1968 primaries · May 1, 1968

1968 Georgia State Senate primary results, district by district

Every Georgia State Senate district in the 1968 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Every district

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1 · Democratic primaryJohn R. Riley (D)21.3
SD-1 · Republican primaryJay D. Gardner (R)Unopposed
SD-2 · Democratic primaryWilliam A. Searcey (D)Unopposed
SD-3 · Democratic primaryEdward H. Zipperer (D)10.6
SD-3 · Republican primaryCleveland J. Fountain (R)Unopposed
SD-4 · Democratic primaryJoseph E. Kennedy (D)Unopposed
SD-5 · Democratic primaryRonald F. Adams (D)Unopposed
SD-6 · Democratic primaryRoscoe Emory Dean Jr. (D)58.9
SD-7 · Democratic primaryFrank Eldridge Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-8 · Democratic primaryRobert A. Rowan (D)Unopposed
SD-9 · Democratic primaryFord B. Spinks (D)Unopposed
SD-10 · Democratic primaryFrank C. Vann (D)17.2
SD-10 · Republican primaryRandy Malone (R)Unopposed
SD-11 · Democratic primaryJulian Webb (D)Unopposed
SD-12 · Democratic primaryAl Holloway (D)Unopposed
SD-13 · Democratic primaryMartin Young (D)Unopposed
SD-14 · Democratic primaryHugh Carter (D)Unopposed
SD-15 · Democratic primaryFloyd Hudgins (D)Unopposed
SD-15 · Republican primaryIvey William Gregory Jr. (R)Unopposed
SD-16 · Democratic primaryHarry C. Jackson (D)Unopposed
SD-17 · Democratic primaryTurner R. Scott (D)15.5
SD-17 · Republican primaryWilliam E. Douthit (R)Unopposed
SD-18 · Democratic primaryStanley E. Smith Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-19 · Democratic primaryRoy V. Noble (D)Unopposed
SD-20 · Democratic primaryHugh Gillis (D)Unopposed
SD-21 · Democratic primaryJay Carroll Cox (D)Unopposed
SD-22 · Democratic primaryR. Eugene Holley (D)Unopposed
SD-23 · Democratic primaryWilliam G. Schafer (D)Unopposed
SD-24 · Democratic primarySam McGill (D)Unopposed
SD-25 · Democratic primaryCulver Kidd (D)Unopposed
SD-26 · Democratic primaryThomas Jackson (D)Unopposed
SD-26 · Republican primaryJ. William Adams (R)Unopposed
SD-27 · Republican primaryOliver C. Bateman (R)Unopposed
SD-28 · Democratic primaryRobert H. Smalley Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-29 · Democratic primaryRender Hill (D)41.9
SD-30 · Democratic primaryLamar Plunkett (D)Unopposed
SD-31 · Democratic primaryAlbert F. Moore (D)Unopposed
SD-32 · Democratic primaryCyrus M. Chapman (D)37.9
SD-32 · Republican primaryEd Hay (R)Unopposed
SD-33 · Democratic primarySam P. Hensley Sr. (D)Unopposed
SD-34 · Republican primaryW. Armstrong Smith (R)Unopposed
SD-35 · Democratic primaryFrank E. Coggin (D)Unopposed
SD-35 · Republican primaryCharlie Eckles (R)Unopposed
SD-36 · Democratic primaryJack L. Stephens (D)Unopposed
SD-37 · Democratic primaryEd Garrard (D)42.0
SD-37 · Republican primaryJeff Jacobs (R)Unopposed
SD-38 · Democratic primaryLeroy Johnson (D)Unopposed
SD-39 · Democratic primaryHorace T. Ward (D)Unopposed
SD-40 · Republican primaryDan Macintyre (R)26.6
SD-41 · Democratic primarySid Johnson (D)Unopposed
SD-41 · Republican primaryJames W. Tysinger (R)Unopposed
SD-42 · Democratic primaryRobert Walling (D)Unopposed
SD-42 · Republican primaryJohn Dlubac (R)Unopposed
SD-43 · Democratic primaryMelvin E. Milligan (D)Unopposed
SD-43 · Republican primaryFrank G. Miller (R)Unopposed
SD-44 · Democratic primaryTerrell A. Starr (D)Unopposed
SD-44 · Republican primaryWillie H. Huddleston (R)Unopposed
SD-45 · Democratic primaryBrooks Pennington (D)Unopposed
SD-46 · Democratic primaryPaul Broun (D)1.2
SD-47 · Democratic primaryM. Parks Brown (D)1.6Incumbent lost
SD-48 · Democratic primarySteve Reynolds (D)1.8
SD-49 · Democratic primaryRobert E. Andrews (D)6.4
SD-50 · Democratic primaryMaylon London (D)30.0
SD-51 · Democratic primaryJack C. Fincher (D)15.7
SD-52 · Democratic primarySam W. Doss (D)24.4Incumbent lost
SD-53 · Democratic primaryBilly Shaw Abney (D)Unopposed
SD-54 · Democratic primaryW. W. Fincher Jr. (D)24.0
SD-55 · Democratic primaryRandolph Medlock (D)16.7
SD-55 · Republican primaryEd Reeder (R)8.4
SD-56 · Democratic primaryJack Hardy (D)24.0
SD-56 · Republican primaryPaul Coverdell (R)Unopposed

Georgia State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner