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Election 1974 Results

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1974 Georgia governor election

George Busbee (Democrat) beat Ronnie Thompson (Republican) in Georgia in 1974, 69.1% to 30.9%, a margin of 38.2 points and 357,664 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1970, when Jimmy Carter won.

Democrats led in 157 of the 159 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 2. The largest, Fulton, cast 132,312 votes and went to the Democrat by 49.8 points. The closest was Glascock, where 16 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
George Busbee won	Democratic	646,777	69.1%
Ronnie Thompson	Republican	289,113	30.9%
All other candidates		548	0.1%
Total		936,438

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Fulton	99,036 74.9%	33,107 25.0%	169	132,312	D+49.8
Dekalb	73,579 68.8%	33,130 31.0%	162	106,871	D+37.8
Cobb	29,871 59.4%	20,333 40.5%	50	50,254	D+19.0
Chatham	26,320 67.7%	12,562 32.3%	3	38,885	D+35.4
Bibb	22,026 64.7%	11,982 35.2%	11	34,019	D+29.5
Muscogee	22,526 78.8%	6,051 21.2%	14	28,591	D+57.6
Richmond	17,634 63.6%	10,089 36.4%		27,723	D+27.2
Clayton	10,640 49.3%	10,927 50.6%	24	21,591	R+1.3
Gwinnett	12,463 61.1%	7,920 38.8%	20	20,403	D+22.3
Floyd	11,504 69.2%	5,108 30.7%	1	16,613	D+38.5
Dougherty	11,809 85.2%	2,058 14.8%		13,867	D+70.3
Clarke	10,296 79.2%	2,704 20.8%		13,000	D+58.4
Houston	8,785 67.9%	4,154 32.1%	3	12,942	D+35.8
Hall	8,146 70.9%	3,339 29.1%	1	11,486	D+41.9
Carroll	6,265 63.5%	3,591 36.4%	6	9,862	D+27.1
Spalding	5,458 62.3%	3,303 37.7%		8,761	D+24.6
Glynn	6,539 76.8%	1,978 23.2%		8,517	D+53.6
Douglas	3,534 47.1%	3,973 52.9%	1	7,508	R+5.8
Troup	5,437 74.0%	1,910 26.0%	3	7,350	D+48.0
Whitfield	5,707 78.2%	1,594 21.8%		7,301	D+56.3
Laurens	4,140 57.9%	3,011 42.1%	3	7,154	D+15.8
Walker	4,760 71.8%	1,864 28.1%	4	6,628	D+43.7
Lowndes	5,123 79.6%	1,313 20.4%		6,436	D+59.2
Coweta	3,727 61.0%	2,382 39.0%	3	6,112	D+22.0
Bartow	4,133 68.0%	1,946 32.0%		6,079	D+36.0
Henry	3,253 54.5%	2,711 45.4%	4	5,968	D+9.1
Cherokee	3,453 58.2%	2,483 41.8%		5,936	D+16.3
Colquitt	4,142 73.9%	1,463 26.1%		5,605	D+47.8
Thomas	4,244 76.8%	1,279 23.2%		5,523	D+53.7
Newton	3,165 57.3%	2,354 42.7%		5,519	D+14.7
Polk	3,546 66.1%	1,817 33.9%	1	5,364	D+32.2
Baldwin	3,550 66.3%	1,807 33.7%		5,357	D+32.5
Upson	3,331 64.8%	1,802 35.1%	4	5,137	D+29.8
Bulloch	3,900 76.8%	1,177 23.2%	2	5,079	D+53.6
Ware	3,977 80.3%	975 19.7%		4,952	D+60.6
Rockdale	2,833 58.4%	2,014 41.5%	2	4,849	D+16.9
Jackson	3,310 69.4%	1,459 30.6%		4,769	D+38.8
Columbia	2,885 63.0%	1,689 36.9%	2	4,576	D+26.1
Gordon	3,081 69.0%	1,384 31.0%		4,465	D+38.0
Sumter	3,352 75.1%	1,110 24.9%	1	4,463	D+50.2
Walton	2,693 60.9%	1,730 39.1%		4,423	D+21.8
Washington	3,099 71.0%	1,263 29.0%		4,362	D+42.1
Fayette	2,238 52.9%	1,991 47.1%	1	4,230	D+5.8
Barrow	2,534 60.2%	1,672 39.7%	1	4,207	D+20.5
Tift	3,060 73.2%	1,119 26.8%		4,179	D+46.4
Chattooga	3,224 79.6%	827 20.4%		4,051	D+59.2
Catoosa	2,667 67.7%	1,270 32.2%	5	3,942	D+35.4
Peach	2,740 69.9%	1,180 30.1%	2	3,922	D+39.8
Toombs	2,488 65.8%	1,296 34.2%		3,784	D+31.5
Meriwether	2,570 68.7%	1,170 31.3%	1	3,741	D+37.4
Forsyth	2,155 57.6%	1,585 42.4%		3,740	D+15.2
Paulding	2,053 55.3%	1,658 44.6%	4	3,715	D+10.6
Habersham	2,636 72.9%	979 27.1%		3,615	D+45.8
Dodge	2,357 65.4%	1,247 34.6%		3,604	D+30.8
Elbert	2,915 81.5%	656 18.3%	4	3,575	D+63.2
Haralson	2,216 63.5%	1,276 36.5%		3,492	D+26.9
Coffee	2,260 67.5%	1,087 32.5%		3,347	D+35.0
Crisp	2,620 78.3%	726 21.7%		3,346	D+56.6
Emanuel	2,563 77.3%	754 22.7%		3,317	D+54.5
Stephens	2,606 78.6%	709 21.4%		3,315	D+57.2
Mitchell	2,530 78.6%	687 21.3%	2	3,219	D+57.3
Union	2,224 70.8%	916 29.2%		3,140	D+41.7
Fannin	1,809 57.9%	1,313 42.1%		3,122	D+15.9
Grady	2,285 73.3%	830 26.6%	1	3,116	D+46.7
Decatur	2,358 76.4%	728 23.6%		3,086	D+52.8
Harris	2,220 73.3%	808 26.7%		3,028	D+46.6
Jones	1,746 58.0%	1,262 42.0%		3,008	D+16.1
Jefferson	2,162 72.2%	833 27.8%		2,995	D+44.4
Hancock	2,154 73.7%	769 26.3%		2,923	D+47.4
Wayne	2,168 75.3%	712 24.7%		2,880	D+50.6
Effingham	1,636 58.7%	1,153 41.3%		2,789	D+17.3
Burke	2,045 73.4%	740 26.6%	1	2,786	D+46.8
Monroe	1,786 65.2%	953 34.8%	2	2,741	D+30.4
Macon	2,159 79.3%	564 20.7%		2,723	D+58.6
McDuffie	1,977 72.7%	744 27.3%		2,721	D+45.3
Liberty	2,273 83.8%	440 16.2%		2,713	D+67.6
Worth	1,954 74.1%	683 25.9%		2,637	D+48.2
Johnson	1,585 64.7%	863 35.3%		2,448	D+29.5
Madison	1,574 64.4%	869 35.6%		2,443	D+28.9
Morgan	1,521 62.8%	901 37.2%	1	2,423	D+25.6
Franklin	1,931 80.6%	464 19.4%		2,395	D+61.3
Wilkes	1,856 77.7%	532 22.3%		2,388	D+55.4
Hart	2,037 85.6%	337 14.2%	5	2,379	D+71.5
Telfair	1,555 65.9%	803 34.1%		2,358	D+31.9
Tattnall	1,649 70.4%	692 29.6%		2,341	D+40.9
Lamar	1,394 60.1%	924 39.9%		2,318	D+20.3
Gilmer	1,479 64.9%	799 35.1%		2,278	D+29.9
Dooly	1,873 82.3%	403 17.7%		2,276	D+64.6
Butts	1,371 61.6%	851 38.2%	3	2,225	D+23.4
Oconee	1,350 61.1%	860 38.9%		2,210	D+22.2
Bleckley	1,232 57.2%	922 42.8%		2,154	D+14.4
Berrien	1,677 78.7%	454 21.3%	1	2,132	D+57.4
Ben Hill	1,679 79.1%	443 20.9%		2,122	D+58.2
Twiggs	1,274 60.2%	842 39.8%		2,116	D+20.4
Cook	1,552 73.5%	561 26.5%		2,113	D+46.9
Brooks	1,612 76.3%	500 23.7%		2,112	D+52.7
Wilkinson	1,081 51.7%	1,008 48.3%		2,089	D+3.5
Screven	1,575 77.0%	470 23.0%		2,045	D+54.0
Randolph	1,734 85.8%	286 14.2%		2,020	D+71.7
Appling	1,515 75.8%	483 24.2%		1,998	D+51.7
Greene	1,358 68.0%	638 32.0%		1,996	D+36.1
Terrell	1,539 77.5%	446 22.5%		1,985	D+55.1
Early	1,659 84.4%	306 15.6%		1,965	D+68.9
Murray	1,569 81.0%	369 19.0%		1,938	D+61.9
White	1,375 72.9%	510 27.1%		1,885	D+45.9
Pike	1,023 54.9%	839 45.0%	1	1,863	D+9.9
Oglethorpe	1,010 54.6%	841 45.4%		1,851	D+9.1
Rabun	1,480 81.2%	338 18.6%	4	1,822	D+62.7
Lumpkin	1,235 70.4%	519 29.6%		1,754	D+40.8
Taylor	1,263 72.7%	474 27.3%		1,737	D+45.4
Wheeler	1,210 70.2%	514 29.8%		1,724	D+40.4
Putnam	991 58.5%	703 41.5%		1,694	D+17.0
Lee	1,267 76.0%	399 23.9%	1	1,667	D+52.1
Towns	1,145 71.3%	460 28.7%		1,605	D+42.7
Camden	1,199 75.4%	392 24.6%		1,591	D+50.7
Pulaski	1,119 70.4%	470 29.6%		1,589	D+40.8
Wilcox	1,059 67.2%	517 32.8%		1,576	D+34.4
Turner	1,199 76.9%	360 23.1%		1,559	D+53.8
Banks	1,108 72.8%	412 27.1%	1	1,521	D+45.8
Pickens	923 61.9%	568 38.1%		1,491	D+23.8
Irwin	988 68.4%	456 31.6%		1,444	D+36.8
Evans	1,014 71.4%	407 28.6%		1,421	D+42.7
Jasper	815 57.7%	597 42.3%		1,412	D+15.4
Jenkins	1,074 79.9%	269 20.0%	1	1,344	D+59.9
McIntosh	1,126 83.8%	214 15.9%	3	1,343	D+67.9
Treutlen	1,057 78.7%	285 21.2%	1	1,343	D+57.5
Bryan	923 69.0%	414 31.0%		1,337	D+38.1
Jeff Davis	912 68.4%	421 31.6%		1,333	D+36.8
Montgomery	928 69.7%	404 30.3%		1,332	D+39.3
Seminole	1,111 84.7%	201 15.3%		1,312	D+69.4
Crawford	818 63.1%	478 36.9%		1,296	D+26.2
Talbot	971 76.8%	292 23.1%	2	1,265	D+53.7
Pierce	979 77.6%	283 22.4%		1,262	D+55.2
Dade	894 72.1%	346 27.9%		1,240	D+44.2
Bacon	920 74.6%	313 25.4%		1,233	D+49.2
Lincoln	807 70.1%	344 29.9%		1,151	D+40.2
Heard	711 63.6%	406 36.3%	1	1,118	D+27.3
Warren	660 65.7%	342 34.1%	2	1,004	D+31.7
Stewart	745 76.2%	233 23.8%		978	D+52.4
Calhoun	844 88.2%	113 11.8%		957	D+76.4
Candler	628 66.7%	313 33.3%		941	D+33.5
Atkinson	608 70.6%	253 29.4%		861	D+41.2
Brantley	591 74.6%	201 25.4%		792	D+49.2
Dawson	543 69.0%	242 30.7%	2	787	D+38.2
Clinch	587 81.1%	137 18.9%		724	D+62.2
Marion	553 76.6%	169 23.4%		722	D+53.2
Charlton	559 80.4%	136 19.6%		695	D+60.9
Baker	517 74.8%	174 25.2%		691	D+49.6
Long	536 81.6%	121 18.4%		657	D+63.2
Miller	477 75.0%	159 25.0%		636	D+50.0
Clay	532 87.6%	75 12.4%		607	D+75.3
Lanier	554 92.3%	46 7.7%		600	D+84.7
Schley	453 79.1%	120 20.9%		573	D+58.1
Chattahoochee	398 81.2%	91 18.6%	1	490	D+62.7
Quitman	392 83.6%	77 16.4%		469	D+67.2
Taliaferro	360 80.4%	88 19.6%		448	D+60.7
Glascock	216 51.9%	200 48.1%		416	D+3.8
Webster	303 73.7%	108 26.3%		411	D+47.4
Echols	176 74.6%	60 25.4%		236	D+49.2

Counties as they stood in 1974; 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.

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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

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