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1988 election for Georgia House District 58

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Tommy Tolbert (R) won with 60.8% of the vote, defeating Greg Staffins (D) by 21.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Tommy TolbertRepublican · winner
60.8%7,876
39.2%5,070
12,946 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 1988

Races before and after

EvenD+48.11978D+15.91980D+13.21984R+21.71988D+26.41994D+53.91998

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET