1972Final results

1972 Republican primary runoff for Georgia House District 49

Name: 1972 Republican primary runoff for Georgia House District 49
Start: 1972-08-01
Location: Georgia

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Hank Elliott (R) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Beth Simmons (R) by 7.6 points.

Hank ElliottRepublican · winner

53.8%2,004

46.2%1,720

3,724 votes

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