1982 primaries · May 1, 1982
1982 Georgia House of Representatives primaries results, district by district
Every Georgia House of Representatives district in the 1982 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Forest Hays Jr. (D) | — | |
| HD-2 · Democratic primary | Robert G. Peters (D) | 20.3 | |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | Tom Ramsey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | Ralph Twiggs (D) | 16.5 | |
| HD-4 · Republican primary | Jack Shaw (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-5 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-6 · Democratic primary | Phil Foster (D) | 17.3 | |
| HD-6 · Republican primary | Spence Higgins Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | J. C. Maddox (D) | 13.3 | |
| HD-7 · Republican primary | Truett Moss (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | Wendell Anderson (D) | 32.7 | |
| HD-8 · Republican primary | Harvey G. Busby (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | Bobby Lawson (D) | 19.3 | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | Jack Irvin (D) | 13.4 | |
| HD-12 · Democratic primary | Lauren McDonald (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Louie Clark (D) | 12.0 | |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | Forrest L. McKelvey (D) | 16.4 | |
| HD-15 · Republican primary | Pat Montgomery (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | John Adams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | Bill Cummings (D) | 26.2 | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | Thomas B. Murphy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-19 · Republican primary | Rowan Gilreath (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 · Democratic primary | George Darden (D) | 11.3 | |
| HD-20 · Republican primary | Milton A. McLarty Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Pat Dunn (D) | — | |
| HD-21 · Republican primary | Johnny Isakson (R) | 5.9 | |
| HD-22 · Republican primary | Dorothy Felton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Republican primary | Luther Colbert (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Republican primary | Kil Townsend (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | Rob Bennett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Republican primary | John M. Lupton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | Sidney J. Marcus (D) | 78.3 | |
| HD-27 · Republican primary | Dick Lane (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Bob Holmes (D) | 19.3 | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Douglas C. Dean (D) | 36.6 | |
| HD-30 · Democratic primary | Paul Bolster (D) | 42.2 | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | Grace T. Hamilton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | Helen Selman (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 · Republican primary | Lee Howell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Julius C. Daugherty (D) | 49.1 | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Tyrone Brooks (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 · Democratic primary | J. E. McKinney (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | G. D. Adams (D) | 63.0 | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Lorenzo Benn (D) | 35.3 | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | John W. Greer (D) | — | |
| HD-39 · Republican primary | Bettye Lowe (R) | — | |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-41 · Republican primary | Jim Bruner (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | Thomas Kilgore (D) | 19.8 | |
| HD-42 · Republican primary | Bill Gregorsky (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-43 · Democratic primary | Grady L. Huddleston (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-43 · Republican primary | Paul W. Heard Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-44 · Republican primary | John Linder (R) | 11.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-45 · Democratic primary | George Williamson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 · Republican primary | Max Davis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 · Democratic primary | Cathey W. Steinberg (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 · Republican primary | Scott Paul Walton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | G. Michael Smith (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-47 · Republican primary | Chesley Morton (R) | 20.4 | |
| HD-48 · Republican primary | Betty Jo Williams (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 · Democratic primary | Jack B. Sartain (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | Frank Redding (D) | 26.9 | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | Ken Workman (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-51 · Republican primary | Tommy Tolbert (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-52 · Democratic primary | Eleanor Richardson (D) | 16.5 | |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | Mobley Peggy Childs (D) | 68.8 | |
| HD-54 · Democratic primary | Hosea Williams (D) | 22.0 | |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | Betty J. Clark (D) | 45.5 | |
| HD-56 · Democratic primary | Betty Aaron (D) | 49.4 | |
| HD-57 · Democratic primary | William C. Mangum (D) | 10.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-57 · Republican primary | William Hammonds (R) | — | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | Cas Robinson (D) | 64.0 | |
| HD-59 · Democratic primary | Richard Tucker (D) | 24.5 | |
| HD-59 · Republican primary | Mike Barnett (R) | 33.2 | |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | Charles Martin (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-61 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-61 · Republican primary | Rusty Horton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Bill Chappell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-62 · Republican primary | Tom White (R) | 28.8 | |
| HD-63 · Democratic primary | Scott Ferguson (D) | 9.0 | |
| HD-63 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | John Russell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | Neal Jackson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | E. Roy Lambert (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-67 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-68 · Democratic primary | Bob Argo (D) | 4.4 | |
| HD-69 · Democratic primary | Charles Thomas (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-70 · Democratic primary | Gerald Johnson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | Johnny Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 · Republican primary | Neal Shepard (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Democratic primary | William J. Lee (D) | 9.7 | |
| HD-72 · Republican primary | Johnny White (R) | — | |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | Wesley Dunn (D) | 32.2 | |
| HD-73 · Republican primary | Mac Irvin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-74 · Democratic primary | Denny Dobbs (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-75 · Democratic primary | John L. Mostiler (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-76 · Republican primary | Eric Sigman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-77 · Democratic primary | J. Crawford Ware (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | Bill Jones (D) | 7.6 | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | Marvin Adams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Kenneth Waldrep (D) | 16.6 | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | Edwin G. Mullinax (D) | 3.6 | |
| HD-82 · Democratic primary | Ben Barron Ross (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Democratic primary | William S. Jackson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | Warren D. Evans (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-85 · Democratic primary | Charles W. Walker (D) | 32.3 | |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | Mike Padgett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-86 · Republican primary | C. B. Rosen (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-87 · Democratic primary | Jack Connell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-88 · Democratic primary | George Brown (D) | 3.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | Donald E. Cheeks (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Democratic primary | Travis Barnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Republican primary | Dickey Boardman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 · Democratic primary | Claude A. Bray (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | Calvin Smyre (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-93 · Democratic primary | W. Randolph Phillips (D) | 26.1 | |
| HD-94 · Democratic primary | Sanford Bishop (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Democratic primary | Thomas B. Buck III (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Democratic primary | Milton Hirsch (D) | 3.1 | |
| HD-96 · Republican primary | Earl Davis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 · Democratic primary | Mary Jane Galer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Robert Ray (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 · Democratic primary | Denmark Groover (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 · Republican primary | Elizabeth R. Francisco (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-100 · Democratic primary | Frank Pinkston (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-101 · Democratic primary | William C. Randall (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-101 · Republican primary | Gary Haynes (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-102 · Democratic primary | David Lucas (D) | 4.5 | |
| HD-103 · Democratic primary | Frank Horne (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-104 · Democratic primary | Kenneth Birdsong (D) | 52.0 | |
| HD-105 · Democratic primary | Bobby Eugene Parham (D) | 25.6 | |
| HD-106 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-107 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Lord (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-108 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-109 · Democratic primary | Randolph C. Karrh (D) | 3.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-110 · Democratic primary | John Godbee (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-111 · Democratic primary | Bob Lane (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-112 · Democratic primary | Ward Edwards (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-113 · Republican primary | Ted W. Waddle (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-114 · Democratic primary | Roy H. Watson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-115 · Democratic primary | Larry Walker (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-116 · Democratic primary | George Hooks (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-117 · Democratic primary | Newt Hudson (D) | 37.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-118 · Democratic primary | Terry L. Coleman (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-119 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-119 · Republican primary | Allen Thomas (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-120 · Democratic primary | L. L. Phillips (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-121 · Democratic primary | Clinton Oliver (D) | 53.3 | |
| HD-122 · Democratic primary | Ronald Ginsberg (D) | 46.3 | |
| HD-123 · Democratic primary | Diane Harvey Johnson (D) | 42.7 | |
| HD-124 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-125 · Democratic primary | Bobby Phillips (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-125 · Republican primary | Nelson Sevier (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-126 · Democratic primary | Jess Chappell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-126 · Republican primary | Anne Mueller (R) | 12.1 | |
| HD-127 · Democratic primary | Roy Allen (D) | 9.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-128 · Democratic primary | Tom Triplett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-129 · Democratic primary | George Chance (D) | 27.3 | |
| HD-130 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-131 · Democratic primary | Bob Hanner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-132 · Democratic primary | John White (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-133 · Democratic primary | Tommy Chambless (D) | 27.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-134 · Democratic primary | Mary Young (D) | 18.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-135 · Democratic primary | Howard H. Rainey (D) | 10.8 | |
| HD-136 · Democratic primary | Earleen Sizemore (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-137 · Democratic primary | Paul S. Branch (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-138 · Democratic primary | Henry Bostick (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-139 · Democratic primary | James C. Moore (D) | 23.8 | |
| HD-140 · Democratic primary | Ralph J. Balkcom (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-141 · Democratic primary | Walter Cox (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-142 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-143 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-143 · Republican primary | Dewey McCabe (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-144 · Democratic primary | Marcus Collins (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-145 · Democratic primary | Hugh D. Matthews (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-146 · Democratic primary | Hanson Carter (D) | 21.1 | |
| HD-147 · Democratic primary | Henry L. Reaves (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-148 · Democratic primary | James A. Beck (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-149 · Democratic primary | Robert Patten (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-150 · Democratic primary | Tom Crosby Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-151 · Democratic primary | Harry Dixon (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-151 · Republican primary | Jackie McCall (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-152 · Democratic primary | Tommy Smith (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-153 · Democratic primary | Roger Byrd (D) | 15.2 | |
| HD-154 · Democratic primary | Joe E. Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-155 · Democratic primary | E. C. Tillman (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-155 · Republican primary | Norman McVeigh (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-156 · Democratic primary | Fred Stregles (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-156 · Republican primary | Dean Auten (R) | Unopposed |
Georgia House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner