1978Final results

1978 election for Georgia Senate District 16

Name: 1978 election for Georgia Senate District 16
Start: 1978-11-07
Location: Georgia

Georgia State Senate · Georgia

H. Norwood Pearce (D) won with 48.0% of the vote, defeating Ted Land (Oth) by 5.6 points.

H. Norwood PearceDemocrat · winner · incumbent

48.0%6,938

Ted LandOther party

42.4%6,123

9.6%1,392

14,453 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

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