1982Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1982 primary for Georgia House District 117
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Newt Hudson (D) won with 61.3% of the vote, defeating L. Z. Nesmith (D) by 37.7 points.
Newt HudsonDemocrat · winner
61.3%4,805
L. Z. NesmithDemocrat
23.6%1,848
Ben JessupDemocrat · incumbent
15.1%1,183
7,836 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET