2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Georgia House District 8
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Stephen Allison (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Charles Jenkins (D) by 3.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Stephen AllisonRepublican · winner
51.6%13,228
Charles JenkinsDemocrat · incumbent
48.4%12,389
25,617 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