CONSOLIDATED VOTE STATE REPUBLICAN GENERAL PRIMARY EIECTION 
Held August 8, 1972 and 
RUN-OFF REPUBLICAN PRIMARY EIECTION Held August 29, 1972 
Compiled by BEN W. FORTSON,JR. Secretary of State 
Atlanta, Georgia 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE 
 
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I, Ben W. Fortson,Jr., Secretary of State of the State of Georgia, do hereby certify that, the within is a true and correct consolidation of the popular vote for the various offices and candidates therefor in the State Republican General Primary Election held on August 8, 1972 and in the State Republican General Primary Election Run-off held on August 29, 1972, as taken from the official consolidated returns which were filed by the various counties throughout the State; all as the same appear of file and record in this office. 
 
:,J;~r, Given under my hand and seal of office 
 
this;J~h 
 
1972. 
 
BEN W. FORTSON,JR. Secretary of State 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR UNITED STATES SENATE 
(To Succeed David H. Gambrell for the unexpired term of Richard B. Russell, deceased, beginning November 7, 1972, expiring January 3, 1973) 
 
County 
Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin -Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp 
 
Fletcher Thompson 
0 0 0 1 76 2 24 71 0 4 962 18 0 
11 
0 18 
11 
17 9 4 
0 
110 13 0 
2,017 0 5 
184 371 
1 1,393 
3 3,465 
4 58 64 1 172 
6 
2 
 
County 
 
Fletcher Thompson 
 
Dade Dawson fJecatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis 
 
0 0 47 31,490 7 53 360 67 7 0 33 
11 
2 1 1,917 104 415 41 1 17,513 449 0 212 29 2 
0 750 61 182 
4 
6 
47 3 3 
189 452 
9 3 5 0 
 
1 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR UNITED STATES SENATE 
(To Succeed David H. Gambrell for the unexpired term of Richard B. Russell, deceased, beginning November 7, 1972, expiring January 3, 1973) 
 
County 
Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph 
 
Fletcher Thompson 
36 0 0 4 27 1 5 6 5 0 0 218 0 48 3 6 0 0 25 2 22 
11 
0 13 25 1,498 39 15 
8 16 1,198 215 
2 59 24 1 
2 0 2 5 
 
County 
Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth 
GRAND TOTAL 
 
Fletcher Thompson 
1,864 201 0 6 0 267 51 4 12 6 0 0 3 2 5 170 
7 
12 107 
1 170 
0 6 234 18 168 3 24 2 
13 
10 2 0 
25 324 
3 
13 
6 7 
70,859 
100.00% 
2 
 
 County 
 
CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8 2 1972 
FOR UNITED STATES SENATE 
(For a full six year term beginning January 3. 1973) 
 
Clarence I. Porter, Jr. 
 
Darrell Runyan 
 
Fletcher Thompson 
 
Howard Tucker 
 
Appling 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
Atkinson 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
Bacon 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
Baker 
 
0 
 
() 
 
1 
 
0 
 
Baldwin 
 
5 
 
4 
 
66 
 
4 
 
Banks 
 
0 
 
0 
 
2 
 
0 
 
Barrow 
 
0 
 
1 
 
26 
 
0 
 
Bartow 
 
4 
 
5 
 
62 
 
6 
 
Ben Hill 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
Berrien 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
3 
 
Bibb 
 
107 
 
24 
 
936 
 
60 
 
Bleckley 
 
1 
 
0 
 
17 
 
0 
 
Brantley 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
Brooks 
 
1 
 
0 
 
12 
 
0 
 
Bryan 
 
0 
 
0 
 
1 
 
0 
 
Bulloch 
 
1 
 
1 
 
17 
 
1 
 
Burke 
 
3 
 
0 
 
8 
 
0 
 
Butts 
 
1 
 
1 
 
18 
 
3 
 
Calhoun 
 
0 
 
0 
 
8 
 
9 
 
Camden 
 
0 
 
0 
 
2 
 
1 
 
Candler 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
Carroll 
 
2 
 
4 
 
100 
 
4 
 
Catoosa 
 
1 
 
2 
 
7 
 
3 
 
Charlton 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
Chatham 
 
197 
 
88 
 
1,797 
 
108 
 
Chattahoochee 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
Chattooga 
 
0 
 
0 
 
5 
 
0 
 
Cherokee 
 
14 
 
14 
 
156 
 
15 
 
Clarke 
 
7 
 
7 
 
364 
 
10 
 
Clay 
 
0 
 
0 
 
1 
 
0 
 
Clayton 
 
19 
 
27 
 
1,361 
 
31 
 
Clinch 
 
0 
 
0 
 
2 
 
1 
 
Cobb 
 
60 
 
62 
 
3,349 
 
55 
 
Coffee 
 
1 
 
2 
 
2 
 
0 
 
Colquitt 
 
8 
 
4 
 
44 
 
8 
 
Columbia 
 
10 
 
0 
 
54 
 
2 
 
Cook 
 
0 
 
0 
 
1 
 
0 
 
Coweta 
 
4 
 
1 
 
161 
 
5 
 
Crawford 
 
0 
 
1 
 
6 
 
0 
 
Crisp 
 
0 
 
0 
 
2 
 
0 
 
Dade 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
Dawson 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
Decatur 
 
46 
 
7 
 
34 
 
11 
 
DeKalb 
 
782 
 
1,018 
 
35,607 
 
9 71 
 
3 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8 2 1972 
FOR UNITED STATES SENATE 
(For a full six year term beginning January 3, 1973) 
 
County 
 
Clarence I. Porter 2Jr. 
 
Darrell Runyan 
 
Fletcher Thompson 
 
Howard Tucker 
 
Dodge 
 
1 
 
Dooly 
 
8 
 
Dougherty 
 
17 
 
Douglas 
 
4 
 
Early 
 
0 
 
Echols 
 
0 
 
Effingham 
 
1 
 
Elbert 
 
0 
 
Emanuel 
 
0 
 
Evans 
 
0 
 
Fannin 
 
166 
 
Fayette 
 
1 
 
Floyd 
 
51 
 
Forsyth 
 
1 
 
Franklin 
 
0 
 
Fulton 
 
103 
 
Gilmer 
 
29 
 
Glascock 
 
0 
 
Glynn 
 
49 
 
Gordon 
 
2 
 
Grady 
 
1 
 
Greene 
 
0 
 
Gwinnett 
 
14 
 
Habersham 
 
9 
 
Hall 
 
25 
 
Hancock 
 
0 
 
Haralson 
 
0 
 
Harris 
 
3 
 
Hart 
 
0 
 
Heard 
 
0 
 
Henry 
 
3 
 
Houston 
 
38 
 
Irwin 
 
0 
 
Jackson 
 
0 
 
Jasper 
 
0 
 
Jeff Davis 
 
0 
 
Jefferson 
 
7 
 
Jenkins 
 
0 
 
Johnson 
 
0 
 
Jones 
 
0 
 
Lamar 
 
4 
 
Lanier 
 
0 
 
Laurens 
 
0 
 
Lee 
 
0 
 
1 
 
4 
 
3 
 
2 
 
38 
 
4 
 
20 
 
276 
 
11 
 
5 
 
60 
 
2 
 
0 
 
7 
 
1 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
5 
 
33 
 
6 
 
0 
 
10 
 
0 
 
0 
 
2 
 
0 
 
1 
 
0 
 
0 
 
154 
 
1,615 
 
177 
 
2 
 
100 
 
1 
 
34 
 
362 
 
34 
 
4 
 
37 
 
1 
 
0 
 
1 
 
0 
 
147 
 
16,532 
 
125 
 
16 
 
411 
 
30 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
15 
 
146 
 
27 
 
4 
 
25 
 
2 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
12 
 
712 
 
32 
 
12 
 
41 
 
4 
 
8 
 
144 
 
8 
 
0 
 
2 
 
0 
 
0 
 
6 
 
0 
 
0 
 
52 
 
3 
 
0 
 
3 
 
0 
 
0 
 
3 
 
0 
 
5 
 
190 
 
14 
 
33 
 
318 
 
99 
 
1 
 
7 
 
3 
 
0 
 
4 
 
1 
 
0 
 
5 
 
1 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
24 
 
3 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
5 
 
0 
 
0 
 
22 
 
5 
 
0 
 
1 
 
0 
 
0 
 
5 
 
0 
 
0 
 
7 
 
0 
 
4 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR UNITED STATES SENATE (For a full six year term beginning January 3, 1973) 
 
County 
 
Clarence I. Porter, Jr 
 
Darrell Runyan 
 
Fletcher Thompson 
 
Howard Tucker 
 
Liberty 
 
1 
 
Lincoln 
 
0 
 
Long 
 
0 
 
Lowndes 
 
33 
 
Lumpkin 
 
0 
 
Macon 
 
3 
 
Madison 
 
0 
 
Marion 
 
1 
 
McDuffie 
 
0 
 
McIntosh 
 
0 
 
Meriwether 
 
1 
 
Miller 
 
0 
 
Mitchell 
 
4 
 
Monroe 
 
2 
 
Montgomery 
 
0 
 
Morgan 
 
0 
 
Murray 
 
5 
 
Muscogee 
 
52 
 
Newton 
 
2 
 
Oconee 
 
0 
 
Oglethorpe 
 
0 
 
Paulding 
 
2 
 
Peach 
 
284 
 
Pickens 
 
16 
 
Pierce 
 
1 
 
Pike 
 
0 
 
Polk 
 
1 
 
Pulaski 
 
0 
 
Putnam 
 
0 
 
Quitman 
 
0 
 
Rabun 
 
0 
 
Randolph 
 
0 
 
Richmond 
 
43 
 
Rockdale 
 
5 
 
Schley 
 
0 
 
Screven 
 
1 
 
Seminole 
 
0 
 
Spalding 
 
19 
 
Stephens 
 
4 
 
Stewart 
 
0 
 
Sumter 
 
3 
 
Talbot 
 
0 
 
Taliaferro 
 
0 
 
0 
 
4 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
12 
 
187 
 
28 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
1 
 
41 
 
4 
 
0 
 
3 
 
0 
 
0 
 
6 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
23 
 
0 
 
0 
 
2 
 
0 
 
1 
 
17 
 
0 
 
0 
 
12 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
13 
 
0 
 
0 
 
20 
 
2 
 
63 
 
1,358 
 
77 
 
4 
 
30 
 
0 
 
0 
 
17 
 
0 
 
0 
 
8 
 
0 
 
0 
 
14 
 
0 
 
112 
 
707 
 
277 
 
22 
 
197 
 
7 
 
0 
 
1 
 
0 
 
0 
 
56 
 
2 
 
2 
 
42 
 
3 
 
0 
 
1 
 
0 
 
0 
 
2 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
1 
 
0 
 
0 
 
3 
 
1 
 
25 
 
1,624 
 
48 
 
6 
 
183 
 
2 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
2 
 
1 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
17 
 
244 
 
9 
 
1 
 
42 
 
2 
 
0 
 
4 
 
0 
 
0 
 
8 
 
0 
 
0 
 
5 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
5 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8 1 1972 
FOR UNITED STATES SENATE 
(For a full six year term beginning January 3, 1973) 
 
County 
 
Clarence I. Porter, Jr. 
 
Darrell Runyan 
 
Fletcher Thompson 
 
Howard Tucker 
 
Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth 
TOTAL 
GRAND TOTAL 
 
0 0 0 0 12 1 1 5 0 7 0 0 8 2 24 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 1 
2,396 
3.06% 
78,418 
100.0% 
 
0 0 0 1 5 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 6 0 13 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 
2,090 
2.67% 
 
0 4 2 3 156 3 11 101 1 166 2 6 214 16 121 4 14 2 10 11 2 0 25 24 7 3 13 5 6 
71,464 
91.13% 
 
0 0 0 0 19 0 0 5 0 9 0 0 11 1 20 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 23 0 0 3 1 
2,468 
3.14% 
 
6 
 
 CONSOLIDATED varE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER 
(To succeed Ben T. Wiggins) 
 
County 
 
F. C. Rodgers 
 
County 
 
F. C. Rodgers 
 
Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson necatur DeKalb 
 
0 
0 0 
1 62 
2 18 46 
0 2 832 11 
0 
9 
0 
18 8 
14 8 2 
0 98 13 
0 
1,501 0 2 
160 338 
0 1,285 
2 2,752 
3 43 56 
1 154 
3 2 0 
0 
53 26,441 
 
Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee 
 
5 41 324 57 
5 
0 42 
8 1 2 1,499 85 388 36 
0 
12,193 317 
0 
175 28 2 
0 
703 49 164 
2 5 45 3 
3 
175 403 
5 5 6 
0 23 
0 
0 
3 29 
1 5 5 
 
7 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER 
(To succeed Ben T. Wiggins) 
 
County 
 
F. C. Rodgers 
 
County 
 
F. C. Rodgers 
 
Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro 
 
3 0 0 153 0 39 3 7 0 2 23 2 16 8 
0 10 18 1,249 35 14 
8 12 930 144 
2 45 35 
1 
0 0 2 4 1,253 164 0 5 0 226 34 3 
11 3 0 
 
Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth 
GRAND TOTAL 
 
0 3 1 5 
172 
5 8 97 1 161 0 5 194 0 156 2 21 0 15 5 2 0 19 283 3 8 3 6 
56,421 
100.00% 
 
8 
 
 County 
Bryan Bulloch Burke Camden Candler Charlton Chatham Effingham Emanuel Evans Glynn Jenkins Johnson Liberty Long McIntosh Montgomery Screven Tattnall Toombs 
 
CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 
FIRST DISTRICT 
Wm.L. "Bill" Gowan 
0 
19 9 2 0 0 
1,641 46 2 1 
193 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 5 
1,924 100.0% 
 
9 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 
FOURTH DISTRICT 
 
County 
DeKalb Fulton (in part) Rockdale 
 
Ben B Blackburn 
36,548 297 196 
37,041 100.0% 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8 1 1972 
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 
FIFTH DISTRICT 
 
County Fulton (in part) 
 
Rodney M. Cook 10,859 100.0% 
 
11 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 
 
SEVENTH DISTRICT 
 
County 
 
V. Eugene McMichen 
 
Bartow Chattooga Cobb Dade Floyd Gordon Paulding Polk Walker Whitfield (in part) 
Grand Total 3,849 
100.0% 
 
30 3 
1,207 0 
227 8 6 
30 31 30 
1,572 
40.84% 
 
Charlie Sherrill 
38 2 
1,798 0 
194 22 8 20 
162 33 
2,277 
59.16% 
 
12 
 
 County 
Appling Atkinson Bacon Baldwin Ben Hill Bibb Bleckley Brantley Clinch Coffee Dodge Echols Irwin Jeff Davis Jones Laurens Pierce Pulaski Telfair Treutlen Twiggs Ware Wayne Wheeler Wilcox Wilkinson 
 
CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 
EIGIITH DISTRICT 
Ronnie Thompson 
0 
0 
0 71 
0 795 
18 
2 3 6 
0 10 
0 3 5 2 
1 1 
0 5 23 6 0 3 
8 
962 
100.0% 
 
13 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION 
Held August 8, 1972 
For State Senator 
 
SECOND DISTRICT 
 
Wiley A. Wasden,Jr. 
 
Chatham 
 
734 
 
FIFTH DISTRICT 
 
Robert H. "Bob" Bell 
 
DeKalb 
 
7,870 
 
Jim Wagner 
3,127 
 
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT 
 
Walter Wainwright 
 
Dougherty 
 
52 
 
Lee 
 
5 
 
Macon 
 
34 
 
Marion 
 
3 
 
Schley 
 
Sumter 
 
12 
 
Taylor 
 
3 
 
Terrell 
 
5 
 
TOTAL 
 
114 
 
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT 
 
Paul Stansel 
 
Muscogee 
 
456 
 
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 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION 
 
Held August 8, 1972 
 
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT 
 
Robert A. (Tony) Robbins 
 
Houston 
 
429 
 
Macon 
 
5 
 
Peach 
 
956 
 
TOTAL 
 
1,390 
 
rwENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT 
 
Linton D. Baggs,Jr. 
 
Bibb 
 
270 
 
Twiggs 
 
5 
 
TOTAL 
 
275 
 
TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT 
 
George N. Skene 
 
Bibb 
 
400 
 
Monroe 
 
8 
 
TOTAL 
 
408 
 
THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT 
 
Samuel R. (Sam) Walker 
 
Cobb 
 
891 
 
THIRTY-FOURTH DISTRICT 
 
W. Armstrong Smith 
 
Fayette Fulton 
 
91 
2 989 
 
TOTAL 
 
3,080 
 
15 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION Held August 8, 1972 For State Senator 
 
THIRTY-SIXTH DISTRICT 
 
John H. Calhoun 
 
Fulton 
 
421 
 
THIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT 
 
Walter D. (Bud) Everhart 
 
Fulton 
 
913 
 
FORTIETH DISTRICT 
 
Paul D. Coverdell 
 
Fulton 
 
4,119 
 
FORTY-FIRST DISTRICT 
 
James W. Tysinger 
 
DeKalb 
 
6,502 
 
FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT 
 
M. Fred Jones 
 
DeKalb 
 
2,733 
 
FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT 
 
Joe S. Higginbotham 
 
DeKalb 
 
3,242 
 
George T. Warren 1 II 4,208 
 
16 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRD1ARY ELECTION Held August 8 1 1972 For State Senator 
 
FIFTY-THIRD DISTRICT 
 
Paul R. Chambers 
 
Chattooga 
 
5 
 
Dade 
 
0 
 
Walker 
 
144 
 
TOTAL 
 
149 
 
FIFTY-FIFTH DISTRICT 
 
Rooks Boynton 
 
DeKalb 
 
3,250 
 
Jinnny Livingstone, II 2,267 
 
FIFTY-SIXTH DISTRICT 
 
Don Hannnett 
 
Cobb 
 
370 
 
Fulton 
 
852 
 
Paulding 
 
0 
 
TOTAL 
 
1,222 
 
TOTAL 
 
Tom Moore 
380 1,722 
8 
2,110 
 
17 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
 
DISTRICT NO. 4 Post 2 
Fannin Gilmer Lumpkin Rabun Towns Union White 
 
Jimmy Jones 
2,048 605 0 
2 
0 195 
6 2,856 
 
DISTRICT NO. 6 Post 1 
Walker Whitfield 
 
Mrs. Robert F. {Yvonne} Howalt 
3 
256 
259 
 
DISTRICT NO. 7 
Bartow Gordon 
 
Truett W. Moss 
0 34 ~ 
 
DISTRICT NO. 10 
 
Leon B. Gathanv 
 
Banks 
 
0 
 
Habersham 
 
0 
 
Stephens 
 
so 
 
so 
 
DISTRICT NO. 11 
 
George Theodore Grant 
 
Habersham White 
 
62 
-r1s6 
 
18 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
 
DIST'.UCT NO. 20 Post 1 Cobb 
 
William Travis Duke 1,719 
 
DISTRICT NO. 20 Post 3 
 
Ken Nix 
 
Cobb 
 
1,945 
 
DISTRICT NO. 22 Fulton 
 
Haskew H. Brantley, Jr. 1,760 
 
DISTRICT NO. 23 
 
Fletcher W. "Buddy" Griffin 
 
Fulton 
 
769 
 
DISTRICT NO. 24 Fulton 
 
Kil Townsend 1,866 
 
DISTRICT NO. 25 Fulton 
 
Mike Egan 1,272 
 
DISTRICT NO. 26 Fulton 
 
Bert Fridlin 732 
 
Robert A. (Bob) Irvin 1,273 
19 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRI~.ARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
 
DISTRICT NO. 2 7 Fulton 
 
George K. Larsen 582 
 
DISTRICT NO. 28 Fulton 
 
William Holmes Borders 72 
 
DISTRICT NO. 29 Fulton 
 
Lewis Frank Beeks 31 
 
DISTRICT NO. 30 Fulton 
 
John Savage 
347 
 
DISTRICT NO. 40 Fulton 
 
Dick Lane 1,199 
 
DISTRICT N0 1 41 Fulton 
 
Guy Hill 1,838 
 
DISTRICT NO. 42 Fulton 
 
Virlyn B. Smith 889 
 
20 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
 
DISTRICT NO. 43 Post 2 Fulton 
 
Henry Schwab 10,258 
 
DISTRICT NO. 44 DeKalb 
 
Harry C. Geisinger 2,592 
 
DISTRICT NO. 45 DeKalb 
 
Stanley(Stan) N. Collins,Jr. 1,649 
 
George B. Williamson 1,171 
 
DISTRICT NO. 46 DeKalb DeKalb 
 
Bill Dismer 
 
John W. Folsom 
 
341 
 
305 
 
William W.(Bill)Moss George Petro 
 
441 
 
832 
 
DISTRICT NO. 47 DeKalb 
 
Joe Burton 1,655 
 
Randy Morris 848 
 
DISTRICT NO. 48 DeKalb 
 
Tom Jones 1,132 
 
Bill Noble 3,053 
 
21 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
 
DISTRICT NO. 49 DeKalb DeKalb 
 
Fred Danner 829 
John Prien 633 
 
Hank Elliott 1,161 Beth Simmons 1,056 
 
Dick Peeeer 534 
 
DISTRICT NO. 52 DeKalb 
 
Steve Furse 1,525 
 
DISTRICT NO. 56 Post 1 DeKalb 
 
Walt Davis 5,891 
 
DISTRICT NO. 56 Post 2 DeKalb 
 
Leon R. Flo::id 5,095 
 
DISTRICT NO. 56 Post 3 DeKalb DeKalb 
 
M.H. ''Buster"Harris William L.{Bill} Horton 
 
1,312 
 
2,517 
 
Gerald p errI Ford} Lankford 
 
Raleh E, Wood 
 
917 
 
2,570 
 
22 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR HOVSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
 
DISTRICT NO. 58 JeKalb 
 
Jerry R. Johnson 1,075 
 
Richard R. Weber 885 
 
DISTRICT NO. 61 
Barrow G.,innett 
 
Doris Page 
17 116 133 
 
DISTRICT NO. 64 Post 1 
Carroll Douglas Heard 
 
Mary S. Ward 
102 
4 2 
108 
 
DISTRICT NO. 67 Post 1 
Coweta Fayette Spalding 
 
Al Norris 
53 78 213 344 
 
DISTRICT NO. 68 Post 2 
Clayton Fayette 
 
Douglas E1212s 
1,252 7 
1,259 
 
23 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
 
DISTRICT NO. 68 Post 4 
Clayton Fayette 
 
Tedd Kemberling 
1,247 9 
1,256 
 
DISTRICT NO. 69 
Butts Henry Newton 
 
Cary Hall 
1 177 
2 180 
 
DISTRICT NO. 82 Richmond 
 
Bob Beckham 251 
 
DISTRICT NO. 83  Richmond 
 
Bill Sams 386 
 
DISTRICT NO. 85 Post 1 Muscogee 
 
Earl T. Davis 993 
 
DISTRICT NO. 89 Post 1 
 
Mike Caldwell 
 
Bibb 
 
730 
 
Twiggs 
 
6 ~ 
 
24 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VCYfE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 
FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
 
DISTRICT NO. 89 Post 3 
Bibb Twiggs 
 
Billy L. Evans 
893 5 
898 
 
DISTRICT NO. 89 Post 5 
Bibb Twiggs 
 
w. M. ''Dick" Dickey 
709 5 
714 
 
DISTRICT NO. 89 Post 6 
Bibb Twiggs 
 
Royce Hobbs 
678 5 
683 
 
DISTRICT NO. 98 
Houston Peach 
 
Theodore (Ted) W. Waddle 
442 34 476 
 
DISTRICT NO. 107 Chatham 
 
Morriss Ellis 253 
 
DISTRICT NO. 109 
 
Herb Jones 
 
Chatham 
 
510 
 
25 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8 1 1972 
FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
 
DISTRICT NO. 128 Post 1 Glynn 
 
Charles W, (Billy) Rogers 187 
 
26 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 FOR JUDGE AND DISTRICT ATfORNEY OF SUPERIOR COURT CIRCUITS 
 
ATLANTA CIRCUii' 
Fulton COBB CIRCUIT 
 
Judge Superior Court To succeed Jeptha C.(Jep) Tanksley 
JE PTLA C. (JE P) TANKSLEY 
14,506 100.0% 
 
Cobb GWINNETT CIRCUIT 
Gwinnett 
 
Judge Superior Court To ~ucceed Chas. C. Pittard 
W. P. WILBANKS 
732 
100.0% 
 
Judge Superior Co~ To succeed G. Ernest Tidwell 
THEODORE SNITH 
10,317 100.0% 
District Attorney To succeed Ben F. Smith 
RICHAl !J ,'. (DICK) STILL 3,013 
100.0% 
 
N -..J 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE RE PUBLICAN PRIMARY HELD AUGUST 8, 1972 FOR 
JUDGE AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF SUPERIOR COURT Cn.currs 
 
STONE MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT 
 
Judge Superior Court ro succeed Edward D. Wheeler 
 
Judge Superior Court To succeed Robert Walling 
 
Judge Superior C0urt To succeef Ri~hard Ihibadeau 
 
DeKalb Rockdale 
 
RAY C. NORVELL 
26,415 
160 
 
TO! M. ALLEN 1 JR. 
26,560 148 
 
RICllARD A. fHIBA~AU 
10,896 
61 
 
TOTAL 
 
26,575 100.0% 
 
TOTAL 
 
26,708 
100.01. 
 
TOTAL 
 
10,957 
27 .697.* 
 
Judge Superior Court To succeed Richard Thibadeau 
 
CLYDE HENIBY 
 
DeKalb Rockdale 
 
28,481 130 
 
TOTAL 
 
28,611 
 
Grand Total 39,568(Thibadeau & Henley) 
100.0% * 
 
72.317.* 
 
DiFtrict Attorney Io succeed Richard Bell 
 
GAINES C. GRANAOC 
 
25,404 
165 
 
l'OTAL 
 
25,569 
100.0% 
 
N (X) 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTES CAST IN THE STATE REPUBLICAN GENERAL PRIMARY EIECTION RUN-OFF HELD AUGUST 29, 1972. 
29 
 
 CONSOLIDATED VOTE IN STATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RUN-OFF HELD AUGUST 29, 1972 
For House of Representatives 
 
DISTRICT NO. 46 DeKnlb DISTRICT NO. !+9 DeKalb DISTRICT NO. 56 Post 3 DeKalb 
 
William W.(Bill) Moss 592 
 
George Petro 777 
 
Hank Elliott 2,004 
 
Beth Simmons 1,720 
 
William L.(Bill)Horton Ralph E. Wood 
 
3,130 
 
2,204 
 
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