DemocratNot in office · last served 1980Last on a ballot: Nov 1978

Gerald Talmadge Horton

Last held office: Georgia House of Representatives, District 43 (1972–1980). Ran in 12 elections between 1968 and 1978, winning 12.

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

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1978	Georgia House of Representatives, District 43	General	Won	Charles Carnes (D), John W. Greer (D)	33.1%	R+0.5
1978	Georgia House of Representatives, District 43	Primary	Won	John W. Greer (D), Charles Carnes (D), Hugh Dorsey (D)	24.7%	−0.4
1976	Georgia House of Representatives, District 43	General	Won	Charles Carnes (D), John W. Greer (D), Jim Strong (R)	29.1%	R+0.7
1976	Georgia House of Representatives, District 43	Primary	Won	John W. Greer (D), Charles Carnes (D), William Stephens (D)	18.1%	−4.7
1974	Georgia House of Representatives, District 43	General	Won	John W. Greer (D), Charles Carnes (D)	32.9%	R+0.8
1974	Georgia House of Representatives, District 43	Primary	Won	John W. Greer (D), Charles Carnes (D), Sewell Loggins (D)	30%	−2.0
1972	Georgia House of Representatives, District 43	General	Won	Peyton S. Hawes (D), John W. Greer (D), Henry Schwab (R)	24.7%	R+4.1
1972	Georgia House of Representatives, District 43	Primary	Won	Peyton S. Hawes (D), John W. Greer (D)	31.4%	−3.8
1970	Georgia House of Representatives, District 95	General	Won	Peyton S. Hawes (D), John W. Greer (D), Jule Felton Jr. (D)	17.2%	R+1.3
1970	Georgia House of Representatives, District 95	Primary	Won	Peyton S. Hawes (D), Jule Felton Jr. (D), John W. Greer (D)	14.9%	−3.5
1968	Georgia House of Representatives, District 95	General	Won	Goodwyn Cates (D), Peyton S. Hawes (D), Jule Felton Jr. (D)	11.7%	R+1.9
1968	Georgia House of Representatives, District 95	Primary	Won	Cecil Turner (D), Peyton S. Hawes (D), Goodwyn Cates (D)	17.8%	−6.1