1988Final results
1988 election for Georgia Senate District 51
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Max Brannon (D) won with 59.2% of the vote, defeating Ben N. Whitaker (R) by 18.4 points.
Max BrannonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.2%17,483
Ben N. WhitakerRepublican
40.8%12,058
29,541 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET