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1978Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1978 primary for Georgia House District 146

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Monty Veazey (D) won with 43.2% of the vote, defeating Grover C. Patten (D) by 22.4 points.

Monty VeazeyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
43.2%6,489
Grover C. PattenDemocrat · incumbent
20.8%3,122
19.2%2,883
16.8%2,526
15,020 votes

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