1980Final results

1980 Republican primary for Georgia Senate District 1

Name: 1980 Republican primary for Georgia Senate District 1
Start: 1980-08-01
Location: Georgia

Georgia State Senate · Georgia

Erie Lee Downing (R) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Bill Behnken (R) by 7.2 points.

Erie Lee DowningRepublican · winner

53.6%527

46.4%456

983 votes

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