1978 primaries · May 1, 1978
1978 Georgia State Senate primary results, district by district
Every Georgia State Senate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 · Democratic primary | John R. Riley (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 · Democratic primary | Charles H. Wessels (D) | 56.2 | |
| SD-3 · Democratic primary | Glenn E. Bryant (D) | 28.7 | |
| SD-4 · Democratic primary | Joseph E. Kennedy (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 · Republican primary | Robert H. Bell (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-6 · Republican primary | Virginia Ramsey (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 · Democratic primary | Frank Eldridge Jr. (D) | 9.3 | |
| SD-8 · Democratic primary | Loyce W. Turner (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 · Democratic primary | Franklin Sutton (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 · Democratic primary | Henry Russell (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-11 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Hodge Timmons (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 · Democratic primary | Al Holloway (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 · Democratic primary | James L. Paulk (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 · Democratic primary | Hugh Carter (D) | 12.8 | |
| SD-15 · Democratic primary | Floyd Hudgins (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 · Democratic primary | H. Norwood Pearce (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-18 · Democratic primary | Ed Barker (D) | 64.7 | |
| SD-19 · Democratic primary | Ronnie Walker (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-20 · Democratic primary | Hugh Gillis (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 · Democratic primary | Bill English (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-22 · Democratic primary | Thomas Allgood (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-23 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Lester (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 · Democratic primary | Sam McGill (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-25 · Democratic primary | Culver Kidd (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 · Democratic primary | Richard Greene (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 · Democratic primary | Lee Robinson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 · Democratic primary | Kyle T. Cobb (D) | 23.6 | |
| SD-28 · Republican primary | Douglas Epps (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 · Democratic primary | Render Hill (D) | 24.2 | |
| SD-30 · Democratic primary | J. Ebb Duncan (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 · Democratic primary | Nathan Dean (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 · Democratic primary | Joe Thompson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-33 · Democratic primary | Roy E. Barnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-34 · Democratic primary | Ed Johnson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-35 · Democratic primary | Perry Hudson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-36 · Democratic primary | Jack L. Stephens (D) | 39.0 | |
| SD-36 · Republican primary | Shelton Martin (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-37 · Democratic primary | Todd Evans (D) | 28.4 | |
| SD-38 · Democratic primary | Horace E. Tate (D) | 63.0 | |
| SD-39 · Democratic primary | Julian Bond (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-40 · Democratic primary | Kay McKenzie (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-40 · Republican primary | Paul Coverdell (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-41 · Democratic primary | Will J. Cummings (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-41 · Republican primary | James W. Tysinger (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-42 · Democratic primary | Pierre Howard (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-43 · Democratic primary | Tom Scott (D) | 24.9 | |
| SD-43 · Republican primary | Joseph C. McCoy (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-44 · Democratic primary | Terrell A. Starr (D) | 30.4 | |
| SD-45 · Democratic primary | W. Don Ballard (D) | 38.1 | |
| SD-46 · Democratic primary | Paul Broun (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-47 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-48 · Democratic primary | Steve Reynolds (D) | 30.0 | |
| SD-49 · Democratic primary | Howard T. Overby (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-50 · Democratic primary | John C. Foster (D) | 34.9 | |
| SD-51 · Democratic primary | James Beverly Langford (D) | 5.8 | |
| SD-52 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-53 · Democratic primary | E. G. Summers (D) | 28.0 | |
| SD-54 · Democratic primary | W. W. Fincher Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-55 · Democratic primary | Lawrence Stumbaugh (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-56 · Democratic primary | George Ivey (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-56 · Republican primary | Haskew Brantley (R) | Unopposed |
Georgia State Senate
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