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1996 election for Georgia House District 139

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Pamela Bohannon (R) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Lawrence E. Oneal Jr. (D) by 6.9 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

Pamela BohannonRepublican · winner
53.4%7,508
46.6%6,545
14,053 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+10.31992R+6.91996R+7.71998R+27.02000

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)