1980Final results
1980 election for Georgia House District 88
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Sam Nicholson (D) won with 55.4% of the vote, defeating Jewell Bentley Childress (R) by 10.8 points.
Sam NicholsonDemocrat · winner
55.4%4,090
Jewell Bentley ChildressRepublican
44.6%3,294
7,384 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