11, 2010 51% 42% -- 3% 3%
Rasmussen Reports July 21, 2010 49% 43% -- 4% 4%
Rasmussen Reports May 20, 2010 47% 40% -- 6% 7%
Rasmussen Reports April 22, 2010 46% 39% -- 7% 8%
Rasmussen Reports March 17, 2010 43% 41% -- 5% 13%
Public Policy Polling February 26–28, 2010 38% 43% -- -- 19%
Rasmussen Reports February 18, 2010 43% 37% -- -- --
Rasmussen Reports January 20, 2010 42% 43% -- -- --

Results
2010 Georgia gubernatorial election[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Nathan Deal 1,365,832 53.02% -4.93%
Democratic Roy Barnes 1,107,011 42.97% +4.75%
Libertarian John Monds 103,194 4.01% +0.17%
Write-in 124 0.00% N/A
Total votes 2,576,161 100.00% N/A
Republican hold
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See also

United States gubernatorial elections, 2010

References
  1. "Deal defeats Barnes to take Governor's Mansion". Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
  3. "Unofficial And Incomplete Results of the Tuesday, July 20, 2010 General Primary Election", Georgia Secretary of State, July 20, 2010, retrieved July 25, 2010
  4. "The 2010 Results Maps". Politico.Com. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  5. Jim Galloway (June 3, 2009). "Roy Barnes to join 2010 race for Georgia governor | Political Insider". Blogs.ajc.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  6. "7/20/2010 - Governor". Sos.georgia.gov. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  7. "Georgia 2010 Midterm Election". Thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  8. "John Monds to seek Libertarian nomination for Governor" www.lp.org. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  9. "2010 Governors Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  10. "Governor Ratings". Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  11. "2010 Governor Races". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  12. "2010 Governor Ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  13. "Race Ratings Chart: Governor". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  14. "Governor Race Ratings". The New York Times. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  15. "Election 2010: Gubernatorial Scorecard". Rasmussen Reports. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  16. http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2010_1102/swfed.htm
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