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1998Final results

1998 election for Georgia Senate District 3

Georgia State Senate · Georgia

Rene D. Kemp (D) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating Ad Poppell (R) by 15.7 points.

Rene D. KempDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.9%10,858
Ad PoppellRepublican
42.1%7,905
18,763 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+30.51984D+15.71998D+20.02000D+6.62002R+35.02004R+42.12010

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