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Gingrich Edges Romney in East Cobb

The former House Speaker won a portion of his old Congressional district by only 308 votes.

 

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who lived in East Cobb while he represented Georgia's 6th Congressional district, didn't win his old stomping grounds by much in Tuesday's presidential primary.

He edged former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in Republican balloting by only 308 votes, or roughly 37 percent to 36 percent of the more than 25,000 ballots cast in East Cobb's 29 precincts. 

Voting was tight between the two in almost all of the precincts. 

Gingrich tallied more than 46 percent of the vote to easily won the Georgia primary for only his second win, to go along with South Carolina. 

What follows is an East Cobb precinct-by-precinct breakdown of Tuesday's Georgia presidential primary and Cobb Sunday alcohol sales referendum results, furnished to East Cobb Patch by Cobb Elections.

There are two different tables. The first is for the primary, including the four Republican candidates and Democratic president Barack Obama, listed in alphabetical order. The "others" category includes candidates who dropped out of the race but who remained on the ballot: Michelle Bachmann, Jon Hunstman, Gary Johnson, Rick Perry and Buddy Roemer.

The second table details the Sunday sales vote, which passed overall in Cobb with 69 percent of the vote and in East Cobb with a whopping 76 percent of the vote. 

The precincts below are located in ZIP codes 30062, 30067 and 30068, which is the East Cobb Patch coverage area. The ZIP code 30066 is in the Northeast Cobb Patch coverage area. 

GEORGIA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Precinct Gingrich (R) Obama (D) Paul (R) Romney (R) Santorum (R) Others
Chestnut Ridge  389  55  78 406 153   4
Dickerson  297  43  40  348 100   9
Dodgen 289  29  41  209   87   4
Eastside 01 393  52  63 369 102   4
Eastside 02 506  64  95  456 167  17
Elizabeth 03 286  35  50 148  88   6
Elizabeth 04 194  78  42  141  65   5

Fullers Park

353  66  60 367 122  10
Garrison Mill 318  50  48 249 118   5
Hightower  350  58  44 361  76   9
Marietta 6A  56  40  14  23  14   0
Marietta 6B 236  98  59 227 110   7
Mt Bethel 01 426  58  67 571 149  10
Mt Bethel 03 253  35  42 349  80   4
Mt Bethel 04 306  39  47 412 104   8
Murdock 480  69  88 384 152  13
Pope  341  55  67 254 130   6
Powers Ferry 366  58  95 228 112   9
Roswell 01 329  56  65 345 165   7
Roswell 02 421  47  55 410 136   4
Sewell Mill 01 346  57  65 292 119   3
Sewell Mill 03 330  62  73 225 121   7
Shallowford Falls  359  49  61 356 134   6
Sope Creek 01 307  34  55 272  91   7
Sope Creek 02 310  48  62 443 114   6
Sope Creek 03 230  38  49 383  63   3
Terrell Mill 234  86  58 225  81  11
Timber Ridge 245  30  53 368  69  8
Tritt  373  47  65 419 150  12

Totals (Pct.)

25,009

9,323 (37.27) 1,536 (6.14) 1,759 (7.03) 9,015 (36.04) 3,172 (12.68) 204 (0.08)

 

SUNDAY ALCOHOL SALES REFERENDUM

Precinct Yes No
Chestnut Ridge 847 238
Dickerson  679 163

Dodgen 

491 173
Eastside 01 745 239
Eastside 02 887 213
Elizabeth 03 409 211
Elizabeth 04 370 157
Fullers Park 732 252
Garrison Mill 582 203
Hightower  689 213
Marietta 6A n/a n/a
Marietta 6B n/a n/a
Mt Bethel 01 988 295
Mt Bethel 03 592 177
Mt Bethel 04 704 216
Murdock 880 312
Pope  637 227
Powers Ferry  608 268
Roswell 01 742 226
Roswell 02 886 190
Sewell Mill 01 638 246
Sewell Mill 03 626 226
Shallowford Falls 767 208
Sope Creek 01 561 209
Sope Creek 02 749 235
Sope Creek 03 624 149
Terrell Mill  510 186
Timber Ridge  647 131
Tritt 841 227

Totals (Pct.)

24,221

18,431 (76.09) 5,790 (23.90)


Related Topics: Cobb Alcohol Sales Referendum, Cobb Elections, and Georgia presidential primary

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