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1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1994 election for Georgia Senate District 53

Georgia State Senate · Georgia

John Black (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Waymond Huggins (D) by 3.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

John BlackRepublican · winner
51.6%11,333
Waymond HugginsDemocrat · incumbent
48.4%10,624
21,957 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 1994

Races before and after

EvenD+24.11990R+3.21994D+7.01996D+0.51998R+10.82000R+26.62006

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