1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1970 election for Georgia House District 82
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Dekle Coney (D) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Mike Caldwell (R) by 8.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dekle ConeyDemocrat · winner
54.2%7,903
Mike CaldwellRepublican
45.8%6,689
14,592 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 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET