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2014Final results

2014 election for Georgia Senate District 56

Georgia State Senate · Georgia

John Albers (R) won with 69.7% of the vote, defeating Akhtar Sadiq (D) by 39.4 points.

John AlbersRepublican · winner · incumbent
69.7%34,734
Akhtar SadiqDemocrat
30.3%15,087
49,821 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 2014

Races before and after

EvenR+50.31998R+33.52008R+34.52012R+39.42014R+19.82016R+5.02018

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