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1984Final results

1984 election for Georgia House District 47

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Chesley Morton (R) won re-election with 66.0% of the vote, defeating Paul Goldstein (D) by 32.1 points.

Chesley MortonRepublican · winner · incumbent
66.0%8,081
34.0%4,155
12,236 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 1984

Races before and after

EvenR+17.01982R+32.11984R+12.11988D+7.31990

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)