1998Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Georgia House District 179
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Wallace Sholar (D) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Kermit Francis Bates Jr. (R) by 8.7 points.
Wallace SholarDemocrat · winner
54.3%4,563
Kermit Francis Bates Jr.Republican · incumbent
45.7%3,833
8,396 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET