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1982Final results

1982 election for Georgia House District 19

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Boyd Pettit (D) won with 84.8% of the vote, defeating Rowan Gilreath (R) by 69.7 points.

Boyd PettitDemocrat · winner
84.8%6,261
Rowan GilreathRepublican
15.2%1,119
7,380 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenD+33.91980D+69.71982D+1.41992R+10.81994R+37.61996R+47.21998

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