1970Final results
1970 Democratic primary for Georgia House District 78
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Donald E. Cheeks (D) won with 24.4% of the vote, defeating Julian B. Willingham (D) by 8.5 points.
Donald E. CheeksDemocrat · winner
24.4%10,947
Matthew MulherinDemocrat · winner
23.7%10,616
Bernard F. MilesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
20.6%9,206
Julian B. WillinghamDemocrat
16.0%7,145
Charles DouglasDemocrat
15.3%6,869
44,783 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET