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1978Final results

1978 election for Georgia House District 154

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Dean Auten (R) won with 72.2% of the vote, defeating Henry T. Smith (D) by 44.4 points.

Dean AutenRepublican · winner · incumbent
72.2%3,534
27.8%1,362
4,896 votes

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

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1978

Races before and after

EvenR+44.41978R+9.01994R+50.22000R+17.02004R+12.92022R+1.32026

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