1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1970 election for Georgia Senate District 26
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Bert Hamilton (D) won with 52.6% of the vote, defeating Charles H. Jones (R) by 5.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Bert HamiltonDemocrat · winner
52.6%8,129
Charles H. JonesRepublican
47.4%7,331
15,460 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