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Election 1986 Results

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1986 Georgia governor election

Joe Frank Harris (Democrat) beat Guy Davis (Republican) in Georgia in 1986, 70.5% to 29.5%, a margin of 41.0 points and 481,953 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1982, when Joe Frank Harris also won.

Democrats led in 159 of the 159 counties as they stood then. The largest, Fulton, cast 149,735 votes and went to the Democrat by 36.7 points. The closest was Echols, where 199 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
Joe Frank Harris won Democratic 828,465 70.5%
Guy Davis Republican 346,512 29.5%
Total1,174,977

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Fulton 102,358 68.4% 47,377 31.6% 149,735 D+36.7
Dekalb 77,549 62.2% 47,148 37.8% 124,697 D+24.4
Cobb 49,282 58.9% 34,438 41.1% 83,720 D+17.7
Gwinnett 31,562 57.3% 23,474 42.7% 55,036 D+14.7
Chatham 31,456 75.9% 10,003 24.1% 41,459 D+51.7
Richmond 27,257 79.1% 7,203 20.9% 34,460 D+58.2
Clayton 21,216 63.3% 12,317 36.7% 33,533 D+26.5
Muscogee 24,937 77.4% 7,261 22.6% 32,198 D+54.9
Bibb 24,405 80.5% 5,905 19.5% 30,310 D+61.0
Dougherty 16,093 75.3% 5,283 24.7% 21,376 D+50.6
Floyd 12,425 75.1% 4,116 24.9% 16,541 D+50.2
Hall 10,597 69.2% 4,717 30.8% 15,314 D+38.4
Houston 11,567 77.5% 3,366 22.5% 14,933 D+54.9
Glynn 10,142 71.6% 4,025 28.4% 14,167 D+43.2
Clarke 9,756 70.5% 4,083 29.5% 13,839 D+41.0
Carroll 8,284 67.0% 4,085 33.0% 12,369 D+33.9
Fayette 6,769 55.6% 5,401 44.4% 12,170 D+11.2
Douglas 7,393 62.6% 4,424 37.4% 11,817 D+25.1
Rockdale 6,876 61.0% 4,402 39.0% 11,278 D+21.9
Henry 6,766 63.7% 3,854 36.3% 10,620 D+27.4
Columbia 7,680 72.3% 2,939 27.7% 10,619 D+44.6
Whitfield 7,224 72.8% 2,694 27.2% 9,918 D+45.7
Cherokee 6,097 62.1% 3,720 37.9% 9,817 D+24.2
Lowndes 7,298 76.7% 2,221 23.3% 9,519 D+53.3
Troup 7,432 78.5% 2,039 21.5% 9,471 D+56.9
Spalding 5,985 63.9% 3,375 36.1% 9,360 D+27.9
Bartow 6,918 76.9% 2,083 23.1% 9,001 D+53.7
Catoosa 6,761 75.2% 2,228 24.8% 8,989 D+50.4
Coweta 5,738 64.2% 3,199 35.8% 8,937 D+28.4
Walker 6,438 75.3% 2,116 24.7% 8,554 D+50.5
Newton 5,151 71.5% 2,049 28.5% 7,200 D+43.1
Bulloch 5,513 79.0% 1,465 21.0% 6,978 D+58.0
Forsyth 4,384 63.8% 2,487 36.2% 6,871 D+27.6
Laurens 5,282 79.5% 1,364 20.5% 6,646 D+59.0
Paulding 4,191 70.8% 1,727 29.2% 5,918 D+41.6
Ware 5,096 86.1% 820 13.9% 5,916 D+72.3
Polk 3,517 59.9% 2,358 40.1% 5,875 D+19.7
Baldwin 4,194 73.0% 1,549 27.0% 5,743 D+46.1
Thomas 4,379 77.8% 1,248 22.2% 5,627 D+55.6
Walton 3,777 69.7% 1,644 30.3% 5,421 D+39.3
Gordon 3,573 67.8% 1,698 32.2% 5,271 D+35.6
Colquitt 3,982 76.4% 1,231 23.6% 5,213 D+52.8
Barrow 3,709 72.8% 1,385 27.2% 5,094 D+45.6
Upson 3,996 79.5% 1,032 20.5% 5,028 D+58.9
Jackson 3,765 77.1% 1,120 22.9% 4,885 D+54.1
Sumter 3,723 79.8% 945 20.2% 4,668 D+59.5
Chattooga 3,793 82.9% 784 17.1% 4,577 D+65.7
Habersham 3,183 73.6% 1,143 26.4% 4,326 D+47.2
Haralson 3,027 70.2% 1,287 29.8% 4,314 D+40.3
Tift 3,185 75.3% 1,043 24.7% 4,228 D+50.7
Meriwether 3,078 74.7% 1,042 25.3% 4,120 D+49.4
Liberty 3,503 86.2% 559 13.8% 4,062 D+72.5
Coffee 3,112 81.4% 709 18.6% 3,821 D+62.9
Mitchell 3,063 83.1% 625 16.9% 3,688 D+66.1
Jones 2,905 78.9% 777 21.1% 3,682 D+57.8
Peach 3,021 82.4% 646 17.6% 3,667 D+64.8
Decatur 2,635 74.0% 927 26.0% 3,562 D+48.0
Wayne 2,817 80.6% 680 19.4% 3,497 D+61.1
Elbert 2,833 81.5% 642 18.5% 3,475 D+63.1
Stephens 2,618 75.5% 848 24.5% 3,466 D+51.1
Madison 2,596 75.3% 852 24.7% 3,448 D+50.6
Oconee 2,428 70.9% 998 29.1% 3,426 D+41.7
Toombs 2,431 73.8% 865 26.2% 3,296 D+47.5
Fannin 1,999 61.0% 1,279 39.0% 3,278 D+22.0
Effingham 2,676 82.0% 586 18.0% 3,262 D+64.1
Burke 2,696 82.9% 556 17.1% 3,252 D+65.8
Monroe 2,561 79.2% 673 20.8% 3,234 D+58.4
Butts 2,382 75.0% 796 25.0% 3,178 D+49.9
Harris 2,242 71.2% 909 28.8% 3,151 D+42.3
Worth 2,330 74.3% 804 25.7% 3,134 D+48.7
McDuffie 2,576 83.0% 529 17.0% 3,105 D+65.9
Grady 2,553 82.4% 546 17.6% 3,099 D+64.8
Jefferson 2,621 86.0% 425 14.0% 3,046 D+72.1
Union 2,150 70.7% 891 29.3% 3,041 D+41.4
Washington 2,573 84.7% 463 15.3% 3,036 D+69.5
Hart 2,347 77.8% 671 22.2% 3,018 D+55.5
Emanuel 2,209 75.8% 706 24.2% 2,915 D+51.6
Dodge 2,223 80.9% 525 19.1% 2,748 D+61.8
Crisp 2,065 75.4% 673 24.6% 2,738 D+50.8
White 1,846 67.9% 873 32.1% 2,719 D+35.8
Gilmer 1,844 68.0% 868 32.0% 2,712 D+36.0
Morgan 2,044 76.2% 638 23.8% 2,682 D+52.4
Ben Hill 2,170 83.0% 446 17.0% 2,616 D+65.9
Early 2,033 78.0% 575 22.0% 2,608 D+55.9
Greene 2,216 85.2% 385 14.8% 2,601 D+70.4
Lee 1,830 70.8% 755 29.2% 2,585 D+41.6
Wilkes 2,032 80.3% 497 19.7% 2,529 D+60.7
Franklin 1,960 77.7% 563 22.3% 2,523 D+55.4
Lamar 1,853 73.8% 659 26.2% 2,512 D+47.5
Macon 2,174 87.2% 318 12.8% 2,492 D+74.5
Tattnall 1,936 79.7% 493 20.3% 2,429 D+59.4
Pike 1,679 70.8% 693 29.2% 2,372 D+41.6
Rabun 1,780 76.4% 551 23.6% 2,331 D+52.7
Pickens 1,650 71.4% 662 28.6% 2,312 D+42.7
Wilkinson 1,993 86.7% 305 13.3% 2,298 D+73.5
Murray 1,743 77.0% 520 23.0% 2,263 D+54.0
Telfair 1,894 83.7% 368 16.3% 2,262 D+67.5
Screven 1,904 84.3% 355 15.7% 2,259 D+68.6
Lumpkin 1,615 73.5% 583 26.5% 2,198 D+47.0
Putnam 1,649 76.0% 520 24.0% 2,169 D+52.1
Bryan 1,756 81.3% 404 18.7% 2,160 D+62.6
Appling 1,725 80.3% 422 19.7% 2,147 D+60.7
Brooks 1,696 79.9% 426 20.1% 2,122 D+59.8
Berrien 1,689 79.8% 428 20.2% 2,117 D+59.6
Turner 1,782 84.2% 334 15.8% 2,116 D+68.4
Camden 1,729 82.2% 374 17.8% 2,103 D+64.4
Bleckley 1,659 79.3% 434 20.7% 2,093 D+58.5
Cook 1,690 82.9% 349 17.1% 2,039 D+65.8
Twiggs 1,782 88.5% 232 11.5% 2,014 D+77.0
Oglethorpe 1,552 77.1% 461 22.9% 2,013 D+54.2
McIntosh 1,695 85.6% 284 14.4% 1,979 D+71.3
Dooly 1,624 82.6% 343 17.4% 1,967 D+65.1
Taylor 1,674 85.7% 280 14.3% 1,954 D+71.3
Randolph 1,599 82.6% 338 17.4% 1,937 D+65.1
Pierce 1,695 88.3% 225 11.7% 1,920 D+76.6
Banks 1,458 76.3% 454 23.7% 1,912 D+52.5
Terrell 1,484 78.0% 419 22.0% 1,903 D+56.0
Pulaski 1,414 80.8% 335 19.2% 1,749 D+61.7
Lincoln 1,444 83.4% 288 16.6% 1,732 D+66.7
Jasper 1,274 74.0% 447 26.0% 1,721 D+48.1
Towns 1,045 61.0% 668 39.0% 1,713 D+22.0
Heard 1,236 72.2% 475 27.8% 1,711 D+44.5
Dade 1,194 73.7% 427 26.3% 1,621 D+47.3
Brantley 1,414 87.7% 199 12.3% 1,613 D+75.3
Jeff Davis 1,351 84.6% 246 15.4% 1,597 D+69.2
Wilcox 1,321 83.3% 265 16.7% 1,586 D+66.6
Johnson 1,340 84.8% 240 15.2% 1,580 D+69.6
Dawson 1,031 68.2% 480 31.8% 1,511 D+36.5
Irwin 1,183 82.2% 256 17.8% 1,439 D+64.4
Hancock 1,263 88.1% 170 11.9% 1,433 D+76.3
Seminole 972 68.7% 443 31.3% 1,415 D+37.4
Crawford 1,127 80.7% 270 19.3% 1,397 D+61.3
Evans 1,196 85.6% 201 14.4% 1,397 D+71.2
Warren 1,135 86.0% 185 14.0% 1,320 D+72.0
Montgomery 1,051 81.5% 238 18.5% 1,289 D+63.1
Baker 1,031 80.1% 256 19.9% 1,287 D+60.2
Candler 1,040 81.4% 238 18.6% 1,278 D+62.8
Talbot 1,025 80.3% 251 19.7% 1,276 D+60.7
Bacon 1,062 83.9% 204 16.1% 1,266 D+67.8
Marion 949 77.3% 278 22.7% 1,227 D+54.7
Calhoun 959 80.9% 226 19.1% 1,185 D+61.9
Jenkins 967 81.9% 214 18.1% 1,181 D+63.8
Stewart 986 85.1% 172 14.9% 1,158 D+70.3
Atkinson 936 82.4% 200 17.6% 1,136 D+64.8
Treutlen 990 88.5% 129 11.5% 1,119 D+76.9
Charlton 737 82.3% 158 17.7% 895 D+64.7
Miller 613 74.8% 206 25.2% 819 D+49.7
Lanier 688 85.0% 121 15.0% 809 D+70.1
Long 642 82.4% 137 17.6% 779 D+64.8
Clinch 609 84.0% 116 16.0% 725 D+68.0
Glascock 578 79.8% 146 20.2% 724 D+59.7
Wheeler 616 85.9% 101 14.1% 717 D+71.8
Schley 528 78.3% 146 21.7% 674 D+56.7
Clay 551 85.6% 93 14.4% 644 D+71.1
Webster 461 78.4% 127 21.6% 588 D+56.8
Taliaferro 510 87.8% 71 12.2% 581 D+75.6
Quitman 388 87.4% 56 12.6% 444 D+74.8
Chattahoochee 307 79.7% 78 20.3% 385 D+59.5
Echols 243 84.7% 44 15.3% 287 D+69.3

Counties as they stood in 1986; 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