1972 primaries · May 1, 1972
1972 Georgia State Senate primary results, district by district
Every Georgia State Senate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 · Democratic primary | John R. Riley (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 · Democratic primary | William A. Searcey (D) | 19.1 | |
| SD-2 · Republican primary | Wiley A. Wasden Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 · Democratic primary | Edward H. Zipperer (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 · Democratic primary | Joseph E. Kennedy (D) | 36.3 | |
| SD-5 · Democratic primary | Sam King (D) | 12.7 | |
| SD-5 · Republican primary | Robert H. Bell (R) | 43.1 | |
| SD-6 · Democratic primary | Roscoe Emory Dean Jr. (D) | 38.7 | |
| SD-7 · Democratic primary | Frank Eldridge Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 · Democratic primary | Robert A. Rowan (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 · Democratic primary | Franklin Sutton (D) | 4.6 | |
| SD-10 · Democratic primary | Michael N. Herndon (D) | 16.1 | |
| SD-11 · Democratic primary | Julian Webb (D) | 32.4 | |
| SD-12 · Democratic primary | Al Holloway (D) | 34.3 | |
| SD-13 · Democratic primary | Martin Young (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 · Democratic primary | Hugh Carter (D) | 17.6 | |
| SD-14 · Republican primary | Walter Wainwright (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 · Democratic primary | Floyd Hudgins (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 · Republican primary | Paul Stansel (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 · Democratic primary | Harry C. Jackson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-18 · Democratic primary | Ed Barker (D) | 18.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-18 · Republican primary | Robert A. Robbins (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-19 · Democratic primary | E. M. McDuffie (D) | 17.6 | |
| SD-20 · Democratic primary | Hugh Gillis (D) | 4.1 | |
| SD-21 · Democratic primary | Jay Carroll Cox (D) | 23.5 | |
| SD-22 · Democratic primary | R. Eugene Holley (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-23 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Lester (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 · Democratic primary | Sam McGill (D) | 28.0 | |
| SD-25 · Democratic primary | Culver Kidd (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 · Democratic primary | Bert Hamilton (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 · Republican primary | Linton D. Baggs Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 · Democratic primary | Lester Zack Dozier (D) | 55.3 | |
| SD-27 · Republican primary | George N. Skene (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-29 · Democratic primary | Render Hill (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-30 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-31 · Democratic primary | James I. Parker (D) | 27.8 | |
| SD-32 · Democratic primary | Joe Thompson (D) | 5.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-33 · Democratic primary | J. H. Henderson Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-33 · Republican primary | Samuel R. Walker (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-34 · Democratic primary | James R. Hamilton (D) | 26.7 | |
| SD-34 · Republican primary | W. Armstrong Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-35 · Democratic primary | Frank E. Coggin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-36 · Democratic primary | Jack L. Stephens (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-36 · Republican primary | John H. Calhoun (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-37 · Democratic primary | Ed Garrard (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-37 · Republican primary | Walter D. Everhart (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-38 · Democratic primary | Leroy Johnson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-39 · Democratic primary | Horace T. Ward (D) | 72.3 | |
| SD-40 · Democratic primary | Hy Chinkes (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-40 · Republican primary | Paul Coverdell (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-41 · Republican primary | James W. Tysinger (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-42 · Democratic primary | Pierre Howard (D) | 30.2 | |
| SD-42 · Republican primary | M. Fred Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-43 · Democratic primary | Bryant Kilpatrick (D) | 53.0 | |
| SD-43 · Republican primary | George T. Warren II (R) | 13.0 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-44 · Democratic primary | Terrell A. Starr (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-45 · Democratic primary | W. Don Ballard (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-46 · Democratic primary | Paul Broun (D) | 31.7 | |
| SD-47 · Democratic primary | M. Parks Brown (D) | 33.9 | |
| SD-48 · Democratic primary | Steve Reynolds (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-49 · Democratic primary | Howard T. Overby (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-50 · Democratic primary | Maylon London (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-51 · Democratic primary | James Beverly Langford (D) | 3.3 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-52 · Democratic primary | Sam W. Doss (D) | 36.6 | |
| SD-53 · Democratic primary | E. G. Summers (D) | 13.8 | |
| SD-53 · Republican primary | Paul R. Chambers (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-54 · Democratic primary | W. W. Fincher Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-55 · Democratic primary | Max Cleland (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-55 · Republican primary | Rooks Boynton (R) | 17.8 | |
| SD-56 · Democratic primary | Sam P. Hensley Sr. (D) | 28.7 | |
| SD-56 · Republican primary | Tom Moore (R) | 26.7 |
Georgia State Senate
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