1972Still countingCertified resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 primary for Georgia House District 64
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
JOHN K PATTERSON led; no source recorded a winner.
John K. PattersonDemocrat · leading · incumbent
20.6%4,492
J. E. BohannonDemocrat · incumbent
19.2%4,184
Don CostleyDemocrat
13.7%2,994
Tom GlantonDemocrat
12.9%2,811
Ralph ParkmanDemocrat
11.4%2,492
Reuben M. WordDemocrat
9.0%1,975
Bill ReynoldsDemocrat
7.3%1,603
Earl Gordon Staples Jr.Democrat
5.9%1,289
21,840 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET