1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for Georgia Senate District 54
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Don R. Thomas (R) won with 59.9% of the vote, defeating Tom Ramsey (D) by 19.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Don R. ThomasRepublican · winner
59.9%21,824
Tom RamseyDemocrat
40.1%14,583
36,407 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