1982Final results
1982 Republican primary for Georgia Senate District 5
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Joe Burton (R) won with 57.0% of the vote, defeating Jim Bracewell (R) by 34.7 points.
Joe BurtonRepublican · winner
57.0%3,445
Jim BracewellRepublican
22.3%1,347
Joe E. WilkersonRepublican
10.6%639
Ted MilbyRepublican
10.1%608
6,039 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET