1980Final results
1980 Republican primary for Georgia House District 59
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
R. Tom Phillips (R) won with 83.6% of the vote, defeating Joe Staffieri (R) by 67.3 points.
R. Tom PhillipsRepublican · winner · incumbent
83.6%1,579
Joe StaffieriRepublican
16.4%309
1,888 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET