Marshall wins 8th District

Jim Marshall is heading back to Congress to represent Middle Georgia. The Macon Democrat won a resounding victory over his Republican opponent.
Supporter's at Marshall's victory celebration were able to go home much earlier this time. Back in 2006 Marshall barely won against challenger, Mac Collins. The race was too close to call on the night of the election. But, last night Republican Rick Goddard called him to concede shortly after 10:00pm.
Marshall refers to his race against Collins as "dreadful." The Republican Party pumped in 5-million dollars and began running ads months before the election.

"This time around we didn't have that kind of bombardment, and that alleviated an awful lot of the stress."

Marshall also enjoys wide support from many conservative groups like the NRA. He beat Goddard by 14-percentage points and will be serving his fourth term in office.