1978Final results
1978 Democratic primary runoff for Georgia House District 59
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Tom White (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating James E. Howard (D) by 2.0 points.
Tom WhiteDemocrat · winner
51.0%1,371
James E. HowardDemocrat
49.0%1,318
2,689 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET