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1990Final results

1990 election for Georgia Senate District 5

Georgia State Senate · Georgia

Joe Burton (R) won with 57.0% of the vote, defeating Ken Davis (D) by 14.0 points.

Joe BurtonRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.0%19,692
Ken DavisDemocrat
43.0%14,859
34,551 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

EvenR+28.51974R+29.51976R+7.01982R+14.01990R+2.31992D+15.72002

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