1974Final results
1974 Democratic primary for Georgia Senate District 9
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Franklin Sutton (D) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Lonnie C. Johnson (D) by 15.7 points.
Franklin SuttonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
50.7%7,145
Lonnie C. JohnsonDemocrat
34.9%4,928
C. K. RobinsonDemocrat
14.4%2,030
14,103 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET