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1984 Senate elections · Georgia history

Georgia U.S. Senate election 1984

Sam Nunn DEM +59.9 · Class II seat · held 11/6/84

Votes counted
1,681,344
Margin
59.9 pts
Seat held by
Democraticheld
President in GA
R+20.4same year

General election 11/6/84

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Sam Nunn WonDEM1,344,10479.94%
Mike HicksREP337,19620.06%
Other—440.00%
Total1,681,344

Official source: data

Other Georgia Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2022Class IIIRaphael Warnock2.8
2020Class IIJon Ossoff1.2
2020 specialClass IIIRaphael Warnock2.1
2016Class IIIJohnny Isakson13.8
2014Class IIDavid A. Perdue7.7
2010Class IIIJohnny Isakson19.3
2008Class IISaxby Chambliss14.9
2004Class IIIJohnny Isakson17.9
2002Class IISaxby Chambliss6.8
2000 specialClass IIIZell Bryan Miller20.4
1998Class IIIPaul Coverdell7.2
1996Class IIMax Cleland1.3

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Questions and answers

Who won the 1984 Georgia Senate race?

Sam Nunn (DEM) won with 79.9% of the vote, ahead of Mike Hicks (20.1%), a margin of 59.9 points.

Did the Georgia Senate seat change party in 1984?

No. The Democratic Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 1984 Georgia Senate race?

1,681,344 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.