1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Georgia House District 124
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Lamar W. Davis Jr. (R) won with 61.1% of the vote, defeating Joseph A. Battle (D) by 22.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Lamar W. Davis Jr.Republican · winner
61.1%4,124
Joseph A. BattleDemocrat · incumbent
38.9%2,630
6,754 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET