1978Final results

1978 Democratic primary runoff for Georgia Senate District 17

Georgia State Senate · Georgia

Janice Horton (D) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Edgar Fry (D) by 3.6 points.

Janice HortonDemocrat · winner
51.8%7,253
Edgar FryDemocrat
48.2%6,743
13,996 votes

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