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1938 Georgia governor election

Eurith D. Rivers (Democrat) won in Georgia in 1938 with 94.3% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1936, when Eurith D. Rivers also won.

Democrats led in 159 of the 159 counties as they stood then. The largest, Chatham, cast 6,779 votes and went to the Democrat by 99.3 points. The closest was Chattahoochee, where 55 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Eurith D. Rivers won Democratic 66,863 94.3%
All other candidates 4,056 5.7%
Total70,919

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Chatham 6,732 99.3% 0 0.0% 47 6,779 D+99.3
Fulton 5,304 97.2% 0 0.0% 155 5,459 D+97.2
Elbert 1,873 96.3% 0 0.0% 71 1,944 D+96.3
Grady 1,803 99.0% 0 0.0% 18 1,821 D+99.0
Dekalb 1,399 96.8% 0 0.0% 46 1,445 D+96.8
McDuffie 1,360 99.9% 0 0.0% 1 1,361 D+99.9
Richmond 1,123 98.9% 0 0.0% 13 1,136 D+98.9
Forsyth 882 82.7% 0 0.0% 184 1,066 D+82.7
Madison 879 83.7% 0 0.0% 171 1,050 D+83.7
Gilmer 896 97.8% 0 0.0% 20 916 D+97.8
Marion 856 97.5% 0 0.0% 22 878 D+97.5
Talbot 867 99.3% 0 0.0% 6 873 D+99.3
Chattooga 804 95.7% 0 0.0% 36 840 D+95.7
Bibb 776 97.5% 0 0.0% 20 796 D+97.5
Floyd 762 96.8% 0 0.0% 25 787 D+96.8
Upson 635 83.1% 0 0.0% 129 764 D+83.1
Carroll 722 95.8% 0 0.0% 32 754 D+95.8
Hall 680 93.0% 0 0.0% 51 731 D+93.0
Cobb 694 95.2% 0 0.0% 35 729 D+95.2
Towns 697 99.9% 0 0.0% 1 698 D+99.9
Pickens 674 97.1% 0 0.0% 20 694 D+97.1
White 672 97.3% 0 0.0% 19 691 D+97.3
Coffee 520 83.7% 0 0.0% 101 621 D+83.7
Lumpkin 602 100.0% 0 0.0% 602 D+100.0
Fannin 576 100.0% 0 0.0% 576 D+100.0
Muscogee 561 98.4% 0 0.0% 9 570 D+98.4
Randolph 525 93.6% 0 0.0% 36 561 D+93.6
Paulding 479 86.0% 0 0.0% 78 557 D+86.0
Franklin 444 81.2% 0 0.0% 103 547 D+81.2
Union 497 94.5% 0 0.0% 29 526 D+94.5
Treutlen 521 99.8% 0 0.0% 1 522 D+99.8
Gwinnett 445 87.8% 0 0.0% 62 507 D+87.8
Colquitt 435 86.3% 0 0.0% 69 504 D+86.3
Laurens 450 90.9% 0 0.0% 45 495 D+90.9
Jackson 469 94.9% 0 0.0% 25 494 D+94.9
Emanuel 484 98.6% 0 0.0% 7 491 D+98.6
Bryan 464 98.3% 0 0.0% 8 472 D+98.3
Evans 451 98.3% 0 0.0% 8 459 D+98.3
Dodge 442 96.7% 0 0.0% 15 457 D+96.7
Bulloch 422 94.2% 0 0.0% 26 448 D+94.2
Whitfield 423 94.8% 0 0.0% 23 446 D+94.8
Washington 378 85.3% 0 0.0% 65 443 D+85.3
Bartow 409 94.5% 0 0.0% 24 433 D+94.5
Habersham 370 85.8% 0 0.0% 61 431 D+85.8
Meriwether 420 97.4% 0 0.0% 11 431 D+97.4
Clarke 426 99.8% 0 0.0% 1 427 D+99.8
Thomas 408 95.8% 0 0.0% 18 426 D+95.8
Hart 405 95.5% 0 0.0% 19 424 D+95.5
Walton 408 96.9% 0 0.0% 13 421 D+96.9
Cherokee 379 90.2% 0 0.0% 41 420 D+90.2
Coweta 407 98.3% 0 0.0% 7 414 D+98.3
Polk 387 93.5% 0 0.0% 27 414 D+93.5
Wilkes 387 93.5% 0 0.0% 27 414 D+93.5
Ware 376 96.4% 0 0.0% 14 390 D+96.4
Lowndes 381 97.9% 0 0.0% 8 389 D+97.9
Dawson 327 87.2% 0 0.0% 48 375 D+87.2
Appling 316 88.0% 0 0.0% 43 359 D+88.0
Brooks 329 92.9% 0 0.0% 25 354 D+92.9
Newton 345 98.9% 0 0.0% 4 349 D+98.9
Morgan 335 98.2% 0 0.0% 6 341 D+98.2
Troup 329 97.6% 0 0.0% 8 337 D+97.6
Cook 299 89.0% 0 0.0% 37 336 D+89.0
Oglethorpe 302 90.7% 0 0.0% 31 333 D+90.7
Harris 325 97.9% 0 0.0% 7 332 D+97.9
Jefferson 274 83.8% 0 0.0% 53 327 D+83.8
Glascock 295 90.5% 0 0.0% 31 326 D+90.5
Mitchell 320 98.8% 0 0.0% 4 324 D+98.8
Gordon 280 87.0% 0 0.0% 42 322 D+87.0
Tattnall 297 94.9% 0 0.0% 16 313 D+94.9
Worth 286 91.4% 0 0.0% 27 313 D+91.4
Johnson 293 94.5% 0 0.0% 17 310 D+94.5
Baldwin 301 97.7% 0 0.0% 7 308 D+97.7
Greene 292 94.8% 0 0.0% 16 308 D+94.8
Walker 292 96.4% 0 0.0% 11 303 D+96.4
Decatur 283 94.3% 0 0.0% 17 300 D+94.3
Haralson 267 89.9% 0 0.0% 30 297 D+89.9
Berrien 282 95.9% 0 0.0% 12 294 D+95.9
Heard 263 91.6% 0 0.0% 24 287 D+91.6
Sumter 275 98.6% 0 0.0% 4 279 D+98.6
Henry 269 97.5% 0 0.0% 7 276 D+97.5
Barrow 255 93.1% 0 0.0% 19 274 D+93.1
Dooly 257 93.8% 0 0.0% 17 274 D+93.8
Telfair 273 99.6% 0 0.0% 1 274 D+99.6
Tift 247 91.5% 0 0.0% 23 270 D+91.5
Pulaski 269 100.0% 0 0.0% 269 D+100.0
Turner 224 83.3% 0 0.0% 45 269 D+83.3
Wilcox 245 91.8% 0 0.0% 22 267 D+91.8
Dougherty 266 100.0% 0 0.0% 266 D+100.0
Hancock 252 94.7% 0 0.0% 14 266 D+94.7
Monroe 230 89.8% 0 0.0% 26 256 D+89.8
Glynn 249 98.0% 0 0.0% 5 254 D+98.0
Bacon 246 97.6% 0 0.0% 6 252 D+97.6
Spalding 247 99.2% 0 0.0% 2 249 D+99.2
Montgomery 231 97.1% 0 0.0% 7 238 D+97.1
Brantley 228 97.0% 0 0.0% 7 235 D+97.0
Terrell 234 99.6% 0 0.0% 1 235 D+99.6
Warren 178 75.7% 0 0.0% 57 235 D+75.7
Ben Hill 224 96.1% 0 0.0% 9 233 D+96.1
Wayne 214 93.9% 0 0.0% 14 228 D+93.9
Clinch 209 92.1% 0 0.0% 18 227 D+92.1
Toombs 217 98.6% 0 0.0% 3 220 D+98.6
Murray 186 86.1% 0 0.0% 30 216 D+86.1
Clayton 211 98.1% 0 0.0% 4 215 D+98.1
Charlton 209 100.0% 0 0.0% 209 D+100.0
Rockdale 199 97.5% 0 0.0% 5 204 D+97.5
Stephens 187 92.6% 0 0.0% 15 202 D+92.6
Irwin 189 94.0% 0 0.0% 12 201 D+94.0
Pike 193 96.5% 0 0.0% 7 200 D+96.5
Douglas 178 89.4% 0 0.0% 21 199 D+89.4
Jones 197 99.0% 0 0.0% 2 199 D+99.0
Early 184 93.9% 0 0.0% 12 196 D+93.9
Burke 192 98.5% 0 0.0% 3 195 D+98.5
Catoosa 189 98.4% 0 0.0% 3 192 D+98.4
Rabun 187 97.4% 0 0.0% 5 192 D+97.4
Jasper 184 96.3% 0 0.0% 7 191 D+96.3
Macon 187 98.4% 0 0.0% 3 190 D+98.4
Wilkinson 168 90.8% 0 0.0% 17 185 D+90.8
Crisp 178 96.7% 0 0.0% 6 184 D+96.7
Taliaferro 177 96.2% 0 0.0% 7 184 D+96.2
Screven 173 94.5% 0 0.0% 10 183 D+94.5
Butts 177 100.0% 0 0.0% 177 D+100.0
Liberty 164 94.8% 0 0.0% 9 173 D+94.8
Dade 171 99.4% 0 0.0% 1 172 D+99.4
Atkinson 169 99.4% 0 0.0% 1 170 D+99.4
Taylor 159 93.5% 0 0.0% 11 170 D+93.5
Banks 152 89.9% 0 0.0% 17 169 D+89.9
Putnam 165 99.4% 0 0.0% 1 166 D+99.4
Pierce 164 100.0% 0 0.0% 164 D+100.0
Effingham 134 82.2% 0 0.0% 29 163 D+82.2
Houston 163 100.0% 0 0.0% 163 D+100.0
Fayette 160 99.4% 0 0.0% 1 161 D+99.4
Lanier 161 100.0% 0 0.0% 161 D+100.0
Oconee 135 84.4% 0 0.0% 25 160 D+84.4
Calhoun 157 100.0% 0 0.0% 157 D+100.0
Stewart 151 96.2% 0 0.0% 6 157 D+96.2
Long 138 88.5% 0 0.0% 18 156 D+88.5
Lamar 143 95.3% 0 0.0% 7 150 D+95.3
Columbia 142 99.3% 0 0.0% 1 143 D+99.3
Baker 137 98.6% 0 0.0% 2 139 D+98.6
Bleckley 128 92.1% 0 0.0% 11 139 D+92.1
Camden 136 100.0% 0 0.0% 136 D+100.0
Lincoln 120 90.2% 0 0.0% 13 133 D+90.2
Jeff Davis 126 96.2% 0 0.0% 5 131 D+96.2
Lee 130 100.0% 0 0.0% 130 D+100.0
Peach 130 100.0% 0 0.0% 130 D+100.0
Jenkins 115 99.1% 0 0.0% 1 116 D+99.1
Crawford 105 98.1% 0 0.0% 2 107 D+98.1
Candler 101 95.3% 0 0.0% 5 106 D+95.3
Echols 105 100.0% 0 0.0% 105 D+100.0
Schley 101 98.1% 0 0.0% 2 103 D+98.1
Wheeler 96 93.2% 0 0.0% 7 103 D+93.2
Twiggs 102 100.0% 0 0.0% 102 D+100.0
Miller 94 98.9% 0 0.0% 1 95 D+98.9
Clay 91 100.0% 0 0.0% 91 D+100.0
Seminole 88 100.0% 0 0.0% 88 D+100.0
Quitman 85 100.0% 0 0.0% 85 D+100.0
McIntosh 76 100.0% 0 0.0% 76 D+100.0
Webster 57 98.3% 0 0.0% 1 58 D+98.3
Chattahoochee 55 100.0% 0 0.0% 55 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1938; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Georgia governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Brian Kemp (R) R+7.5
2018 Brian Kemp (R) R+1.4
2014 Nathan Deal (R) R+7.9
2010 Nathan Deal (R) R+10.0
2006 Sonny Perdue (R) R+19.7
2002 Sonny Perdue (R) R+5.2
1998 Roy E. Barnes (D) D+8.4
1994 Zell Miller (D) D+2.1
1990 Zell Miller (D) D+8.3
1986 Joe Frank Harris (D) D+41.0
1982 Joe Frank Harris (D) D+25.6
1978 George Busbee (D) D+61.3
1974 George Busbee (D) D+38.2
1970 Jimmy Carter (D) D+18.7
1966 Lester Maddox (D) R+0.3
1962 Carl E. Sanders (D) D+99.9
1958 S. Ernest Vandiver (D) D+100.0
1954 S. Marvin Griffin (D) D+100.0
1950 Herman Talmadge (D) D+98.4
1948 Herman Talmadge (D) D+97.5
1946 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+98.6
1942 Ellis Arnall (D) D+96.3
1940 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+99.6
1938 Eurith D. Rivers (D) D+94.3
1936 Eurith D. Rivers (D) D+99.7
1934 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+100.0
1932 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+100.0
1930 Richard Russell Jr. (D) D+100.0
1928 Lamartine Griffin Hardman (D) D+100.0
1926 Lamartine Griffin Hardman (D) D+100.0
1924 Clifford Walker (D) D+100.0
1922 Clifford Walker (D) D+100.0
1920 Thomas W. Hardwick (D) D+100.0
1918 Hugh Dorsey (D) D+100.0
1916 Hugh Dorsey (D) D+93.5
1914 Nathaniel Edwin Harris (D) D+100.0
1912 John M. Slaton (D) level
1910 Hoke Smith (D) D+84.8
1908 Joseph Mackey Brown (D) D+90.5
1906 Hoke Smith (D) D+99.8
1904 Joseph M. Terrell (D) D+100.0
1902 Joseph M. Terrell (D) D+93.6
1900 Allen D. Candler (D) D+78.6
1898 Allen D. Candler (D) D+69.7
1896 William Y. Atkinson (D) D+58.9
1894 William Y. Atkinson (D) D+55.6
1892 William J. Northen (D) D+66.6
1890 William J. Northen (D) D+99.3
1888 John B. Gordon (D) D+100.0
1886 John B. Gordon (D) D+99.2
1884 Henry Dickerson McDaniel (D) D+100.0
1882 Alexander H. Stephens (D) D+70.6
1880 Alfred Holt Colquitt (D) D+64.9
1876 Alfred Holt Colquitt (D) D+53.8
1872 James Milton Smith (D) D+38.9
1868 Rufus B. Bullock (R) R+4.5
1865 Charles J. Jenkins (D) D+98.2