1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Georgia House District 6
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Charles Poag (D) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating Jerry L. Lifsey (R) by 2.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Charles PoagDemocrat · winner
51.1%5,601
Jerry L. LifseyRepublican · incumbent
48.9%5,366
10,967 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