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Republican U.S. Senator Bob Dole carried Georgia against Democratic incumbent Bill Clinton, who won nationwide. flipping the state for Democrats for the first time since 1980, when it voted for Jimmy Carter.
Following the retirement of Sam Nunn, Democratic Secretary of State Max Cleland ran for the United States Senate in 1996 and won by 30,024 votes over Republican Guy Millner. Republicans retained a majority in Georgia's congressional delegation.
A special election was held for Secretary of State following the 1996 resignation of Cleland. Democratic incumbent Lewis A. Massey, who was appointed to the position by Zell Miller to succeed Cleland, defeated Republican candidate David Shafer with 53.8% of the vote.