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1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1990 election for Georgia House District 97

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Ronnie Culbreth (D) won with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Robert Steele (R) by 9.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Ronnie CulbrethDemocrat · winner
54.8%5,497
Robert SteeleRepublican · incumbent
45.2%4,532
10,029 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

EvenD+5.51974D+34.01980R+5.81988D+9.61990R+9.41992R+16.21994

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET