1980Final results
1980 Republican primary for Georgia Senate District 41
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
James W. Tysinger (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating John Linder (R) by 4.8 points.
James W. TysingerRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.4%2,564
John LinderRepublican
47.6%2,331
4,895 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET