1974Final results
1974 election for Georgia Senate District 26
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Bert Hamilton (D) won with 63.7% of the vote, defeating Don Layfield (R) by 27.5 points.
Bert HamiltonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.7%8,669
Don LayfieldRepublican
36.2%4,932
13,606 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET