1988 primaries · March 1, 1988
1988 Georgia House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Georgia House of Representatives district in the 1988 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Mike Snow (D) | — | |
| HD-1 · Republican primary | Jack E. Curtis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-2 · Democratic primary | McCracken Poston Jr. (D) | 39.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-2 · Republican primary | Robert Aaron Cagle (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | Charles Poag (D) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | Carlton Colwell (D) | — | |
| HD-4 · Republican primary | William A. Roughead (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-5 · Democratic primary | John Crawford (D) | 4.6 | |
| HD-6 · Democratic primary | Phil Foster (D) | — | |
| HD-6 · Republican primary | H. Phillip Neff (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | James Beverly Langford (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Republican primary | Ken L. Herron Sr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | William G. Hasty Sr. (D) | 21.0 | |
| HD-8 · Republican primary | Steve Stancil (R) | — | |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | Bobby Lawson (D) | 24.3 | |
| HD-9 · Republican primary | James P. Hulsey (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | Bill H. Barnett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | Mary Jeanette Jamieson (D) | 22.0 | |
| HD-12 · Democratic primary | Lauren McDonald (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Louie Clark (D) | 18.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-13 · Republican primary | Thomas D. Belfield (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | Charles Yeargin (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | E. M. Childers (D) | 29.7 | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | Paul E. Smith (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | Bill Cummings (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | Thomas B. Murphy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 · Republican primary | Kenneth R. Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | Boyd Pettit (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 · Democratic primary | Joe Mack Wilson (D) | — | |
| HD-20 · Republican primary | Herman Clark (R) | 9.9 | |
| HD-21 · Republican primary | Johnny Isakson (R) | — | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | Jim Flanagin (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Republican primary | Dorothy Felton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Democratic primary | George J. Clements (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Republican primary | Luther Colbert (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Republican primary | Kil Townsend (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | Jackie Saylor (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Republican primary | John M. Lupton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | Jim Martin (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Republican primary | Melody Harrison (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | Dick Lane (D) | 58.5 | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Bob Holmes (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Grace W. Davis (D) | 10.3 | |
| HD-30 · Democratic primary | Nan Orrock (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | Mable Thomas (D) | 70.8 | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | Helen Selman (D) | 29.1 | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Lanette Stanleyturner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Tyrone Brooks (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 · Democratic primary | J. E. McKinney (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | Barbara H. Couch (D) | 23.9 | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | Georganna Sinkfield (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Lorenzo Benn (D) | 54.8 | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | Ralph David Abernathy III (D) | 13.9 | |
| HD-39 · Republican primary | John E. Thompson (R) | — | |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | Charlie Watts (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-41 · Republican primary | Bill Mincey (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | Thomas Kilgore (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-42 · Republican primary | Barry Gibbs (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-43 · Republican primary | Paul W. Heard Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-44 · Republican primary | John Linder (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-45 · Republican primary | Max Davis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-46 · Republican primary | Kenneth Brett Quarterman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | Peggy Lehmberg (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-47 · Republican primary | Chesley Morton (R) | 11.5 | |
| HD-48 · Republican primary | Betty Jo Williams (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 · Republican primary | Tom Lawrence (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | Frank Redding (D) | 18.6 | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-51 · Republican primary | Hugh Wright (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-52 · Democratic primary | Eleanor Richardson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-52 · Republican primary | Tom Adams (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | Mary Margaret Oliver (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-54 · Democratic primary | Juanita T. Williams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | Betty J. Clark (D) | 2.0 | |
| HD-56 · Democratic primary | Betty Aaron (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57 · Democratic primary | Dean Alford (D) | 21.5 | |
| HD-57 · Republican primary | Charles Russell (R) | — | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | Greg Staffins (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-58 · Republican primary | Tommy Tolbert (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-59 · Democratic primary | Roger Lingerfelt (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-59 · Republican primary | Mike Barnett (R) | 14.7 | |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | Pat Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-61 · Democratic primary | James K. Olson (D) | 13.3 | |
| HD-61 · Republican primary | Vinson Wall (R) | 49.1 | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Tom Ballance (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-62 · Republican primary | Charles E. Bannister (R) | 19.8 | |
| HD-63 · Republican primary | Bill Goodwin (R) | 54.8 | |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | John O. Mobley Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | Tyrone Carrell (D) | 41.3 | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Frank E. Stancil (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-67 · Democratic primary | Michael Thurmond (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-68 · Democratic primary | Lawton E. Stephens (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-69 · Democratic primary | Charles Thomas (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-70 · Democratic primary | John Simpson (D) | 39.5 | |
| HD-70 · Republican primary | Millard H. Griffin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 · Republican primary | Sidney Pope Jones Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 · Democratic primary | Frank I. Bailey Jr. (D) | 8.6 | |
| HD-72 · Republican primary | Margot Roberts (R) | 12.1 | |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | Wesley Dunn (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-74 · Democratic primary | Denny Dobbs (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-75 · Democratic primary | John L. Mostiler (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-75 · Republican primary | John Yates (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | Suzi Johnsonherbert (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 · Republican primary | Walter C. Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-77 · Democratic primary | J. Crawford Ware (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | Larry Smith (D) | 40.2 | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | Marvin Adams (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Kenneth Waldrep (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | Wade Milam (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-82 · Democratic primary | Edward D. Ricketson Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-83 · Democratic primary | William S. Jackson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | Bobby Harris (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-85 · Democratic primary | Charles W. Walker (D) | 37.5 | |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | Mike Padgett (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-87 · Democratic primary | Jack Connell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-88 · Democratic primary | George Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | Donald E. Cheeks (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Democratic primary | James Larry Fox Sr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-90 · Republican primary | Dick Ransom (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 · Democratic primary | Leonard R. Meadows (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | Calvin Smyre (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-93 · Democratic primary | Roy D. Moultrie (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 · Democratic primary | Sanford Bishop (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Democratic primary | Thomas B. Buck III (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Democratic primary | Pete Robinson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 · Democratic primary | Mary Jane Galer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-97 · Republican primary | Robert Steele (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Robert Ray (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-99 · Democratic primary | Denmark Groover (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-100 · Democratic primary | Frank Pinkston (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-101 · Democratic primary | William C. Randall (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-102 · Democratic primary | David Lucas (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-103 · Democratic primary | Floyd M. Buford Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-104 · Democratic primary | Kenneth Birdsong (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-105 · Democratic primary | Bobby Eugene Parham (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-106 · Democratic primary | George F. Green (D) | 33.1 | |
| HD-107 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Lord (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-108 · Democratic primary | Emory E. Bargeron (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-109 · Democratic primary | Butch Parrish (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-109 · Republican primary | Al Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-110 · Democratic primary | John Godbee (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-111 · Democratic primary | Bob Lane (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-112 · Democratic primary | Ward Edwards (D) | 30.7 | |
| HD-113 · Republican primary | Ted W. Waddle (R) | 40.9 | |
| HD-114 · Democratic primary | Roy H. Watson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-115 · Democratic primary | Larry Walker (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-116 · Democratic primary | George Hooks (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-117 · Democratic primary | Newt Hudson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-118 · Democratic primary | Terry L. Coleman (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-119 · Democratic primary | Dubose Porter (D) | 12.0 | |
| HD-120 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-121 · Democratic primary | Clinton Oliver (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-122 · Democratic primary | Jim Pannell (D) | 52.5 | |
| HD-123 · Democratic primary | Diane Harvey Johnson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-123 · Republican primary | Michael Pratt (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-124 · Democratic primary | Dewayne Hamilton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-125 · Republican primary | Jack Kingston (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-126 · Republican primary | Anne Mueller (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-127 · Democratic primary | Roy Allen (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-128 · Democratic primary | Sonny Dixon (D) | 17.9 | |
| HD-128 · Republican primary | Wade Waters (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-129 · Democratic primary | George Chance (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-130 · Democratic primary | Gerald Greene (D) | 48.0 | |
| HD-131 · Democratic primary | Bob Hanner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-132 · Democratic primary | John White (D) | 38.7 | |
| HD-133 · Democratic primary | Tommy Chambless (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-134 · Democratic primary | Mary Young (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-135 · Democratic primary | Howard H. Rainey (D) | 21.7 | |
| HD-136 · Democratic primary | Ray Holland (D) | 23.9 | |
| HD-137 · Democratic primary | Paul S. Branch (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-138 · Democratic primary | Henry Bostick (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-139 · Democratic primary | James C. Moore (D) | 21.6 | |
| HD-140 · Democratic primary | Ralph J. Balkcom (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-141 · Democratic primary | Walter Cox (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-142 · Democratic primary | Bobby Long (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-143 · Democratic primary | Allen Sherrod (D) | 14.2 | |
| HD-143 · Republican primary | Theo Titus (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-144 · Democratic primary | A. Richard Royal (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-145 · Democratic primary | C. C. Powell (D) | 18.8 | |
| HD-146 · Democratic primary | Hanson Carter (D) | 39.3 | |
| HD-147 · Democratic primary | Henry L. Reaves (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-148 · Democratic primary | James A. Beck (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-148 · Republican primary | Patrick Cork (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-149 · Democratic primary | Robert Patten (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-150 · Democratic primary | Tom Crosby Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-151 · Democratic primary | Harry Dixon (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-152 · Democratic primary | Tommy Smith (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-153 · Democratic primary | Lundsford Moody (D) | — | |
| HD-154 · Democratic primary | James M. Floyd (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-155 · Democratic primary | Ron Fennel (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-155 · Republican primary | Virginia Ramsey (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-156 · Republican primary | Willou Smith (R) | Unopposed |
Georgia House of Representatives
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