1986 general · November 4, 1986
1986 Georgia election results
Every race on Georgia's ballot in the 1986 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races221
Changed party5
Unopposed72%159 races
Incumbents defeated1
U.S. Senate
D 1 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | Wyche Fowler (D) | 1.8 | Flipped |
Governors
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | Joe Frank Harris (D) | 41.0 |
U.S. House
D 8 · R 2
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA-1 | Lindsay Thomas (D) | Unopposed | |
| GA-2 | Charles Hatcher (D) | Unopposed | |
| GA-3 | Richard Ray (D) | Unopposed | |
| GA-4 | Pat Swindall (R) | 6.5 | |
| GA-5 | John Lewis (D) | 50.6 | |
| GA-6 | Newton Gingrich (R) | 19.1 | |
| GA-7 | George Darden (D) | 32.8 | |
| GA-8 | James Rowland (D) | 72.8 | |
| GA-9 | Edgar Jenkins (D) | Unopposed | |
| GA-10 | Doug Barnard Jr. (D) | 34.5 |
Georgia State Senate
D 45 · R 10 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | J. Tom Coleman Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | Al Scott (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Glenn E. Bryant (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 | Joseph E. Kennedy (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | Joe Burton (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | Earl Echols (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Ed Perry (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 | Loyce W. Turner (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Tom Philips (R) | 32.0 | |
| SD-11 | Jimmy Hodge Timmons (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 | Al Holloway (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Rooney L. Bowen (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Bud McKenzie (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 | Floyd Hudgins (D) | 5.7 | |
| SD-16 | Ted Land (R) | 37.0 | |
| SD-17 | Alex Crumbley (D) | 1.1 | |
| SD-18 | Ed Barker (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-19 | Walter Ray (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-20 | Hugh Gillis (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 | Bill English (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-22 | Thomas Allgood (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-23 | Frank Albert (R) | 24.6 | |
| SD-24 | Sam McGill (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-25 | Culver Kidd (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 | Tommy C. Olmstead (D) | 53.3 | |
| SD-27 | W. F. Harris (D) | 60.3 | |
| SD-28 | Arthur Edge (R) | 6.1 | Flipped |
| SD-29 | Quillian Baldwin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-30 | Wayne Garner (D) | 38.1 | |
| SD-31 | Nathan Dean (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 | Jim Tolleson (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-33 | Roy E. Barnes (D) | 44.9 | |
| SD-34 | Bev Engram (D) | 41.3 | |
| SD-35 | Arthur Langford Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-36 | David Scott (D) | 62.1 | |
| SD-37 | Carl Harrison (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-38 | Horace E. Tate (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-39 | Hildred Shumake Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-40 | Paul Coverdell (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-41 | James W. Tysinger (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-42 | Pierre Howard (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-43 | Eugene Walker (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-44 | Terrell A. Starr (D) | 37.3 | |
| SD-45 | Harrill L. Dawkins (D) | 32.1 | |
| SD-46 | Paul Broun (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-47 | M. Parks Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-48 | Donn Peevy (D) | 0.3 | |
| SD-49 | Nathan Deal (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-50 | John C. Foster (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-51 | Max Brannon (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-52 | Ed Hine (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-53 | Waymond Huggins (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-54 | W. W. Fincher Jr. (D) | 38.0 | |
| SD-55 | Lawrence Stumbaugh (D) | 31.2 | |
| SD-56 | Sallie Newbill (R) | 45.4 |
Georgia House of Representatives
D 152 · R 27 · 3 changed party
Georgia
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab