1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1972 Democratic primary runoff for Georgia Senate District 17

Name: 1972 Democratic primary runoff for Georgia Senate District 17
Start: 1972-08-01
Location: Georgia

Georgia State Senate · Georgia

Bethel Salter (D) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Turner R. Scott (D) by 9.3 points.

Bethel SalterDemocrat · winner

54.7%9,118

Turner R. ScottDemocrat · incumbent

45.3%7,564

16,682 votes

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