1986 primaries · May 1, 1986
1986 Georgia State Senate primary results, district by district
Every Georgia State Senate district in the 1986 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 · Democratic primary | J. Tom Coleman Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 · Democratic primary | Al Scott (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 · Democratic primary | Glenn E. Bryant (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 · Democratic primary | Joseph E. Kennedy (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 · Republican primary | Joe Burton (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-7 · Democratic primary | Ed Perry (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 · Democratic primary | Loyce W. Turner (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 · Democratic primary | Diana Preston (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 · Republican primary | Tom Philips (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-10 · Republican primary | C. B. Grubbs (R) | 37.4 | |
| SD-11 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Hodge Timmons (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 · Democratic primary | Al Holloway (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 · Democratic primary | Rooney L. Bowen (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 · Democratic primary | Bud McKenzie (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 · Democratic primary | Floyd Hudgins (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 · Republican primary | Gary Parker (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 · Democratic primary | E. J. Bagley (D) | 13.7 | |
| SD-16 · Republican primary | Ted Land (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 · Democratic primary | Alex Crumbley (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 · Republican primary | Mac Collins (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-18 · Democratic primary | Ed Barker (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-19 · Democratic primary | Walter Ray (D) | 16.4 | |
| SD-20 · Democratic primary | Hugh Gillis (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 · Democratic primary | Bill English (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-22 · Democratic primary | Thomas Allgood (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-23 · Democratic primary | Sydney Carter (D) | 5.7 | |
| SD-23 · Republican primary | Frank Albert (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 · Democratic primary | Sam McGill (D) | 19.2 | |
| SD-25 · Democratic primary | Culver Kidd (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 · Democratic primary | Tommy C. Olmstead (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 · Republican primary | Jim Wilcox (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 · Democratic primary | W. F. Harris (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 · Republican primary | Willie Dixon (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 · Democratic primary | Kyle T. Cobb (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 · Republican primary | Arthur Edge (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 · Democratic primary | Quillian Baldwin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-30 · Democratic primary | Wayne Garner (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-30 · Republican primary | Bill Fordham (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 · Democratic primary | Nathan Dean (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 · Republican primary | Jim Tolleson (R) | 39.7 | |
| SD-33 · Democratic primary | Roy E. Barnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-33 · Republican primary | Wendell L. Fowler (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-34 · Democratic primary | Bev Engram (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-34 · Republican primary | Tom Harris (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-35 · Democratic primary | Arthur Langford Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-36 · Democratic primary | David Scott (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-36 · Republican primary | Chuck Scheid (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-37 · Republican primary | Carl Harrison (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-38 · Democratic primary | Horace E. Tate (D) | 73.5 | |
| SD-39 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-40 · Republican primary | Paul Coverdell (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-41 · Republican primary | James W. Tysinger (R) | 53.4 | |
| SD-42 · Democratic primary | Pierre Howard (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-43 · Democratic primary | Eugene Walker (D) | 59.3 | |
| SD-44 · Democratic primary | Terrell A. Starr (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-44 · Republican primary | Craig Ferrill (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-45 · Democratic primary | Harrill L. Dawkins (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-45 · Republican primary | Robert Masdon (R) | 30.3 | |
| SD-46 · Democratic primary | Paul Broun (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-47 · Democratic primary | M. Parks Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-48 · Democratic primary | Donn Peevy (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-48 · Republican primary | Steve Pate (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-49 · Democratic primary | Nathan Deal (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-50 · Democratic primary | John C. Foster (D) | 49.8 | |
| SD-51 · Democratic primary | Max Brannon (D) | 29.0 | |
| SD-52 · Democratic primary | Ed Hine (D) | 16.3 | |
| SD-53 · Democratic primary | Waymond Huggins (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-54 · Democratic primary | W. W. Fincher Jr. (D) | 15.8 | |
| SD-54 · Republican primary | Ralph Morgan (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-55 · Democratic primary | Lawrence Stumbaugh (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-55 · Republican primary | Gayle Hughes (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-56 · Democratic primary | Larry Talley (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-56 · Republican primary | Sallie Newbill (R) | 17.3 | Incumbent lost |
Georgia State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner