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1970 election for Georgia Senate District 23
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Jimmy Lester (D) won with 63.0% of the vote, defeating R. Luke Delong (R) by 26.0 points, a seat another party won last time.
Jimmy LesterDemocrat · winner
63.0%10,347
R. Luke DelongRepublican
37.0%6,076
16,424 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