Georgia Secretary of State Press Office

Secretary Handel Certifies June 19 Election Results
Final results transmitted to Governor, Secretary of Georgia Senate

ATLANTA—Secretary of State Karen Handel today certified the election results for the June 19 special election in the Tenth Congressional District and State Senate District 24.

U.S. Representative, District 10 (100% of precincts reporting)
	`Votes`	`Percentage`

`Paul Broun`	`11,208`	`20.7%`
`Denise Freeman`	`2,574`	`4.8%`
`Bill Greene`	`1,635`	`3.0%`
`James Marlow`	`11,010`	`20.3%`
`Mark Myers`	`378`	`0.7%`
`Evita Paschall`	`1,778`	`3.3%`
`Nate Pulliam`	`913`	`1.7%`
`Jim Sendelbach`	`710`	`1.3%`
`Erik M. Underwood`	`376`	`0.7%`
`Jim Whitehead`	`23,555`	`43.5%`

State Senator, District 24 (100% of precincts reporting)
	`Votes`	`Percentage`

`Lee Benedict`	`682`	`3.7%`
`William (Bill) Jackson`	`11,568`	`62.6%`
`Brett McGuire`	`3,172`	`17.2%`
`Scott C. Nichols`	`3,064`	`16.6%`

The county-by-county results can be found at the Secretary of State’s Web site, by clicking here.

The Office of the Secretary of State is transmitting this afternoon the certified elections results for the 10^th Congressional District to the Governor. Because no candidate received the required majority of the vote, a run-off election between the top two vote getters – Republican Jim Whitehead and Republican Paul Broun, will be held on July 17.

Early voting for the run-off election will take place from July 9 - July 13. Polls will be open from 7 am until 7 pm on July 17.

Also this afternoon, the Secretary of State is transmitting the certified elections results for the 24^th Senate District to the Secretary of the Georgia Senate. This transmittal will also include Bill Jackson’s commission, ID card, and an election certificate which reflects the total number of votes he received.

U.S. Representative, District 10 (100% of precincts reporting)

State Senator, District 24 (100% of precincts reporting)