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1 Georgia's 6th congressional district  


1.1  1974 election  




1.2  1976 election  




1.3  1978 election  




1.4  1980 election  




1.5  1982 election  




1.6  1984 election  




1.7  1986 election  




1.8  1988 election  




1.9  1990 election  




1.10  1992 election  




1.11  1994 election  




1.12  1996 election  




1.13  1998 election  






2 Speaker of the House of Representatives  


2.1  1995 election  




2.2  1997 election  






3 United States President  


3.1  2012  






4 See also  




5 Notes  




6 References  













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    • This is the electoral history of Newt Gingrich. Gingrich, a Republican, served as the 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until his resignation in November 1998. He represented Georgia's 6th congressional district as a Republican from 1979 until his resignation in January 1999. In 2012, Gingrich was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination.

    Georgia's 6th congressional district[edit]

    1974 election[edit]

    1974 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
    * denotes incumbent     Source:[1]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Jack Flynt* 49,082 51.45
    Republican Newt Gingrich 46,308 48.55
    Total votes 95,390 100.00

    1976 election[edit]

    1976 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
    * denotes incumbent     Source:[2]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Jack Flynt* 77,532 51.71
    Republican Newt Gingrich 72,400 48.29
    Total votes 149,932 100.00

    1978 election[edit]

    1978 Georgia's 6th congressional district Republican primary election
    Source:[3]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Newt Gingrich 4,597 75.56
    Republican David Barrow 952 15.65
    Republican Michael W. "Mike" Esther 535 8.79
    Total votes 6,084 100.00
    1978 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
    Source:[4]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Newt Gingrich 47,078 54.40
    Democratic Virginia Shapard 39,451 45.59
    Total votes 86,529 100.00

    1980 election[edit]

    1980 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
    * denotes incumbent     Source:[5]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Newt Gingrich* 96,071 59.05
    Democratic Dock H. Davis 66,606 40.94
    Total votes 149,932 100.00

    1982 election[edit]

    1982 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
    * denotes incumbent     Source:[6]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Newt Gingrich* 62,352 55.27
    Democratic Jim Wood 50,459 44.73
    Total votes 112,812 100.00

    1984 election[edit]

    1984 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
    * denotes incumbent     Source:[7]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Newt Gingrich* 116,655 69.14
    Democratic Gerald L. Johnson 52,061 30.86
    Total votes 168,717 100.00

    1986 election[edit]

    1986 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
    * denotes incumbent     Source:[8]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Newt Gingrich* 75,583 59.55
    Democratic Candle Bray 51,352 40.46
    Total votes 126,935 100.00

    1988 election[edit]

    1988 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
    * denotes incumbent     Source:[9]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Newt Gingrich* 110,169 58.92
    Democratic David Worley 76,824 41.08
    Total votes 186,993 100.00

    1990 election[edit]

    1990 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
    * denotes incumbent     Source:[10]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Newt Gingrich* 78,768 50.31
    Democratic David Worley 77,794 49.69
    Total votes 156,562 100.00

    1992 election[edit]

    1992 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
    * denotes incumbent     Source:[11]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Newt Gingrich* 158,761 57.74
    Democratic Tony Center 116,196 42.26
    Total votes 274,957 100.00

    1994 election[edit]

    1994 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
    * denotes incumbent     Source:[12]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Newt Gingrich* 119,432 64.17
    Democratic Ben Jones 66,700 35.83
    Total votes 186,132 100.00

    1996 election[edit]

    1996 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
    * denotes incumbent     Source:[13]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Newt Gingrich* 174,155 57.80
    Democratic Michael Coles 127,135 42.20
    Total votes 301,290 100.00

    1998 election[edit]

    1998 Georgia's 6th congressional district election
    * denotes incumbent     Source:[14]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Newt Gingrich* 164,966 70.70
    Democratic Bats Pelphrey 68,366 29.30
    Total votes 233,332 100.00

    Speaker of the House of Representatives[edit]

    1995 election[edit]

    1995 election for speaker – 104th Congress[15][16]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Newt Gingrich (GA 6) 228 52.54
    Democratic Dick Gephardt (MO 3) 202 46.55
       —    Present 4 0.91
    Total votes 434 100
    Votes necessary 218 >50

    1997 election[edit]

    1997 election for speaker – 105th Congress[16][17]
    * denotes incumbent
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Newt Gingrich (GA 6)* 216[a] 50.83
    Democratic Dick Gephardt (MO 3) 2050 48.24
    Republican Jim Leach (IA 1) 20 0.47
    Republican Robert Michel[b] 10 0.23
    Republican Robert Walker[b] 10 0.23
    Total votes 425[c] 100
    Votes necessary 213 >50

    United States President[edit]

    2012[edit]

    First place by first-instance vote
    2012 Republican Party presidential primaries[18]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Mitt Romney 9,685,780 51.50%
    Republican Rick Santorum 3,909,621 20.79%
    Republican Newt Gingrich 2,718,937 14.46%
    Republican Ron Paul 2,049,410 10.90%
    Republican Jon Huntsman Jr. 84,730 0.45%
    Republican Rick Perry 54,769 0.29%
    Republican Michele Bachmann 41,429 0.22%
    Total votes 18,544,676 100.00%

    See also[edit]

    Notes[edit]

    1. ^ Received a majority of the votes cast, and thus won the election, but failed to obtain a majority of the full membership (218).
  • ^ a b Not a member of the House at the time, retired.
  • ^ Six Republicans answered "present" during the roll call vote. These were not included in the vote count, only "votes cast for a person by name" were.

    • References[edit]

    1. ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 05, 1974". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  • ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  • ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 - R Primary Race - Aug 08, 1978". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  • ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 07, 1978". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  • ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 04, 1980". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  • ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 02, 1982". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  • ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 06, 1984". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  • ^ "Our Campaigns - GA District 6 Race - Nov 04, 1986". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  • ^ "1988 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 23. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  • ^ "1990 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 47. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  • ^ "1992 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 25. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  • ^ "1994 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 49. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  • ^ "1996 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  • ^ "1998 General Election Results" (PDF). sos.ga.gov. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  • ^ "141 Cong. Rec. H3–4 (1995)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. January 4, 1995. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  • ^ a b Heitshusen, Valerie; Beth, Richard S. (January 4, 2019). "Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913–2019" (PDF). CRS Report for Congress. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  • ^ "143 Cong. Rec. H2–4 (1997)" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. January 7, 1997. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  • ^ "Republican Convention 2012". thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.


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