1996Final results
1996 election for Georgia House District 96
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Jimmy Benefield (D) won with 63.5% of the vote, defeating Joe Rountree (R) by 27.0 points.
Jimmy BenefieldDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.5%5,679
Joe RountreeRepublican
36.5%3,261
8,940 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