1980Final results

1980 primary for Georgia Senate District 47

Name: 1980 primary for Georgia Senate District 47
Start: 1980-08-01
Location: Georgia

Georgia State Senate · Georgia

M. Parks Brown (D) won with 50.5% of the vote, defeating Ray Gaines (D) by 0.9 points.

M. Parks BrownDemocrat · winner · incumbent

50.5%13,744

49.5%13,489

27,233 votes

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