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DemocratNot in office · last served 1994Last on a ballot: Nov 1992

Carlton Colwell

Last held office: Georgia House of Representatives, District 7 (1992–1994). Ran in 24 elections between 1968 and 1992, winning 24.

Last office: Georgia House of Representatives, District 7

Last margin
+0.7
Won 1992
Elections
24
1968–1992

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

Career

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

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

Every race Colwell has run

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

YearOfficeStageResultOpponentsShareMargin
1992Georgia House of Representatives, District 7GeneralWonLewis Bailey (R)50.4%D+0.7
1990Georgia House of Representatives, District 4GeneralWonRalph Twiggs (D)50.3%D+0.6
1988Georgia House of Representatives, District 4GeneralWonRalph Twiggs (D), William A. Roughead (R)38.6%D+1.9
1988Georgia House of Representatives, District 4PrimaryWonRalph Twiggs (D)50.5%+1.0
1986Georgia House of Representatives, District 4GeneralWonRalph Twiggs (D)50%R+0.1
1986Georgia House of Representatives, District 4PrimaryWonRalph Twiggs (D), Bill Cuthbertson (D)45%+5.4
1984Georgia House of Representatives, District 4GeneralWonRalph Twiggs (D)49.6%R+0.7
1984Georgia House of Representatives, District 4PrimaryWonRalph Twiggs (D), Bill Cuthbertson (D)47%+6.8
1982Georgia House of Representatives, District 4GeneralWonRalph Twiggs (D), Jack Shaw (R)42%R+0.4
1982Georgia House of Representatives, District 4PrimaryWonRalph Twiggs (D), James Douglas Parks (D), Bill Cuthbertson (D)32.8%−1.3
1980Georgia House of Representatives, District 4GeneralWonRalph Twiggs (D)50.1%D+0.1
1980Georgia House of Representatives, District 4PrimaryWonRalph Twiggs (D)50.1%+0.3
1978Georgia House of Representatives, District 4GeneralWonRalph Twiggs (D)49.9%R+0.2
1978Georgia House of Representatives, District 4PrimaryWonRalph Twiggs (D), Ted L. Whitener (D)39.2%−5.0
1976Georgia House of Representatives, District 4GeneralWonRalph Twiggs (D)50.2%D+0.3
1976Georgia House of Representatives, District 4PrimaryWonRalph Twiggs (D)49.4%−1.1
1974Georgia House of Representatives, District 4GeneralWonRalph Twiggs (D), Lonnie Snow Tanksley (R), Eugene Collins (R)36.1%D+0.3
1974Georgia House of Representatives, District 4PrimaryWonRalph Twiggs (D)51.4%+2.7
1972Georgia House of Representatives, District 4GeneralWonRalph Twiggs (D), Jimmy Jones (R)34.6%R+2.4
1972Georgia House of Representatives, District 4PrimaryWonRalph Twiggs (D), Fred C. Jones Jr. (D), Howard Simmons (D)37.4%+17.0
1970Georgia House of Representatives, District 5GeneralWonUnopposed100%—
1970Georgia House of Representatives, District 5PrimaryWonBill Turner (D)55.7%+11.5
1968Georgia House of Representatives, District 5GeneralWonUnopposed100%—
1968Georgia House of Representatives, District 5PrimaryWonUnopposed100%—

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Colwell has held

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Who Colwell has run against

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