DemocratNot in office · last served 1986Last on a ballot: Nov 1984

A. L. Burruss

Last held office: Georgia House of Representatives, District 20 (1982–1986). Ran in 18 elections between 1968 and 1984, winning 18.

Last office: Georgia House of Representatives, District 20

Last margin: −0.4; Won 1984
Elections: 18; 1968–1984

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

Offices held, and every time Burruss was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

1968197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Georgia House of Representatives, District 117 Georgia House of Representatives, District 21 Georgia House of Representatives, District 20Out of office

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race Burruss has run

Margin: how far Burruss finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1984	Georgia House of Representatives, District 20	General	Won	Bill Cooper (D), Steve Thompson (D), Terry Lawler (D)	13.7%	R+0.4
1984	Georgia House of Representatives, District 20	Primary	Won	Joe Mack Wilson (D), Bill Cooper (D), Terry Lawler (D)	20.6%	+0.4
1982	Georgia House of Representatives, District 20	General	Won	Joe Mack Wilson (D), Steve Thompson (D), Terry Lawler (D)	18.4%	R+0.3
1982	Georgia House of Representatives, District 20	Primary	Won	George Darden (D), Joe Mack Wilson (D), Steve Thompson (D)	18.2%	−0.7
1980	Georgia House of Representatives, District 21	General	Won	Fred Aiken (R), Al Cochran (D)	36.5%	D+1.4
1980	Georgia House of Representatives, District 21	Primary	Won	Al Cochran (D), Pat Dunn (D), John R. Hardy (D)	43%	+17.6
1978	Georgia House of Representatives, District 21	General	Won	Eugene Housley (D), Fred Aiken (R)	42.3%	D+13.5
1978	Georgia House of Representatives, District 21	Primary	Won	Eugene Housley (D)	52.5%	+5.0
1976	Georgia House of Representatives, District 21	General	Won	Eugene Housley (D), Earl Smith (R)	42.8%	D+13.4
1976	Georgia House of Representatives, District 21	Primary	Won	Eugene Housley (D), Richard D. Bigham (D)	45.6%	+10.6
1974	Georgia House of Representatives, District 21	General	Won	George H. Kreeger (D)	51%	D+2.0
1974	Georgia House of Representatives, District 21	Primary	Won	George H. Kreeger (D)	54%	+8.1
1972	Georgia House of Representatives, District 21	General	Won	George H. Kreeger (D)	51.4%	D+2.8
1972	Georgia House of Representatives, District 21	Primary	Won	George H. Kreeger (D), Wit Carson (D), Mike Davis (D)	45.8%	+15.9
1970	Georgia House of Representatives, District 117	General	Won	Eugene Housley (D), Howard Atherton (D), Hugh Lee McDaniell (D)	12%	R+1.6
1970	Georgia House of Representatives, District 117	Primary	Won	Hugh Lee McDaniell (D), Howard Atherton (D), Joe Mack Wilson (D)	14.1%	+0.7
1968	Georgia House of Representatives, District 117	General	Won	J. H. Henderson Jr. (D), Eugene Housley (D), Joe Mack Wilson (D)	13.9%	D+0.1
1968	Georgia House of Representatives, District 117	Primary	Won	J. H. Henderson Jr. (D), Hugh Lee McDaniell (D), Eugene Housley (D)	7.8%	−3.9

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Burruss has held

Georgia House of Representatives, District 20 · 1982–1986
Georgia House of Representatives, District 21 · 1972–1982
Georgia House of Representatives, District 117 · 1968–1972

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Burruss has run against

Bill Cooper (D) · 1984 election, won
Joe Mack Wilson (D) · 1982 election, won
Fred Aiken (R) · 1980 election, won
Eugene Housley (D) · 1978 election, won
George H. Kreeger (D) · 1974 election, won
J. H. Henderson Jr. (D) · 1968 election, won

Source: 99chambers results archive