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1954 Georgia governor election
S. Marvin Griffin (Democrat) won in Georgia in 1954 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.
The Democratic hold continued from 1950, when Herman Talmadge won.
Democrats led in 159 of the 159 counties as they stood then. The largest, Fulton, cast 40,827 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Chattahoochee, where 124 votes separated the two parties.
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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Marvin Griffin won | Democratic | 331,899 | 100.0% |
| All other candidates | 66 | 0.0% | |
| Total | 331,965 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton | 40,827 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 40,827 | D+100.0 | |
| Dekalb | 21,801 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 3 | 21,804 | D+100.0 |
| Muscogee | 10,432 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 10,432 | D+100.0 | |
| Chatham | 10,388 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 10,388 | D+100.0 | |
| Bibb | 9,758 99.6% | 0 0.0% | 36 | 9,794 | D+99.6 |
| Cobb | 9,024 99.9% | 0 0.0% | 6 | 9,030 | D+99.9 |
| Floyd | 5,364 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 5,364 | D+100.0 | |
| Richmond | 5,337 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 5,337 | D+100.0 | |
| Troup | 4,509 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 4,509 | D+100.0 | |
| Spalding | 4,431 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 4,431 | D+100.0 | |
| Thomas | 4,165 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 4,165 | D+100.0 | |
| Hall | 4,093 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 4,093 | D+100.0 | |
| Dougherty | 4,025 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 4,025 | D+100.0 | |
| Clarke | 3,827 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 3,827 | D+100.0 | |
| Gwinnett | 3,794 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 3,794 | D+100.0 | |
| Colquitt | 3,340 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 3,340 | D+100.0 | |
| Clayton | 3,198 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 3,198 | D+100.0 | |
| Ware | 3,023 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 3,023 | D+100.0 | |
| Bulloch | 3,005 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 3,005 | D+100.0 | |
| Whitfield | 2,976 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,976 | D+100.0 | |
| Coweta | 2,746 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,746 | D+100.0 | |
| Dodge | 2,683 99.7% | 0 0.0% | 8 | 2,691 | D+99.7 |
| Walker | 2,690 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,690 | D+100.0 | |
| Carroll | 2,673 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,673 | D+100.0 | |
| Laurens | 2,624 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,624 | D+100.0 | |
| Polk | 2,572 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,572 | D+100.0 | |
| Upson | 2,534 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,534 | D+100.0 | |
| Decatur | 2,516 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,516 | D+100.0 | |
| Glynn | 2,492 99.8% | 0 0.0% | 5 | 2,497 | D+99.8 |
| Meriwether | 2,483 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,483 | D+100.0 | |
| Jackson | 2,397 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,397 | D+100.0 | |
| Walton | 2,367 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,367 | D+100.0 | |
| Bartow | 2,283 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,283 | D+100.0 | |
| Coffee | 2,274 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1 | 2,275 | D+100.0 |
| Houston | 2,240 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,240 | D+100.0 | |
| Tattnall | 2,195 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,195 | D+100.0 | |
| Lowndes | 2,184 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,184 | D+100.0 | |
| Newton | 2,143 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,143 | D+100.0 | |
| Emanuel | 2,106 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,106 | D+100.0 | |
| Cherokee | 2,075 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,075 | D+100.0 | |
| Elbert | 2,054 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 2,054 | D+100.0 | |
| Tift | 1,963 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,963 | D+100.0 | |
| Hart | 1,958 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,958 | D+100.0 | |
| Toombs | 1,914 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,914 | D+100.0 | |
| Telfair | 1,912 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,912 | D+100.0 | |
| Sumter | 1,896 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,896 | D+100.0 | |
| Grady | 1,872 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,872 | D+100.0 | |
| Franklin | 1,869 99.9% | 0 0.0% | 1 | 1,870 | D+99.9 |
| Baldwin | 1,823 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,823 | D+100.0 | |
| Chattooga | 1,804 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,804 | D+100.0 | |
| Habersham | 1,760 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,760 | D+100.0 | |
| Pierce | 1,754 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,754 | D+100.0 | |
| Washington | 1,752 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,752 | D+100.0 | |
| Stephens | 1,714 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,714 | D+100.0 | |
| Haralson | 1,703 99.9% | 0 0.0% | 1 | 1,704 | D+99.9 |
| Henry | 1,702 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,702 | D+100.0 | |
| Mitchell | 1,680 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,680 | D+100.0 | |
| Monroe | 1,671 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,671 | D+100.0 | |
| Harris | 1,633 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,633 | D+100.0 | |
| Barrow | 1,627 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,627 | D+100.0 | |
| Madison | 1,587 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,587 | D+100.0 | |
| Brooks | 1,522 99.9% | 0 0.0% | 1 | 1,523 | D+99.9 |
| Greene | 1,521 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,521 | D+100.0 | |
| Wayne | 1,505 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,505 | D+100.0 | |
| Appling | 1,487 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,487 | D+100.0 | |
| Crisp | 1,462 99.9% | 0 0.0% | 1 | 1,463 | D+99.9 |
| Douglas | 1,410 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,410 | D+100.0 | |
| Gilmer | 1,392 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,392 | D+100.0 | |
| Lamar | 1,387 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,387 | D+100.0 | |
| Berrien | 1,366 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,366 | D+100.0 | |
| Butts | 1,362 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,362 | D+100.0 | |
| Morgan | 1,342 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,342 | D+100.0 | |
| Catoosa | 1,330 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,330 | D+100.0 | |
| Paulding | 1,327 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,327 | D+100.0 | |
| Cook | 1,315 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,315 | D+100.0 | |
| Worth | 1,311 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,311 | D+100.0 | |
| Randolph | 1,309 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,309 | D+100.0 | |
| Wilcox | 1,303 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,303 | D+100.0 | |
| Liberty | 1,276 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,276 | D+100.0 | |
| Peach | 1,271 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,271 | D+100.0 | |
| Ben Hill | 1,252 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,252 | D+100.0 | |
| Irwin | 1,248 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,248 | D+100.0 | |
| Burke | 1,227 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,227 | D+100.0 | |
| Rockdale | 1,205 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,205 | D+100.0 | |
| Johnson | 1,195 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,195 | D+100.0 | |
| Jefferson | 1,186 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,186 | D+100.0 | |
| Towns | 1,142 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,142 | D+100.0 | |
| Early | 1,132 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,132 | D+100.0 | |
| Seminole | 1,124 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,124 | D+100.0 | |
| Macon | 1,117 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,117 | D+100.0 | |
| Taylor | 1,064 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,064 | D+100.0 | |
| Wilkes | 1,057 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,057 | D+100.0 | |
| Gordon | 1,055 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,055 | D+100.0 | |
| Terrell | 1,048 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,048 | D+100.0 | |
| Oglethorpe | 1,033 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,033 | D+100.0 | |
| Dooly | 1,028 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,028 | D+100.0 | |
| Pulaski | 1,025 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,025 | D+100.0 | |
| Screven | 1,023 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,023 | D+100.0 | |
| Treutlen | 1,018 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,018 | D+100.0 | |
| Jones | 1,008 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,008 | D+100.0 | |
| Turner | 1,005 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 1,005 | D+100.0 | |
| Murray | 995 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 995 | D+100.0 | |
| Camden | 966 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 966 | D+100.0 | |
| Fannin | 963 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 963 | D+100.0 | |
| Bacon | 956 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 956 | D+100.0 | |
| Montgomery | 952 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 952 | D+100.0 | |
| Wilkinson | 925 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 925 | D+100.0 | |
| Brantley | 902 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 902 | D+100.0 | |
| Jeff Davis | 897 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 897 | D+100.0 | |
| Forsyth | 877 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 877 | D+100.0 | |
| Putnam | 857 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 857 | D+100.0 | |
| Jasper | 856 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 856 | D+100.0 | |
| Fayette | 850 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 850 | D+100.0 | |
| Stewart | 841 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 841 | D+100.0 | |
| Effingham | 834 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 834 | D+100.0 | |
| Pickens | 811 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 811 | D+100.0 | |
| Pike | 797 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 797 | D+100.0 | |
| Hancock | 793 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 793 | D+100.0 | |
| Dawson | 789 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 789 | D+100.0 | |
| Jenkins | 783 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 783 | D+100.0 | |
| Rabun | 780 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 780 | D+100.0 | |
| Atkinson | 770 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 770 | D+100.0 | |
| Heard | 768 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 768 | D+100.0 | |
| Miller | 757 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 757 | D+100.0 | |
| Oconee | 757 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 757 | D+100.0 | |
| Wheeler | 757 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 757 | D+100.0 | |
| McDuffie | 754 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 754 | D+100.0 | |
| Columbia | 752 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 752 | D+100.0 | |
| Evans | 744 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 744 | D+100.0 | |
| Banks | 734 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 734 | D+100.0 | |
| Bleckley | 734 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 734 | D+100.0 | |
| Baker | 725 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 725 | D+100.0 | |
| Twiggs | 700 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 700 | D+100.0 | |
| Talbot | 665 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 665 | D+100.0 | |
| Union | 656 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 656 | D+100.0 | |
| McIntosh | 647 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 647 | D+100.0 | |
| White | 641 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 641 | D+100.0 | |
| Crawford | 636 99.5% | 0 0.0% | 3 | 639 | D+99.5 |
| Warren | 632 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 632 | D+100.0 | |
| Charlton | 606 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 606 | D+100.0 | |
| Candler | 603 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 603 | D+100.0 | |
| Dade | 593 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 593 | D+100.0 | |
| Bryan | 590 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 590 | D+100.0 | |
| Long | 579 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 579 | D+100.0 | |
| Lumpkin | 569 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 569 | D+100.0 | |
| Calhoun | 562 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 562 | D+100.0 | |
| Clinch | 538 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 538 | D+100.0 | |
| Marion | 530 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 530 | D+100.0 | |
| Lincoln | 487 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 487 | D+100.0 | |
| Taliaferro | 487 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 487 | D+100.0 | |
| Lanier | 423 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 423 | D+100.0 | |
| Lee | 418 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 418 | D+100.0 | |
| Clay | 361 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 361 | D+100.0 | |
| Echols | 346 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 346 | D+100.0 | |
| Schley | 340 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 340 | D+100.0 | |
| Webster | 314 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 314 | D+100.0 | |
| Glascock | 290 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 290 | D+100.0 | |
| Quitman | 254 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 254 | D+100.0 | |
| Chattahoochee | 124 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 124 | D+100.0 |
Counties as they stood in 1954; 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
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |