DemocratNot in office · last served 1988Last on a ballot: Nov 1986

Joe T. Wood

Last held office: Georgia House of Representatives, District 9 (1972–1988). Ran in 20 elections between 1968 and 1986, winning 20.

Last office: Georgia House of Representatives, District 9

Last margin: +0.1; Won 1986
Elections: 20; 1968–1986

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

Career

Offices held, and every time Wood 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 11 Georgia House of Representatives, District 9Out of office

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

Every race Wood has run

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1986	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	General	Won	Bobby Lawson (D), Jerry D. Jackson (D)	33.5%	D+0.1
1986	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	Primary	Won	Jerry D. Jackson (D), Bobby Lawson (D), Wyc Orr (D)	22.1%	−7.4
1984	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	General	Won	Jerry D. Jackson (D), Bobby Lawson (D)	34%	D+0.9
1984	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	Primary	Won	Bobby Lawson (D), Jerry D. Jackson (D), Mike Holland (D)	32.8%	+0.8
1982	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	General	Won	Bobby Lawson (D), Jerry D. Jackson (D)	33.8%	D+0.7
1982	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	Primary	Won	Bobby Lawson (D), Jerry D. Jackson (D), Ken Parker (D)	26.5%	−4.6
1980	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	General	Won	Bobby Lawson (D), Jerry D. Jackson (D)	33.9%	D+0.7
1980	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	Primary	Won	Jerry D. Jackson (D), Bobby Lawson (D), W. H. Jones (D)	33%	+3.0
1978	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	General	Won	Bobby Lawson (D), Jerry D. Jackson (D)	33.7%	D+0.4
1978	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	Primary	Won	Jerry D. Jackson (D), Bobby Lawson (D), John E. Buffington (D)	24.4%	−1.3
1976	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	General	Won	Doug Whitmire (D), Jerry D. Jackson (D)	33.4%	R+0.2
1976	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	Primary	Won	Jerry D. Jackson (D), Doug Whitmire (D), Bobby Lawson (D)	18.3%	−10.1
1974	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	General	Won	Doug Whitmire (D), Jerry D. Jackson (D)	33.2%	R+0.2
1974	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	Primary	Won	Doug Whitmire (D), Jerry D. Jackson (D), W. M. Williams (D)	28%	+6.6
1972	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	General	Won	Doug Whitmire (D), W. M. Williams (D)	33.1%	R+0.6
1972	Georgia House of Representatives, District 9	Primary	Won	Doug Whitmire (D), W. M. Williams (D)	33.3%	−0.9
1970	Georgia House of Representatives, District 11	General	Won	Doug Whitmire (D), W. M. Williams (D)	33.3%	R+0.5
1970	Georgia House of Representatives, District 11	Primary	Won	W. M. Williams (D), Doug Whitmire (D), Ed L. Martin (D)	31.1%	−0.1
1968	Georgia House of Representatives, District 11	General	Won	W. M. Williams (D), J. Robert Cooper (D), R. A. Waldrep (I)	32.4%	R+0.1
1968	Georgia House of Representatives, District 11	Primary	Won	W. M. Williams (D), J. Robert Cooper (D), Ed L. Martin (D)	33.3%	+10.7

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Wood has held

Georgia House of Representatives, District 9 · 1972–1988
Georgia House of Representatives, District 11 · 1968–1972

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Wood has run against

Bobby Lawson (D) · 1986 election, won
Jerry D. Jackson (D) · 1984 election, won
Doug Whitmire (D) · 1976 election, won
W. M. Williams (D) · 1968 election, won

Source: 99chambers results archive