1978Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1978 Democratic primary for Georgia House District 8

Name: 1978 Democratic primary for Georgia House District 8
Start: 1978-08-01
Location: Georgia

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Wendell Anderson (D) won with 24.7% of the vote, defeating Max R. Looper (D) by 8.7 points.

Wendell AndersonDemocrat · winner · incumbent

24.7%8,307

Joe Frank HarrisDemocrat · winner · incumbent

24.3%8,178

Max R. LooperDemocrat · incumbent

15.9%5,361

13.7%4,628

12.2%4,118

9.2%3,092

33,684 votes

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