1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Georgia House District 86
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Ronnie Truluck (R) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Bernard F. Miles (D) by 5.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ronnie TruluckRepublican · winner
52.8%3,367
Bernard F. MilesDemocrat · incumbent
47.2%3,006
6,373 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET