DemocratNot in office · last served 1972Last on a ballot: Sep 1974
George W. Potts
Last held office: Georgia House of Representatives, District 30 (1968–1972). Ran in 6 elections between 1968 and 1974, winning 4.
- Last margin
- −0.4
- Won 1970
- Elections
- 6
- 1968–1974
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Potts 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 30
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Potts has run
Margin: how far Potts finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 67 | Primary | Lost | Nathan G. Knight (D) | 46.7% | −6.7 |
| 1972 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 65 | Primary | Lost | Nathan G. Knight (D), Edwin G. Mullinax (D), J. Crawford Ware (D) | 16.5% | −15.8 |
| 1970 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 30 | General | Won | Nathan G. Knight (D), Edwin G. Mullinax (D), J. Crawford Ware (D) | 25.1% | R+0.4 |
| 1970 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 30 | Primary | Won | J. Crawford Ware (D), Edwin G. Mullinax (D), Nathan G. Knight (D) | 22.6% | −0.3 |
| 1968 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 30 | General | Won | D. B. Blalock (D), Edwin G. Mullinax (D), J. Crawford Ware (D) | 20.3% | R+3.7 |
| 1968 | Georgia House of Representatives, District 30 | Primary | Won | D. B. Blalock (D), J. Crawford Ware (D), Edwin G. Mullinax (D) | 24.7% | +0.1 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Potts has held
- Georgia House of Representatives, District 30 · 1968–1972
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Potts has run against
- Nathan G. Knight (D) · 1970 election, won
- D. B. Blalock (D) · 1968 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive