1980Final results
1980 election for Georgia Senate District 14
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Bud McKenzie (D) won with 72.3% of the vote, defeating Ed Swearingen (R) by 44.5 points.
Bud McKenzieDemocrat · winner
72.3%17,171
Ed SwearingenRepublican
27.7%6,589
23,760 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