1968Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1968 election for Georgia Senate District 1
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
John R. Riley (D) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Jay D. Gardner (R) by 1.7 points.
John R. RileyDemocrat · winner
50.8%7,486
Jay D. GardnerRepublican · incumbent
49.2%7,241
14,727 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