1986 United States Senate election in Georgia

1986 United States Senate election in Georgia

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Nominee Wyche Fowler Mack Mattingly
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 623,707 601,241
Percentage 50.92% 49.08%

Fowler:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Mattingly:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Mack Mattingly
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Wyche Fowler
Democratic

The 1986 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 8, 1986. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mack Mattingly ran for re-election, but was defeated by Democrat Wyche Fowler in a close race.[1] This was also the last time a Democrat was elected to the class 3 Senate seat for a full term until 2022.

Candidates

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Democratic

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Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wyche Fowler 314,787 50.26%
Democratic Hamilton Jordan 196,307 31.34%
Democratic John D. Russell 100,881 16.11%
Democratic Jerry Belsky 14,365 2.29%
Total votes 626,340 100.00%

Republican

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Results

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1986 United States Senate election in Georgia[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Wyche Fowler 623,707 50.92% +1.79%
Republican Mack Mattingly (incumbent) 601,241 49.08% −1.79%
Write-in 60 0.00% N/A
Total votes 1,225,008 100.00% N/A
Democratic gain from Republican

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 9.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns".
  3. ^ "United States Senator". Our Campaigns. December 21, 2005. Retrieved January 1, 2009.