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1998Final results

1998 election for Georgia House District 159

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Bob Hanner (D) won with 71.9% of the vote, defeating David Theiss (R) by 43.8 points.

Bob HannerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
71.9%6,770
David TheissRepublican
28.1%2,649
9,419 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenD+43.81998R+43.92010

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