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1990Final results

1990 election for Georgia Governor

Governor · Georgia

Zell Miller (D) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Johnny Isakson (R) by 8.6 points.

Zell MillerDemocrat · winner
54.3%766,662
Johnny IsaksonRepublican
45.7%645,625
1,412,287 votes

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1990

Races before and after

EvenD+41.01986D+8.61990D+2.11994D+8.71998R+5.32002R+20.52006

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET