1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Georgia Senate District 53
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Waymond Huggins (D) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating John Black (R) by 7.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Waymond HugginsDemocrat · winner
53.5%17,907
John BlackRepublican · incumbent
46.5%15,562
33,469 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