2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Georgia House District 38
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Sam Teasley (R) won with 56.8% of the vote, defeating Pat Dooley (D) by 13.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Sam TeasleyRepublican · winner
56.8%6,395
Pat DooleyDemocrat · incumbent
43.2%4,862
11,257 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET