1978Final results

1978 Democratic primary runoff for Georgia Senate District 47

Name: 1978 Democratic primary runoff for Georgia Senate District 47
Start: 1978-08-01
Location: Georgia

Georgia State Senate · Georgia

M. Parks Brown (D) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Ray Gaines (D) by 1.4 points.

M. Parks BrownDemocrat · winner · incumbent

50.7%5,645

49.3%5,487

11,132 votes

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