RepublicanNot in office · last served 2024Last on a ballot: Nov 2022
Penny Houston
Last held office: Georgia House of Representatives, District 170 (2004–2024). Ran in 14 elections between 1998 and 2022, winning 14.
- Last margin
- +51.7
- Won 2020
- Elections
- 14
- 1998–2022
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Houston was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
1998200020022004200620082010201220142016201820202022202420262028Georgia House of Representatives, District 166Georgia House of Representatives, District 139Georgia House of Representatives, District 170
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Houston has run
Margin: how far Houston finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 170 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2020 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 170 | General | Won | Andre Oliver (D) | 75.8% | R+51.7 |
| 2018 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 170 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2016 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 170 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2014 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 170 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2014 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 170 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2012 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 170 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2010 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 170 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2008 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 170 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2006 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 170 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2004 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 170 | General | Won | Stephen T. Harper (I) | 79.4% | R+58.7 |
| 2002 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 139 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2000 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 166 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1998 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 166 | General | Won | Eddie Owen (R) | 70.8% | R+41.6 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Houston has held
- Georgia House of Representatives, District 170 · 2004–2024
- Georgia House of Representatives, District 139 · 2002–2004
- Georgia House of Representatives, District 166 · 1998–2002
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Houston has run against
- Andre Oliver (D) · 2020 election, won
- Stephen T. Harper (I) · 2004 election, won
- Eddie Owen (R) · 1998 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive