1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1986 election for Georgia Senate District 28
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Arthur Edge (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Arthur K. Bolton (D) by 6.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Arthur EdgeRepublican · winner
53.0%10,967
Arthur K. BoltonDemocrat
47.0%9,710
20,677 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 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET