'Georgia's 12th congressional district' is a United States United States Congressional District covering much of eastern Georgia. From the city of Augusta, it runs southeast, along the South Carolina border, to the city of Savanah. The district stretches westward from this boundary, anywhere from 80 to 120 miles, it's westernmost point coming within 20 miles of Macon. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of D +2.

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Statistics

History

Representation

Counties

Election Results

External links

Statistics

★ Population: 629,727

★ Median age: 33.0

★ Average household size: 2.61

★ Median household income (1999): $30,383

★ Median home value (1999): $73,500

★ Individuals below poverty level: 21.9%

★ Ethnic composition: 50.8% White, 44.5% Black, 2.7% Hispanic, 0.9% Multi-racial, 0.8% Asian

★ Household occupants: 36.2% householder, 16.2% spouse, 22.5% child under 18, 7.5% child over 18, 7.1% other relative, 5.1% non-relative, 5.4% group quarters

★ Highest educational attainment, population 25 and older: 10.1% less than 9th grade, 18.9% 9th-12th grade (no diploma), 34% high school graduate, 18.7% some college (no degree), 4.4% associates degree, 9.0% bachelor's degree, 4.9% graduate or professional degree

History

Representation

The district is currently represented by Democrat John Barrow. In November 2006, Barrow ran against former 12th District Representative, Republican Max Burns. President George W. Bush visited the 12th Congressional District in 2006's Congressional race, first in Pooler for a fundraiser for Burns and then in November at a campaign rally in Statesboro on the Georgia Southern University campus.
An estimated combined $4,000,000 was spent in 2006's 12th Congressional District race, including a significant number of television advertisements focusing on tax policy, immigration, port security, and veterans' affairs. Radio advertisements were also significant in 2006's race in the 12th Congressional District. Answering machine telephone messages from the candidates and their supporters as well as yard signs were widespread in the 12th Congressional District.

Counties

★ Baldwin County (''see also '')

★ Bulloch County

★ Burke County

★ Candler County

★ Chatham County (''see also '')

★ Effingham County

★ Emanuel County

★ Evans County

★ Glascock County

★ Hancock County

★ Jefferson County

★ Jenkins County

★ Johnson County

★ Montgomery County

★ Richmond County (''see also '')

★ Screven County

★ Taliaferro County

★ Tattnall County

★ Toombs County

★ Treutlen County

★ Warren County

★ Washington County

Election Results

External links

★ PDF map of Georgia's 12th district at ''nationalatlas.gov''

★ Georgia's 12th district at ''GovTrack.us''

★ National Atlas maps of all congressional districts

★ U.S. Census data searchable by congressional district

★ Opensecrets.org Fundraising data from FEC reports

★ Analysis of district from Capitaleye.org

★ 2006 results by county from CBSNews.com

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