1968Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1968 election for Georgia House District 81
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
5 seats: Marshall Keen (R), Frank Pinkston (D), Homer Scarborough Jr. (D), Billy L. Evans (R), Ed Knapp (R) won.
5 seatsMarshall KeenRepublican · winner
14.0%20,751
Frank PinkstonDemocrat · winner
12.6%18,559
Homer Scarborough Jr.Democrat · winner
12.2%18,104
Billy L. EvansRepublican · winner
11.3%16,728
W. I. JonesDemocrat
10.9%16,097
Ed KnappRepublican · winner · incumbent
10.3%15,154
Wilbur D. OwensRepublican
10.2%15,013
Royce HobbsRepublican
9.5%14,038
Bill E. LaiteDemocrat · incumbent
9.0%13,353
147,797 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET