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1996Final results

1996 election for Georgia Senate District 7

Georgia State Senate · Georgia

Peg Blitch (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Ed Perry (R) by 1.9 points.

Peg BlitchDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.0%15,853
Ed PerryRepublican
49.0%15,248
31,101 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

EvenD+1.91996D+6.32000D+18.02002R+23.92004R+43.12012D+5.72022

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET