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1980 election for Georgia House District 25

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

John Savage (D) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating John M. Lupton (R) by 8.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

John SavageDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.2%6,861
John M. LuptonRepublican
45.8%5,804
12,665 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

EvenR+25.01978D+8.31980R+18.51982R+5.11986R+12.41988D+3.61996

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