1986 United States Senate election in Georgia

1986 United States Senate election in Georgia

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Nominee Wyche Fowler Mack Mattingly Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 623,707 601,241 Percentage 50.92% 49.08%

County results Congressional district results Fowler:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Mattingly:      50–60%     60–70%

U.S. senator before election Mack Mattingly Republican Elected U.S. Senator Wyche Fowler Democratic

The 1986 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 8, 1986. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mack Mattingly ran for re-election, but was defeated by Democrat Wyche Fowler in a close race. ^[1] This was also the last time a Democrat was elected to the class 3 Senate seat for a full term until 2022. This was the second of three consecutive elections for this Senate seat where the incumbent was defeated.

Candidates

Democratic

• Wyche Fowler, U.S. Representative
• Hamilton Jordan, former White House Chief of Staff
• John D. Russell, former State Representative from the 64th district (1981–1985)
• Jerry Belsky, LaRouche activist

Democratic primary results ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wyche Fowler	314,787	50.26%
	Democratic	Hamilton Jordan	196,307	31.34%
	Democratic	John D. Russell	100,881	16.11%
	Democratic	Jerry Belsky	14,365	2.29%
Total votes			626,340	100.00%

Republican

• Mack Mattingly, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

1986 United States Senate election in Georgia ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wyche Fowler	623,707	50.92%	+1.79%
	Republican	Mack Mattingly (incumbent)	601,241	49.08%	−1.79%
	Write-in		60	0.00%	N/A
Total votes			1,225,008	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic gain from Republican

See also

• 1986 United States Senate elections

References

1. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 9.
2. "Our Campaigns".
3. "United States Senator". Our Campaigns. December 21, 2005. Retrieved January 1, 2009.