2008Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Georgia House District 38
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Pat Dooley (D) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Steve Tumlin (R) by 2.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Pat DooleyDemocrat · winner
51.5%8,448
Steve TumlinRepublican · incumbent
48.5%7,964
16,412 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET