1972Final results
1972 Republican primary runoff for Georgia House District 56
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Bill Horton (R) won with 58.7% of the vote, defeating Ralph E. Wood (R) by 17.5 points.
Bill HortonRepublican · winner
58.7%3,139
Ralph E. WoodRepublican
41.3%2,204
5,343 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET