1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Georgia House District 64
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Arnold Mays Ragas (D) won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Tom Lawrence (R) by 10.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Arnold Mays RagasDemocrat · winner
55.3%7,989
Tom LawrenceRepublican · incumbent
44.7%6,466
14,455 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