page_title: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia
section_title: District 1
hierarchical_section_title: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia / District 1
context_page_description: Elections were held on November 2, 2010, to determine Georgia's 13 members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th United States Congress from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013. Primary elections were held on July 20, 2010, and primary runoff elections were held on August 10, 2010.
  Of the 13 elections, the races in the 2nd and 8th districts were rated as competitive by CQ Politics, The Rothenberg Political Report, and Sabato's Crystal Ball, and the 2nd, 8th and 12th districts were rated as competitive by The Cook Political Report. Of Georgia's thirteen incumbents, eleven were re-elected, while one did not seek re-election and one unsuccessfully sought re-election.
  In total, eight Republicans and five Democrats were elected. A total of 2,468,680 votes were cast, of which 1,528,142 were for Republican candidates, 940,347 were for Democratic candidates and 191 were for write-in candidates.
context_section_description: The 1st district included Hinesville and parts of Savannah and Valdosta. The district's population was 68 percent white, 24 percent black and 5 percent Hispanic (see Race and ethnicity in the United States Census); 82 percent were high school graduates and 19 percent had received a bachelor's degree or higher. Its median income was $43,481. In the 2008 presidential election the district gave 62 percent of its vote to Republican nominee John McCain and 37 percent to Democratic nominee Barack Obama.
  Republican Jack Kingston, who took office in 1993, was the incumbent. Kingston was re-elected in 2008 with 67 percent of the vote. In 2010 Kingston's opponent in the general election was Democratic nominee Oscar Harris II, a farmer. Both Kingston and Harris were unopposed in their respective primaries.
  Kingston raised $1,029,117 and spent $759,470. Prior to the election FiveThirtyEight's forecast gave Kingston a 100 chance of winning and projected that he would receive 71 percent of the vote to Harris's 27 percent. On election day Kingston was re-elected with 72 percent of the vote to Harris's 28 percent. Kingston was again re-elected in 2012 and unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate rather than seeking re-election in 2014. He was succeeded by fellow Republican Buddy Carter.
caption: Georgia's 1st congressional district in 2010
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