2004Final resultsIncumbent defeated
2004 election for Georgia House District 172
Georgia House of Representatives · Georgia
Gene Maddox (R) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Wallace Sholar (D) by 1.9 points.
Gene MaddoxRepublican · winner
50.9%7,431
Wallace SholarDemocrat · incumbent
49.1%7,156
14,587 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET