1976Final results
1976 Democratic primary for Georgia House District 117
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Ben Jessup (D) won with 57.6% of the vote, defeating Lawrence Bennett (D) by 24.0 points.
Ben JessupDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.6%4,912
Lawrence BennettDemocrat
33.6%2,863
Melvin JonesDemocrat
8.9%756
8,531 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET