1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Georgia Senate District 55
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Max Cleland (D) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating Ed Reeder (R) by 13.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Max ClelandDemocrat · winner
56.7%11,227
Ed ReederRepublican · incumbent
43.3%8,589
19,816 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