1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Georgia House District 47
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Tom Sherrill (D) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Chesley Morton (R) by 7.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Tom SherrillDemocrat · winner
53.6%4,485
Chesley MortonRepublican · incumbent
46.4%3,876
8,361 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET