1988 general · November 8, 1988
1988 Georgia State Senate election results, district by district
Every Georgia State Senate district in the 1988 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 56 seats
After the electionD 45 · R 11
Races56
Changed party1
Unopposed66%37 races
Incumbents defeated1
Every district
D 45 · R 11
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | J. Tom Coleman Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | Al Scott (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Joe Hammill (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 | R. Tom Phillips (R) | 51.3 | |
| SD-10 | Harold J. Ragan (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-11 | Jimmy Hodge Timmons (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 | Mark Taylor (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Rooney L. Bowen (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Bud McKenzie (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 | Gary Parker (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | Ted Land (R) | 11.4 | |
| SD-17 | Mac Collins (R) | 6.9 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| 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) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 | Sam McGill (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-25 | Culver Kidd (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 | Tommy C. Olmstead (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 | W. F. Harris (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 | Arthur Edge (R) | 37.6 | |
| SD-29 | Quillian Baldwin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-30 | Wayne Garner (D) | 30.7 | |
| SD-31 | Nathan Dean (D) | 47.1 | |
| SD-32 | Hugh Ragan (R) | 28.7 | |
| SD-33 | Roy E. Barnes (D) | 33.3 | |
| SD-34 | Bev Engram (D) | 12.0 | |
| SD-35 | Arthur Langford Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-36 | David Scott (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-37 | Chuck Clay (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-38 | Horace E. Tate (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-39 | Hildred Shumake Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-40 | Paul Coverdell (R) | 46.0 | |
| SD-41 | James W. Tysinger (R) | 43.5 | |
| SD-42 | Pierre Howard (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-43 | Eugene Walker (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-44 | Terrell A. Starr (D) | 26.5 | |
| SD-45 | Harrill L. Dawkins (D) | 16.8 | |
| SD-46 | Paul Broun (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-47 | Don Johnson (D) | 47.0 | |
| SD-48 | Donn Peevy (D) | 5.5 | |
| SD-49 | Nathan Deal (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-50 | John C. Foster (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-51 | Max Brannon (D) | 18.4 | |
| SD-52 | Ken Fuller (D) | 17.3 | |
| SD-53 | Waymond Huggins (D) | 21.6 | |
| SD-54 | W. W. Fincher Jr. (D) | 5.7 | |
| SD-55 | Lawrence Stumbaugh (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-56 | Sallie Newbill (R) | Unopposed |
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