1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Georgia Senate District 56
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Paul Coverdell (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Jack Hardy (D) by 2.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Paul CoverdellRepublican · winner
51.4%7,057
Jack HardyDemocrat · incumbent
48.6%6,681
13,738 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