The Winner

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) won an 11th term in Georgia’s 4th Congressional District on Tuesday, Nov. 3, defeating Republican James Duffie 82.6% to 17.4%. With more than 99% of votes counted, Johnson led 217,340 to 45,644, a margin of 171,696 votes, according to Associated Press election results. The AP called the race at 7:38 p.m. Eastern Time on election night. ​

Johnson returns to a House where his party now holds the majority after Democrats won control of the chamber. He is the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on courts, intellectual property, artificial intelligence and the internet, and also serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

The Race

Johnson’s 65-point margin was wider than in 2024, when he beat Republican Eugene Yu 75.6% to 24.4%. He won the May 19 Democratic primary with 79.3% of the vote over Ansel Postell and Benedict Truman, while Duffie ran unopposed, according to Ballotpedia’s race overview. Duffie is a Navy veteran who has long pushed to replace the federal income tax with a national sales tax.

Before the election, Cook Political Report and Inside Elections rated the race Solid Democratic, and Sabato’s Crystal Ballrated it Safe Democratic.

The district takes in parts of DeKalb and Gwinnett counties in Atlanta’s eastern and northeastern suburbs, including Stonecrest, Dunwoody, Peachtree Corners and Tucker, according to the state’s list of local governments by congressional district. Georgia kept its 2023 map for this election. The district is home to about 765,400 people, with a median household income of about $71,600. About 39% of adults hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, and about 14.6% of residents live below the poverty line. The population is about 48.6% Black, 21.3% white, 18.5% Hispanic and 9.2% Asian.

What’s Next

Johnson’s new term begins Sunday, Jan. 3. In a Decaturish candidate questionnaire, he named lowering the cost of groceries, gas and housing and making health care affordable as top goals. He also backs setting term limits for Supreme Court justices and adding four seats to the court, an issue that falls under the Judiciary Committee.

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