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1998Final results

1998 election for Georgia House District 166

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Penny Houston (D) won with 70.8% of the vote, defeating Eddie Owen (R) by 41.6 points.

Penny HoustonDemocrat · winner
70.8%5,079
Eddie OwenRepublican
29.2%2,095
7,174 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+41.61998R+40.22020R+43.32024R+29.02026

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