1976Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1976 Democratic primary for Georgia House District 78

Name: 1976 Democratic primary for Georgia House District 78
Start: 1976-08-01
Location: Georgia

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Bill Jones (D) won with 50.0% of the vote, defeating J. R. Smith (D) by 0.1 points.

Bill JonesDemocrat · winner

50.0%4,126

J. R. SmithDemocrat · incumbent

50.0%4,118

8,244 votes

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