1978Final results
1978 Democratic primary for Georgia Senate District 17
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
JANICE HORTON led; no source recorded a winner.
Janice HortonDemocrat · leading
35.0%5,756
Edgar FryDemocrat
22.8%3,754
J. R. SmithDemocrat
21.8%3,589
Francis HollandDemocrat
13.3%2,192
Bob BoydDemocrat
7.1%1,177
16,468 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET