1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Georgia Senate District 56
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Haskew Brantley (R) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating Herb Mabry (D) by 8.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Haskew BrantleyRepublican · winner
54.1%25,536
Herb MabryDemocrat · incumbent
45.9%21,657
47,194 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