2004Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2004 election for Georgia Senate District 13
Georgia State Senate · Georgia
Joseph Carter (R) won with 59.1% of the vote, defeating Howard H. Rainey (D) by 18.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joseph CarterRepublican · winner
59.1%27,775
Howard H. RaineyDemocrat
40.9%19,184
46,959 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