1974Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1974 Democratic primary runoff for Georgia House District 28

Name: 1974 Democratic primary runoff for Georgia House District 28
Start: 1974-09-01
Location: Georgia

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Sam Sheats (D) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating E. J. Shepherd (D) by 13.3 points.

Sam SheatsDemocrat · winner

56.6%1,532

E. J. ShepherdDemocrat · incumbent

43.4%1,173

2,705 votes

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