1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Georgia House District 86
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Mike Padgett (D) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Ronnie Truluck (R) by 1.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Mike PadgettDemocrat · winner
50.9%2,218
Ronnie TruluckRepublican · incumbent
49.1%2,142
4,360 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET