1970 primaries · May 1, 1970
1970 Georgia House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Georgia House of Representatives district in the 1970 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Wayne Snow Jr. (D) | 3.3 | |
| HD-2 · Democratic primary | Robert G. Peters (D) | 54.9 | |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | Jack Cole (D) | 7.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | Howard Simmons (D) | 26.1 | |
| HD-5 · Democratic primary | Carlton Colwell (D) | 11.5 | |
| HD-6 · Democratic primary | Don C. Moore (D) | 8.2 | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | James H. Floyd (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | Tom L. Shanahan (D) | 17.4 | |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | E. B. Toles (D) | 8.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | Joe Frank Harris (D) | 15.6 | |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | W. M. Williams (D) | 16.7 | |
| HD-12 · Democratic primary | Billy Milford (D) | 7.9 | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | James D. Mason (D) | 8.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | Alex B. Russell (D) | 8.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | Lauren McDonald (D) | 2.7 | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | Chappelle Matthews (D) | 23.1 | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | Thomas B. Murphy (D) | 26.2 | |
| HD-20 · Democratic primary | John K. Patterson (D) | 14.0 | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Lamar Dailey Northcutt (D) | 7.5 | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | Don L. Knowles (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Republican primary | R. E. Walden (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | Marvin W. Sorrells (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | E. Roy Lambert (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | Ben Barron Ross (D) | 56.7 | |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | John H. Hadaway (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Charles M. Hudson (D) | 32.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Bobby W. Johnson (D) | — | |
| HD-30 · Democratic primary | J. Crawford Ware (D) | 12.3 | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | Claude A. Bray (D) | 47.4 | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | Quimby Melton Jr. (D) | — | |
| HD-32 · Republican primary | Al Norris (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Benson Ham (D) | 36.8 | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Floyd Harrington (D) | 10.3 | |
| HD-35 · Democratic primary | Tom C. Carr (D) | 40.9 | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | J. Roy McCracken (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | Preston Lewis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | W. Randolph Phillips (D) | 15.5 | |
| HD-38 · Republican primary | Jesse L. Hardin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | J. R. Smith (D) | 13.1 | |
| HD-40 · Democratic primary | Daniel K. Grahl (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | Samuel Nunn (D) | 20.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-41 · Republican primary | Ted W. Waddle (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | Roy J. Chappell (D) | 9.4 | |
| HD-43 · Democratic primary | George L. Smith II (D) | 33.7 | |
| HD-44 · Democratic primary | W. Jones Lane (D) | — | |
| HD-45 · Democratic primary | J. Lucius Black (D) | 18.0 | |
| HD-46 · Democratic primary | Janet Merritt (D) | 5.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | Howard H. Rainey (D) | — | |
| HD-48 · Democratic primary | Ted Hudson (D) | — | |
| HD-49 · Democratic primary | Ben Jessup (D) | 12.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | L. L. Phillips (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | W. J. Salem (D) | — | |
| HD-52 · Democratic primary | Hines L. Brantley (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | J. T. Dailey (D) | 14.9 | |
| HD-54 · Democratic primary | James M. Collier (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-56 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-57 · Democratic primary | Bobby Wheeler (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-58 · Republican primary | Charles E. Patton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-59 · Democratic primary | Donald G. Fraser (D) | 9.3 | |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | Mobley Howell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-61 · Democratic primary | George Busbee (D) | — | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Marcus Collins (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-63 · Democratic primary | Dorsey Matthews (D) | 12.0 | |
| HD-63 · Republican primary | Billy Wade (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | Hanson Carter (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | Ottis Sweat Jr. (D) | 12.9 | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Carl Drury (D) | 4.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-67 · Democratic primary | Lowell Eugene Leggett (D) | 14.4 | |
| HD-68 · Democratic primary | J. Willis Conger (D) | — | |
| HD-69 · Democratic primary | Burton M. Wamble (D) | 36.4 | |
| HD-70 · Democratic primary | Henry Russell (D) | — | |
| HD-70 · Republican primary | Esther P. Wright (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | H. M. Barfield (D) | 18.1 | |
| HD-71 · Republican primary | Roy Lowery (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Democratic primary | David N. Thomas (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Republican primary | Harry Geisinger (R) | — | |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | Bob Smith (D) | — | |
| HD-73 · Republican primary | Robert H. Bell (R) | 26.7 | |
| HD-74 · Democratic primary | Hugh Jordan (D) | — | |
| HD-74 · Republican primary | John Edward Britt (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-75 · Democratic primary | Forrest Turner (D) | — | |
| HD-75 · Republican primary | Jim Westlake (R) | — | |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | James Dean (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-77 · Democratic primary | Elliott Levitas (D) | 12.5 | |
| HD-77 · Republican primary | Wendell Willard (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | Donald E. Cheeks (D) | 8.5 | |
| HD-78 · Republican primary | Reginald Maxwell (R) | — | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | R. A. Dent (D) | — | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Henry R. Smith (D) | — | |
| HD-80 · Republican primary | John H. Sherman (R) | 15.0 | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | S. Phillip Brown (D) | 9.4 | |
| HD-81 · Republican primary | Billy L. Evans (R) | — | |
| HD-82 · Democratic primary | Dekle Coney (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-82 · Republican primary | Mike Caldwell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Democratic primary | Mitch Miller (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Republican primary | Garner Childers (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | H. Norwood Pearce (D) | 18.7 | |
| HD-84 · Republican primary | Ivey William Gregory Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-85 · Democratic primary | Albert W. Thompson (D) | — | |
| HD-85 · Republican primary | James Brown (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | Jack King (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-86 · Republican primary | Earl Davis (R) | — | |
| HD-87 · Republican primary | Herb Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-88 · Democratic primary | Alan S. Gaynor (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | Arthur Gignilliat (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Republican primary | Joseph A. Battle (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 · Democratic primary | Jesse Blackshear (D) | 8.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | Sam D. Allen (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-92 · Republican primary | Ronald L. Coleman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-93 · Democratic primary | Tom Triplett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-93 · Republican primary | George W. Whaley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 · Democratic primary | Bobby Hill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Democratic primary | Peyton S. Hawes (D) | 8.1 | |
| HD-95 · Republican primary | Rodney M. Cook (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Democratic primary | W. M. Alexander (D) | 37.4 | |
| HD-96 · Republican primary | L. Pat Moon (R) | 57.0 | |
| HD-97 · Democratic primary | Lark S. Bragg Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 · Republican primary | Guy Hill (R) | 49.7 | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Young H. Longino (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 · Republican primary | Al Leake (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 · Democratic primary | John Hood (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-100 · Democratic primary | G. D. Adams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-100 · Republican primary | Dozier Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-101 · Republican primary | Dick Lane (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-102 · Democratic primary | Clarence G. Ezzard Sr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-103 · Democratic primary | William Stephens (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-103 · Republican primary | Jack Wilkerson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-104 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-104 · Republican primary | John Savage (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-105 · Democratic primary | Sidney J. Marcus (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-106 · Democratic primary | William A. Sims (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-107 · Democratic primary | E. J. Shepherd (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-108 · Democratic primary | William H. Alexander (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-108 · Republican primary | Mable Sanford Lewis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-109 · Democratic primary | Julius C. Daugherty (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-110 · Democratic primary | Ben Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-111 · Democratic primary | Julian Bond (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-112 · Democratic primary | Grace T. Hamilton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-113 · Democratic primary | Devereaux F. McClatchey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-113 · Republican primary | George K. Larsen (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-114 · Republican primary | Haskew Brantley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-115 · Republican primary | Kil Townsend (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-116 · Republican primary | Mike Egan (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-117 · Democratic primary | A. L. Burruss (D) | 6.6 | |
| HD-117 · Republican primary | Kenneth Nix (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-118 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-118 · Republican primary | Bill Posey (R) | Unopposed |
Georgia House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner