1970Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1970 Democratic primary for Georgia House District 91

Name: 1970 Democratic primary for Georgia House District 91
Start: 1970-09-01
Location: Georgia

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Jesse Blackshear (D) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Morriss W. Ellis (D) by 8.3 points.

Jesse BlackshearDemocrat · winner

54.2%988

Morriss W. EllisDemocrat · incumbent

45.8%836

1,824 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET