1978Still countingCertified resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 primary for Georgia House District 53
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
AUBREY VILLINES led; no source recorded a winner.
Aubrey VillinesDemocrat · leading
37.3%673
Doug VandifordDemocrat
27.5%496
Mike LendermanDemocrat · incumbent
26.5%478
Carl FreemanDemocrat
8.7%157
1,804 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET