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2000Final results

2000 election for Georgia Senate District 42

Georgia State Senate · Georgia

Mike Polak (D) won with 64.8% of the vote, defeating Marianne Shaver (R) by 29.6 points.

Mike PolakDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.8%26,485
Marianne ShaverRepublican
35.2%14,402
40,887 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+34.31994D+39.51996D+31.21998D+29.62000D+20.82002D+56.72004

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