1978 primaries · May 1, 1978
1978 Georgia House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Georgia House of Representatives district in the 1978 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Forest Hays Jr. (D) | — | |
| HD-2 · Democratic primary | Robert G. Peters (D) | 11.6 | |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | Tom Ramsey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | Ralph Twiggs (D) | 27.7 | |
| HD-5 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-6 · Democratic primary | R. L. Foster (D) | — | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | Wendell Anderson (D) | 8.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | Jerry D. Jackson (D) | 12.6 | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | Jack Irvin (D) | 6.4 | |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | Bill Dover (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-12 · Democratic primary | Lauren McDonald (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Charles C. Mann (D) | 9.5 | |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | Lucian Oldham (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | E. M. Childers (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | Lynn Gammage (D) | 33.3 | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | Thomas B. Murphy (D) | 51.3 | |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | Joe Mack Wilson (D) | 16.9 | |
| HD-19 · Republican primary | John Herrin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 · Democratic primary | Stephen Reed (D) | — | |
| HD-20 · Republican primary | Kenneth Nix (R) | — | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | A. L. Burruss (D) | — | |
| HD-21 · Republican primary | Fred Aiken (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | James B. Gilmore (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Republican primary | Dorothy Felton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Democratic primary | Hal S. Crawford (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | John Ridley (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Republican primary | Kil Townsend (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | Alexander Suto (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Republican primary | John Savage (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | Sidney J. Marcus (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | Michael Nichols (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Alveda King Beal (D) | 27.9 | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Douglas C. Dean (D) | 41.5 | |
| HD-30 · Democratic primary | Paul Bolster (D) | 48.1 | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | Grace T. Hamilton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Republican primary | Georgia Blackburn Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | Mildred Glover (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Julius C. Daugherty (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Lottie H. Watkins (D) | 30.4 | |
| HD-34 · Republican primary | Hildred Shumake Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 · Democratic primary | J. E. McKinney (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | G. D. Adams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | David Scott (D) | 55.9 | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Henrietta Mathis Canty (D) | 59.4 | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | Bob Holmes (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-40 · Republican primary | Dick Lane (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | Greg Pilewicz (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-41 · Republican primary | Phil Blanton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-42 · Republican primary | Virlyn B. Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-43 · Democratic primary | John W. Greer (D) | 6.7 | |
| HD-44 · Republican primary | John Linder (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 · Republican primary | George Williamson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 · Democratic primary | Cathey W. Steinberg (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 · Republican primary | Charlie Plowman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-47 · Republican primary | Joe Burton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48 · Republican primary | Betty Jo Williams (R) | 38.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-49 · Republican primary | Hank Elliott (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | John Hawkins (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | Mobley Peggy Childs (D) | 28.7 | |
| HD-51 · Republican primary | Ross M. Goddard (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-52 · Democratic primary | Eleanor Richardson (D) | 43.5 | |
| HD-52 · Republican primary | Barry Billington (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-53 · Republican primary | Roy F. Groves Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-54 · Democratic primary | Hosea Williams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | Betty J. Clark (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56 · Democratic primary | John S. Carpenter (D) | 13.8 | |
| HD-56 · Republican primary | Tommy Tolbert (R) | 18.7 | |
| HD-57 · Democratic primary | Clarence Vaughn (D) | 29.8 | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | Cas Robinson (D) | 28.0 | |
| HD-58 · Republican primary | Craig Abbott (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-59 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-59 · Republican primary | R. Tom Phillips (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-60 · Republican primary | Jon Manning (R) | 30.7 | |
| HD-61 · Democratic primary | Vinson Wall (D) | 39.4 | |
| HD-61 · Republican primary | Michael J. Bruning (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Hugh Logan (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-63 · Democratic primary | Bob Argo (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | John Russell (D) | 43.2 | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-65 · Republican primary | Marshall Helms (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Gerald Johnson (D) | 7.0 | |
| HD-67 · Democratic primary | Nathan G. Knight (D) | 26.8 | |
| HD-68 · Democratic primary | J. Crawford Ware (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-69 · Democratic primary | Edwin G. Mullinax (D) | 6.2 | |
| HD-70 · Democratic primary | Claude A. Bray (D) | 42.1 | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | John L. Mostiler (D) | 11.1 | |
| HD-72 · Democratic primary | William J. Lee (D) | 11.1 | |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | Richard Chamberlin (D) | 1.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-74 · Democratic primary | Phil Johnson (D) | 23.0 | |
| HD-75 · Democratic primary | Bobby Carrell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | Ben Barron Ross (D) | 29.0 | |
| HD-77 · Democratic primary | William S. Jackson (D) | 16.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | Bill Jones (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | Marvin Adams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Benson Ham (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | W. Jones Lane (D) | 44.8 | |
| HD-82 · Democratic primary | Paul E. Nessmith Sr. (D) | 20.4 | |
| HD-83 · Democratic primary | Emory E. Bargeron (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | Warren D. Evans (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-85 · Democratic primary | R. A. Dent (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | Mike Padgett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-86 · Republican primary | Ronnie Truluck (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-87 · Democratic primary | Jack Connell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-88 · Democratic primary | Graham F. Daniel (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | Donald E. Cheeks (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Republican primary | Bob Beckham (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Republican primary | David Swann (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 · Democratic primary | W. Randolph Phillips (D) | 35.2 | |
| HD-91 · Republican primary | Rose Strong (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | Calvin Smyre (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-93 · Democratic primary | Albert W. Thompson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 · Democratic primary | Sanford Bishop (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Democratic primary | Thomas B. Buck III (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Republican primary | Gary Cason (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 · Democratic primary | Mary Jane Galer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Bryant Culpepper (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 · Democratic primary | Burl Davis (D) | 5.1 | |
| HD-100 · Democratic primary | Frank Pinkston (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-101 · Democratic primary | William C. Randall (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-102 · Democratic primary | David Lucas (D) | 6.7 | |
| HD-103 · Democratic primary | Kenneth Birdsong (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-104 · Democratic primary | Frank Horne (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-105 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Lord (D) | 0.9 | |
| HD-106 · Democratic primary | Randolph C. Karrh (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-107 · Democratic primary | A. D. Clifton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-108 · Democratic primary | Wilbur Baugh (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-109 · Democratic primary | Bobby Eugene Parham (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-110 · Democratic primary | Ward Edwards (D) | 13.7 | |
| HD-111 · Democratic primary | Don Castleberry (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-112 · Democratic primary | E. Roy Lambert (D) | 11.0 | |
| HD-113 · Democratic primary | Quinton Moody (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-113 · Republican primary | Ted W. Waddle (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-114 · Democratic primary | Roy H. Watson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-115 · Democratic primary | Larry Walker (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-116 · Democratic primary | Bill Murray (D) | 29.1 | |
| HD-117 · Democratic primary | Ben Jessup (D) | 29.4 | |
| HD-117 · Republican primary | Carl Jacob Kuipers Sr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-118 · Democratic primary | Terry L. Coleman (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-119 · Democratic primary | James Rowland (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-120 · Democratic primary | L. L. Phillips (D) | 44.3 | |
| HD-121 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-122 · Democratic primary | Arthur Gignilliat (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-123 · Democratic primary | Al Scott (D) | 50.8 | |
| HD-124 · Democratic primary | Joseph A. Battle (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-124 · Republican primary | Ervin D. Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-125 · Democratic primary | Bobby Phillips (D) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-126 · Republican primary | Herb Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-127 · Democratic primary | Bobby Hill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-128 · Democratic primary | Tom Triplett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-129 · Democratic primary | George Chance (D) | 31.2 | |
| HD-130 · Democratic primary | Bob Hanner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-131 · Democratic primary | Charles Hatcher (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-132 · Democratic primary | John White (D) | 84.6 | |
| HD-133 · Democratic primary | R. D. Hutchinson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-134 · Democratic primary | Lillian H. Parkman (D) | 28.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-134 · Republican primary | Shelton O. Mitchell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-135 · Democratic primary | Howard H. Rainey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-136 · Democratic primary | Earleen Sizemore (D) | 29.6 | |
| HD-137 · Democratic primary | Paul S. Branch (D) | 13.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-138 · Democratic primary | Joel R. Greene (D) | 5.8 | |
| HD-139 · Democratic primary | Rene D. Kemp (D) | 51.2 | |
| HD-140 · Democratic primary | Ralph J. Balkcom (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-141 · Democratic primary | Walter Cox (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-142 · Democratic primary | Bobby Long (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-143 · Democratic primary | Robert C. Sise (D) | 9.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-144 · Democratic primary | Marcus Collins (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-145 · Democratic primary | Hugh D. Matthews (D) | 18.8 | |
| HD-146 · Democratic primary | Monty Veazey (D) | 22.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-147 · Democratic primary | Henry L. Reaves (D) | 31.3 | |
| HD-148 · Democratic primary | James A. Beck (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-149 · Democratic primary | Robert Patten (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-150 · Democratic primary | Tom Crosby Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-151 · Democratic primary | Harry Dixon (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-152 · Democratic primary | Tommy Smith (D) | 9.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-153 · Democratic primary | James R. Tuten Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-154 · Democratic primary | Henry T. Smith (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-154 · Republican primary | Dean Auten (R) | Unopposed |
Georgia House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner