1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Georgia House District 165
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Austin Scott (R) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Henry Bostick (D) by 7.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Austin ScottRepublican · winner
53.8%5,253
Henry BostickDemocrat · incumbent
46.2%4,506
9,759 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET