1969Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeatedSpecial election
1969 special election for Georgia House District 4
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Howard Simmons (D) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Howard Kaylor (R) by 7.8 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Howard SimmonsDemocrat · winner
53.9%3,994
Howard KaylorRepublican · incumbent
46.1%3,415
7,410 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 1969
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)