1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Georgia House District 96
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Gary Cason (R) won with 59.7% of the vote, defeating Jack King (D) by 19.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Gary CasonRepublican · winner
59.7%5,537
Jack KingDemocrat · incumbent
40.3%3,731
9,268 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