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1976 election for Georgia House District 27

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Michael Nichols (D) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating Bill Baldwin (R) by 12.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Michael NicholsDemocrat · winner
56.2%4,924
Bill BaldwinRepublican
43.8%3,835
8,759 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 1976

Races before and after

EvenR+39.21974D+12.41976D+24.21980D+75.51990D+46.71996D+33.62000

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