1974Final results

1974 Democratic primary for Georgia House District 117

Name: 1974 Democratic primary for Georgia House District 117
Start: 1974-09-01
Location: Georgia

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Ben Jessup (D) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating Ralph Sutton (D) by 13.5 points.

Ben JessupDemocrat · winner · incumbent

56.7%3,250

43.3%2,479

5,729 votes

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