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1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1998 election for Georgia House District 78

Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia

Mary Squires (D) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Ron Crews (R) by 3.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Mary SquiresDemocrat · winner
51.8%3,065
Ron CrewsRepublican · incumbent
48.2%2,848
5,913 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

EvenR+21.01994R+5.11996D+3.71998D+15.82000D+45.22002D+49.62014

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