1970Final results
1970 Democratic primary for Georgia House District 63
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Dorsey Matthews (D) won with 28.2% of the vote, defeating Henry Banks Allen (D) by 12.0 points.
Dorsey MatthewsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
28.2%9,135
Henry BostickDemocrat · winner · incumbent
20.7%6,690
Grover C. PattenDemocrat · winner
20.4%6,609
Henry Banks AllenDemocrat
16.3%5,262
Dallice C. JonesDemocrat
14.4%4,670
32,366 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET