2010 Georgia House of Representatives election

2010 Georgia House of Representatives election
November 2, 2010
All 180 seats in the Georgia House of Representatives
91 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader David Ralston DuBose Porter
(retired)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 7th-Blue Ridge 143rd-Dublin
Last election 105 75
Seats before 105 74
Seats after 108 71
Seat change 3 3
Popular vote 1,328,025 921,242
Percentage 58.85% 40.82%
Swing 0.85pp 0.52pp
Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Independent hold
Speaker before election

David Ralston
Republican

Elected Speaker

David Ralston
Republican

The 2010 Georgia House of Representatives elections occurred on November 2, 2010, to elect the members to the Georgia House of Representatives. All 180 seats in the state House were up for two-year terms. The winners of this election cycle served in the 151st Georgia General Assembly. It was the last election to the House before the 2010 redistricting cycle based on the 2010 United States census.

Eight state representatives (C. Ellis Black, Amy Carter, Mike Cheokas, Bubber Epps, Gerald Greene, Bob Hanner, Doug McKillip, and Alan Powell) switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party after the election. This gave Republicans a 116-63-1 majority.

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