1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for Georgia House District 3
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Bill Clark (R) won with 60.4% of the vote, defeating Jerry Payne (D) by 20.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill ClarkRepublican · winner
60.4%7,556
Jerry PayneDemocrat
39.6%4,964
12,520 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