1986_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia

1986 United States Senate election in Georgia
	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

1986 United States Senate election in Georgia

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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.

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"Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 9.

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"Our Campaigns".

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"United States Senator". Our Campaigns. December 21, 2005. Retrieved January 1, 2009.

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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%

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

1986_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia

1986 United States Senate election in Georgia

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