1974Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1974 Democratic primary runoff for Georgia House District 19

Name: 1974 Democratic primary runoff for Georgia House District 19
Start: 1974-09-01
Location: Georgia

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Bill Cooper (D) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Howard Atherton (D) by 8.7 points.

Bill CooperDemocrat · winner

54.3%10,108

Howard AthertonDemocrat · incumbent

45.7%8,494

18,602 votes

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