1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Georgia House District 97
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Greg Hecht (D) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating Gail Johnson (R) by 6.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Greg HechtDemocrat · winner
53.2%6,332
Gail JohnsonRepublican · incumbent
46.8%5,571
11,903 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