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1998Final results

1998 election for Georgia Senate District 1

Georgia State Senate · Georgia

Eric Johnson (R) won with 71.0% of the vote, defeating Chris Edenfield (D) by 41.9 points.

Eric JohnsonRepublican · winner · incumbent
71.0%22,789
29.0%9,324
32,113 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+61.41980D+5.71990D+3.51992R+41.91998R+43.92004R+40.62010

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