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1980 election for Georgia Senate District 16
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Ted Land (R) won with 64.7% of the vote, defeating Ed Deaton (D) by 29.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ted LandRepublican · winner
64.7%17,896
Ed DeatonDemocrat
35.3%9,755
27,651 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