1968Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1968 primary for Georgia House District 79

Name: 1968 primary for Georgia House District 79
Start: 1968-09-01
Location: Georgia

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

R. A. Dent (D) won with 37.0% of the vote, defeating Donald E. Cheeks (D) by 10.1 points.

R. A. DentDemocrat · winner · incumbent

37.0%5,130

Jack ConnellDemocrat · winner

36.2%5,025

Donald E. CheeksDemocrat · incumbent

26.8%3,722

13,877 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET