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Election 1978 Results

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1978 US Senate election in Georgia

Sam Nunn (Democrat) beat John W. Stokes (Republican) in Georgia in 1978, 83.1% to 16.9%, a margin of 66.3 points and 427,512 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1972, when Sam Nunn also won.

Democrats led in 159 of the 159 counties as they stood then. The largest, Fulton, cast 91,963 votes and went to the Democrat by 65.5 points. The closest was Echols, where 134 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sam Nunn won Democratic 536,320 83.1%
John W. Stokes Republican 108,808 16.9%
Total645,128

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Fulton 76,105 82.8% 15,858 17.2% 91,963 D+65.5
Dekalb 52,975 76.3% 16,449 23.7% 69,424 D+52.6
Cobb 29,031 75.7% 9,317 24.3% 38,348 D+51.4
Muscogee 22,137 89.7% 2,534 10.3% 24,671 D+79.5
Richmond 19,158 82.1% 4,176 17.9% 23,334 D+64.2
Chatham 17,245 80.1% 4,286 19.9% 21,531 D+60.2
Gwinnett 14,918 77.5% 4,331 22.5% 19,249 D+55.0
Bibb 16,031 86.4% 2,534 13.6% 18,565 D+72.7
Clayton 13,138 78.4% 3,619 21.6% 16,757 D+56.8
Floyd 9,697 84.1% 1,839 15.9% 11,536 D+68.1
Dougherty 7,613 72.9% 2,828 27.1% 10,441 D+45.8
Houston 8,329 83.9% 1,603 16.1% 9,932 D+67.7
Glynn 6,894 84.4% 1,279 15.6% 8,173 D+68.7
Carroll 6,550 85.2% 1,140 14.8% 7,690 D+70.4
Clarke 6,580 88.1% 890 11.9% 7,470 D+76.2
Hall 5,981 84.7% 1,079 15.3% 7,060 D+69.4
Spalding 6,092 88.7% 778 11.3% 6,870 D+77.4
Troup 5,931 91.0% 588 9.0% 6,519 D+82.0
Douglas 5,221 83.8% 1,008 16.2% 6,229 D+67.6
Laurens 5,198 88.6% 667 11.4% 5,865 D+77.3
Fayette 4,344 79.4% 1,127 20.6% 5,471 D+58.8
Coweta 4,663 86.0% 761 14.0% 5,424 D+71.9
Henry 4,316 81.1% 1,008 18.9% 5,324 D+62.1
Rockdale 3,630 81.1% 848 18.9% 4,478 D+62.1
Lowndes 3,368 81.1% 786 18.9% 4,154 D+62.2
Walker 3,214 81.8% 714 18.2% 3,928 D+63.6
Thomas 3,291 87.4% 473 12.6% 3,764 D+74.9
Whitfield 2,881 77.1% 858 22.9% 3,739 D+54.1
Cherokee 3,054 83.4% 609 16.6% 3,663 D+66.7
Bartow 3,047 84.1% 574 15.9% 3,621 D+68.3
Upson 3,244 91.4% 304 8.6% 3,548 D+82.9
Polk 3,077 87.3% 447 12.7% 3,524 D+74.6
Newton 2,989 87.4% 432 12.6% 3,421 D+74.7
Walton 2,987 88.6% 386 11.4% 3,373 D+77.1
Columbia 2,573 80.0% 644 20.0% 3,217 D+60.0
Baldwin 2,525 83.9% 483 16.1% 3,008 D+67.9
Colquitt 2,557 86.1% 413 13.9% 2,970 D+72.2
Forsyth 2,376 82.1% 518 17.9% 2,894 D+64.2
Fannin 1,624 57.0% 1,225 43.0% 2,849 D+14.0
Oconee 2,554 90.4% 271 9.6% 2,825 D+80.8
Catoosa 2,267 80.3% 557 19.7% 2,824 D+60.6
Peach 2,537 90.6% 263 9.4% 2,800 D+81.2
Barrow 2,351 87.9% 325 12.1% 2,676 D+75.7
Gordon 2,225 83.3% 445 16.7% 2,670 D+66.7
Jackson 2,430 91.1% 238 8.9% 2,668 D+82.2
Ware 2,423 91.9% 214 8.1% 2,637 D+83.8
Paulding 2,234 85.3% 384 14.7% 2,618 D+70.7
Decatur 2,062 81.0% 483 19.0% 2,545 D+62.0
Chattooga 2,230 91.4% 211 8.6% 2,441 D+82.7
Haralson 2,130 87.7% 300 12.3% 2,430 D+75.3
Harris 2,177 89.6% 253 10.4% 2,430 D+79.2
Meriwether 2,259 93.0% 170 7.0% 2,429 D+86.0
Habersham 2,169 90.9% 218 9.1% 2,387 D+81.7
Bulloch 1,959 83.6% 385 16.4% 2,344 D+67.2
Burke 2,089 91.5% 194 8.5% 2,283 D+83.0
Tift 1,987 87.1% 295 12.9% 2,282 D+74.1
Sumter 1,812 81.5% 411 18.5% 2,223 D+63.0
Emanuel 1,921 88.4% 251 11.6% 2,172 D+76.9
Butts 1,813 89.9% 203 10.1% 2,016 D+79.9
Mitchell 1,687 84.1% 319 15.9% 2,006 D+68.2
Elbert 1,774 90.7% 182 9.3% 1,956 D+81.4
Wayne 1,629 83.4% 325 16.6% 1,954 D+66.7
Hart 1,724 89.3% 207 10.7% 1,931 D+78.6
Ben Hill 1,744 91.5% 163 8.5% 1,907 D+82.9
Stephens 1,665 87.7% 234 12.3% 1,899 D+75.4
Lamar 1,670 88.2% 223 11.8% 1,893 D+76.4
Jefferson 1,659 90.6% 172 9.4% 1,831 D+81.2
Randolph 1,633 91.6% 149 8.4% 1,782 D+83.3
Toombs 1,418 80.2% 351 19.8% 1,769 D+60.3
Wilkes 1,683 95.2% 84 4.8% 1,767 D+90.5
Dodge 1,579 90.4% 168 9.6% 1,747 D+80.8
Grady 1,693 97.1% 51 2.9% 1,744 D+94.2
Monroe 1,592 91.4% 149 8.6% 1,741 D+82.9
Effingham 1,345 78.1% 378 21.9% 1,723 D+56.1
Jones 1,494 86.8% 228 13.2% 1,722 D+73.5
Washington 1,528 91.3% 146 8.7% 1,674 D+82.6
Coffee 1,433 86.3% 227 13.7% 1,660 D+72.7
Macon 1,526 91.9% 134 8.1% 1,660 D+83.9
Worth 1,218 79.3% 318 20.7% 1,536 D+58.6
Crisp 1,351 88.9% 169 11.1% 1,520 D+77.8
Dooly 1,419 93.5% 98 6.5% 1,517 D+87.1
Pike 1,325 87.6% 188 12.4% 1,513 D+75.1
Terrell 1,166 77.9% 331 22.1% 1,497 D+55.8
Wilkinson 1,266 85.1% 221 14.9% 1,487 D+70.3
Bacon 1,275 86.4% 201 13.6% 1,476 D+72.8
Taylor 1,340 92.0% 116 8.0% 1,456 D+84.1
Early 1,285 88.3% 170 11.7% 1,455 D+76.6
Tattnall 1,259 87.2% 185 12.8% 1,444 D+74.4
Franklin 1,292 90.4% 137 9.6% 1,429 D+80.8
McDuffie 1,252 87.6% 177 12.4% 1,429 D+75.2
Morgan 1,284 91.8% 114 8.2% 1,398 D+83.7
Madison 1,210 87.7% 169 12.3% 1,379 D+75.5
Liberty 1,194 88.0% 163 12.0% 1,357 D+76.0
Seminole 1,176 87.6% 167 12.4% 1,343 D+75.1
Pickens 1,133 84.9% 201 15.1% 1,334 D+69.9
Telfair 1,193 92.0% 104 8.0% 1,297 D+84.0
Rabun 1,111 86.5% 174 13.5% 1,285 D+72.9
Greene 1,221 96.1% 50 3.9% 1,271 D+92.1
Brooks 1,077 85.7% 180 14.3% 1,257 D+71.4
Berrien 1,116 89.0% 138 11.0% 1,254 D+78.0
White 1,062 85.6% 179 14.4% 1,241 D+71.2
Bleckley 1,001 85.6% 168 14.4% 1,169 D+71.3
Camden 1,022 87.9% 141 12.1% 1,163 D+75.8
Jasper 1,006 90.0% 112 10.0% 1,118 D+80.0
Talbot 1,031 92.8% 80 7.2% 1,111 D+85.6
Cook 1,000 90.1% 110 9.9% 1,110 D+80.2
Calhoun 1,005 92.6% 80 7.4% 1,085 D+85.3
Screven 978 90.5% 103 9.5% 1,081 D+80.9
Oglethorpe 944 87.7% 132 12.3% 1,076 D+75.5
Appling 900 84.3% 167 15.7% 1,067 D+68.7
Twiggs 994 93.5% 69 6.5% 1,063 D+87.0
Candler 891 84.8% 160 15.2% 1,051 D+69.6
Banks 925 88.5% 120 11.5% 1,045 D+77.0
Pierce 914 90.2% 99 9.8% 1,013 D+80.5
Union 848 84.0% 162 16.0% 1,010 D+67.9
Lee 714 71.3% 287 28.7% 1,001 D+42.7
Lumpkin 863 87.1% 128 12.9% 991 D+74.2
Johnson 878 89.6% 102 10.4% 980 D+79.2
Hancock 922 95.0% 49 5.0% 971 D+89.9
Murray 775 80.1% 192 19.9% 967 D+60.3
Gilmer 697 72.4% 266 27.6% 963 D+44.8
Putnam 871 90.7% 89 9.3% 960 D+81.5
Heard 811 88.8% 102 11.2% 913 D+77.7
Jenkins 906 99.2% 7 0.8% 913 D+98.5
Pulaski 793 91.4% 75 8.6% 868 D+82.7
Bryan 732 84.5% 134 15.5% 866 D+69.1
Wilcox 791 91.6% 73 8.4% 864 D+83.1
Irwin 767 90.6% 80 9.4% 847 D+81.1
Turner 752 89.4% 89 10.6% 841 D+78.8
Treutlen 739 89.0% 91 11.0% 830 D+78.1
Dade 612 75.2% 202 24.8% 814 D+50.4
Towns 666 82.8% 138 17.2% 804 D+65.7
Lincoln 725 90.5% 76 9.5% 801 D+81.0
Evans 685 85.9% 112 14.1% 797 D+71.9
Crawford 664 87.3% 97 12.7% 761 D+74.5
Montgomery 639 86.1% 103 13.9% 742 D+72.2
Stewart 669 90.3% 72 9.7% 741 D+80.6
Long 622 92.0% 54 8.0% 676 D+84.0
Jeff Davis 567 84.4% 105 15.6% 672 D+68.8
Brantley 606 90.3% 65 9.7% 671 D+80.6
Marion 578 88.4% 76 11.6% 654 D+76.8
McIntosh 595 91.5% 55 8.5% 650 D+83.1
Charlton 534 86.5% 83 13.5% 617 D+73.1
Warren 534 89.4% 63 10.6% 597 D+78.9
Dawson 462 82.6% 97 17.4% 559 D+65.3
Wheeler 471 87.4% 68 12.6% 539 D+74.8
Miller 419 78.3% 116 21.7% 535 D+56.6
Atkinson 481 90.4% 51 9.6% 532 D+80.8
Quitman 497 93.6% 34 6.4% 531 D+87.2
Clinch 488 94.0% 31 6.0% 519 D+88.1
Clay 402 91.6% 37 8.4% 439 D+83.1
Lanier 386 93.5% 27 6.5% 413 D+86.9
Baker 318 80.9% 75 19.1% 393 D+61.8
Schley 263 82.2% 57 17.8% 320 D+64.4
Chattahoochee 268 89.0% 33 11.0% 301 D+78.1
Taliaferro 231 93.5% 16 6.5% 247 D+87.0
Webster 212 86.9% 32 13.1% 244 D+73.8
Glascock 193 87.7% 27 12.3% 220 D+75.5
Echols 149 90.9% 15 9.1% 164 D+81.7

Counties as they stood in 1978; 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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1992 Paul Coverdell (R) R+1.3
1990 Sam Nunn (D) D+100.0
1986 Wyche Fowler Jr. (D) D+1.8
1984 Sam Nunn (D) D+59.9
1980 Mack Mattingly (R) R+1.7
1978 Sam Nunn (D) D+66.3
1974 Herman Talmadge (D) D+43.5
1972 Sam Nunn (D) D+7.9
1968 Herman Talmadge (D) D+55.0
1966 Richard B. Russell (D) D+99.9
1962 Herman Talmadge (D) D+100.0
1960 Richard B. Russell (D) D+99.9
1956 Herman Talmadge (D) D+100.0
1954 Richard B. Russell (D) D+100.0
1950 Walter F. George (D) D+100.0
1948 Richard B. Russell (D) D+99.9
1944 Walter F. George (D) D+100.0
1942 Richard B. Russell (D) D+96.9
1938 Walter F. George (D) D+95.1
1936 Richard B. Russell (D) D+100.0
1932 Walter F. George (D) D+85.6
1930 William J. Harris (D) D+100.0
1926 Walter F. George (D) D+100.0
1924 William J. Harris (D) D+100.0
1920 Thomas E. Watson (D) D+94.9
1918 William J. Harris (D) D+76.7
1914 Hoke Smith (D) D+68.5