1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1972 Democratic primary for Georgia House District 123

Name: 1972 Democratic primary for Georgia House District 123
Start: 1972-09-01
Location: Georgia

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Henry Bostick (D) won with 29.6% of the vote, defeating Hanson Carter (D) by 5.8 points.

Henry BostickDemocrat · winner · incumbent

29.6%5,977

Grover C. PattenDemocrat · winner · incumbent

25.2%5,093

Hanson CarterDemocrat · incumbent

23.8%4,805

21.3%4,300

20,175 votes

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