1988Final results
1988 Democratic primary for Georgia Senate District 21
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Bill English (D) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating John Ell Hendley Jr. (D) by 6.8 points.
Bill EnglishDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.4%12,561
John Ell Hendley Jr.Democrat
46.6%10,961
23,522 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET