1972 primaries · May 1, 1972
1972 Georgia House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Georgia House of Representatives district in the 1972 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Wayne Snow Jr. (D) | — | |
| HD-2 · Democratic primary | Robert G. Peters (D) | 33.3 | |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | Tom Turner (D) | 17.8 | |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | Carlton Colwell (D) | 17.0 | |
| HD-4 · Republican primary | Jimmy Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-5 · Democratic primary | James H. Floyd (D) | 35.7 | |
| HD-6 · Democratic primary | Jack Cole (D) | 15.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-6 · Republican primary | Robert F. Howalt (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | Tom L. Shanahan (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Republican primary | Truett Moss (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | Joe Frank Harris (D) | — | |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | Doug Whitmire (D) | — | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | Jack Irvin (D) | 8.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-10 · Republican primary | Leon Gathany (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-11 · Republican primary | George Theodore Grant (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-12 · Democratic primary | Lauren McDonald (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | A. T. Mauldin (D) | 12.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | John Adams (D) | 20.3 | |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | Sidney Lowrey (D) | 35.1 | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | E. B. Toles (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | Nathan Dean (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | Thomas B. Murphy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | Joe Mack Wilson (D) | 20.6 | |
| HD-20 · Democratic primary | Hugh Lee McDaniell (D) | 13.2 | |
| HD-20 · Republican primary | Kenneth Nix (R) | — | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | A. L. Burruss (D) | 33.0 | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | Ty Atkinson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Republican primary | Haskew Brantley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Democratic primary | Archie Lindsey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Republican primary | Robert A. Irvin (R) | 24.7 | |
| HD-24 · Republican primary | Kil Townsend (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | Ray Abernathy (D) | 26.7 | |
| HD-25 · Republican primary | Mike Egan (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | Sidney J. Marcus (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Republican primary | Bert Fridlin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | Walter Clifford Hendrix (D) | 52.1 | |
| HD-27 · Republican primary | George K. Larsen (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-28 · Republican primary | William Holmes Borders (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Clarence G. Ezzard Sr. (D) | 4.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-29 · Republican primary | Lewis Frank Beeks (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-30 · Democratic primary | John Savage (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-30 · Republican primary | John Savage (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | Grace T. Hamilton (D) | 70.8 | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | Julian Bond (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Julius C. Daugherty (D) | 52.7 | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Ben Brown (D) | 52.8 | |
| HD-35 · Democratic primary | J. E. McKinney (D) | 51.9 | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | G. D. Adams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | William H. Alexander (D) | 84.1 | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | W. M. Alexander (D) | 19.2 | |
| HD-40 · Republican primary | Dick Lane (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | Bobby Linzey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-41 · Republican primary | Guy Hill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | Andy Estes (D) | 23.9 | |
| HD-42 · Republican primary | Virlyn B. Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-43 · Democratic primary | Peyton S. Hawes (D) | — | |
| HD-43 · Republican primary | Henry Schwab (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-44 · Republican primary | Harry Geisinger (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 · Republican primary | Stanley Collins (R) | 17.0 | |
| HD-46 · Democratic primary | Shirley Kramer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | Bob Smith (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-47 · Republican primary | Joe Burton (R) | 32.2 | |
| HD-48 · Democratic primary | John Steinichen (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48 · Republican primary | Bill Noble (R) | 45.9 | |
| HD-49 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | Elliott Levitas (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | J. Robin Harris (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-52 · Democratic primary | Robert H. Farrar (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-52 · Republican primary | Steve Furse (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | Walter B. Russell Jr. (D) | 5.5 | |
| HD-54 · Democratic primary | James Dean (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-56 · Democratic primary | B. D. Gordon (D) | 27.3 | |
| HD-56 · Republican primary | Walt Davis (R) | 14.4 | |
| HD-57 · Democratic primary | Clarence Vaughn (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | Hugh Jordan (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-58 · Republican primary | Jerry R. Johnson (R) | 9.7 | |
| HD-59 · Democratic primary | James D. Mason (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | Gib Dean (D) | 21.1 | |
| HD-61 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-61 · Republican primary | Doris Page (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Chappelle Matthews (D) | 16.1 | |
| HD-63 · Democratic primary | James Dollar (D) | 14.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-64 · Republican primary | Mary S. Ward (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | Nathan G. Knight (D) | 15.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Claude A. Bray (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-67 · Democratic primary | Clayton Brown Jr. (D) | 16.7 | |
| HD-67 · Republican primary | Al Norris (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-68 · Democratic primary | Lamar Dailey Northcutt (D) | 10.1 | |
| HD-68 · Republican primary | Douglas Epps (R) | — | |
| HD-69 · Democratic primary | Ray M. Tucker (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-69 · Republican primary | Cary Hall (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-70 · Democratic primary | J. W. Morgan (D) | 21.2 | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-72 · Democratic primary | Ben Barron Ross (D) | 56.2 | |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | Glenn S. Phillips (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-74 · Democratic primary | Marvin Adams (D) | 33.8 | |
| HD-75 · Democratic primary | Denmark Groover (D) | 2.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | W. Jones Lane (D) | 35.5 | |
| HD-77 · Democratic primary | J. Roy McCracken (D) | 32.8 | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | R. A. Dent (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | Bernard F. Miles (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Jack Connell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | Matthew Mulherin (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-82 · Democratic primary | Donald E. Cheeks (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-82 · Republican primary | Bob Beckham (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Democratic primary | Henry R. Smith (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Republican primary | Bill Sams (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-85 · Democratic primary | Jack King (D) | 5.2 | |
| HD-85 · Republican primary | Earl Davis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | Albert W. Thompson (D) | — | |
| HD-87 · Democratic primary | H. Norwood Pearce (D) | — | |
| HD-88 · Democratic primary | Daniel K. Grahl (D) | 56.1 | |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | Frank Pinkston (D) | — | |
| HD-89 · Republican primary | Billy L. Evans (R) | — | |
| HD-90 · Democratic primary | Tom C. Carr (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 · Democratic primary | George L. Smith II (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | Hines L. Brantley (D) | 6.3 | |
| HD-93 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-94 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-95 · Democratic primary | Ward Edwards (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Democratic primary | Don Castleberry (D) | 5.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-97 · Democratic primary | E. Roy Lambert (D) | 3.2 | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Kenneth E. Greer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 · Republican primary | Ted W. Waddle (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 · Democratic primary | E. Vince Moyer (D) | 27.3 | |
| HD-100 · Democratic primary | Larry Walker (D) | 58.0 | |
| HD-101 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-102 · Democratic primary | W. W. Larsen Jr. (D) | 4.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-103 · Democratic primary | L. L. Phillips (D) | 30.5 | |
| HD-104 · Democratic primary | Dewey D. Rush (D) | 1.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-105 · Democratic primary | Arthur Gignilliat (D) | 43.9 | |
| HD-106 · Democratic primary | Jesse Blackshear (D) | 39.1 | |
| HD-107 · Democratic primary | Joseph A. Battle (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-107 · Republican primary | Morriss W. Ellis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-108 · Democratic primary | Sam D. Allen (D) | 39.2 | |
| HD-109 · Republican primary | Herb Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-110 · Democratic primary | Bobby Hill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-111 · Democratic primary | Tom Triplett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-112 · Democratic primary | George Chance (D) | 5.5 | |
| HD-113 · Democratic primary | Gerald Greene (D) | -5.1 | |
| HD-114 · Democratic primary | William S. Lee (D) | 7.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-115 · Democratic primary | Howard H. Rainey (D) | — | |
| HD-116 · Democratic primary | Robert Ward Harrison Jr. (D) | 21.3 | |
| HD-117 · Democratic primary | Donald G. Fraser (D) | 22.8 | |
| HD-118 · Democratic primary | Mobley Howell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-119 · Democratic primary | R. T. Willis (D) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-120 · Democratic primary | Burton M. Wamble (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-121 · Democratic primary | James W. Keyton (D) | 12.4 | |
| HD-122 · Democratic primary | Dorsey Matthews (D) | — | |
| HD-123 · Democratic primary | Henry Bostick (D) | 5.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-124 · Democratic primary | Jim T. Bennett Jr. (D) | 6.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-125 · Democratic primary | Ottis Sweat Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-126 · Democratic primary | Harry Dixon (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-127 · Democratic primary | Bobby Wheeler (D) | 18.1 | |
| HD-128 · Democratic primary | Joe Isenberg (D) | 2.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-128 · Republican primary | Charles William Rogers (R) | Unopposed |
Georgia House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner