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1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1988 election for Georgia Senate District 17

Georgia State Senate · Georgia

Mac Collins (R) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Alex Crumbley (D) by 6.9 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

Mac CollinsRepublican · winner
53.4%20,180
Alex CrumbleyDemocrat · incumbent
46.6%17,589
37,769 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+35.91982D+3.81984D+1.11986R+6.91988R+10.71990

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)