1976Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1976 Democratic primary runoff for Georgia House District 8

Name: 1976 Democratic primary runoff for Georgia House District 8
Start: 1976-08-01
Location: Georgia

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Max R. Looper (D) won with 25.6% of the vote, defeating Boyd Thomason (D) by 0.7 points.

Max R. LooperDemocrat · winner

25.6%7,792

Wendell AndersonDemocrat · winner

25.4%7,730

Boyd ThomasonDemocrat · incumbent

24.9%7,572

24.0%7,305

30,399 votes

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