1986Final results
1986 primary for Georgia Senate District 23
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Sydney Carter (D) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating Tom Tinley (D) by 5.7 points.
Sydney CarterDemocrat · winner
52.9%3,024
Tom TinleyDemocrat
47.1%2,697
5,721 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET