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1970 election for Georgia House District 93

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Tom Triplett (D) won with 59.7% of the vote, defeating George W. Whaley (R) by 19.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Tom TriplettDemocrat · winner
59.7%2,675
George W. WhaleyRepublican · incumbent
40.2%1,800
4,481 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

EvenD+19.51970D+49.51992D+10.82002D+52.22012D+67.52020

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