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1980Final results

1980 election for Georgia House District 86

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Mike Padgett (D) won with 68.5% of the vote, defeating George B. Cunningham (R) by 37.0 points.

Mike PadgettDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.5%5,468
31.5%2,512
7,980 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

EvenD+24.01974R+5.71976D+1.71978D+37.01980D+45.91982D+10.41984

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