1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Georgia House District 9
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Ben Bridges Sr. (R) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Ben Purcell (D) by 5.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ben Bridges Sr.Republican · winner
52.8%6,553
Ben PurcellDemocrat · incumbent
47.2%5,868
12,421 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