United States Senate election in Georgia, 1986

November 8, 1986



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

County Results

Senator before election

Mack Mattingly
Republican

Elected Senator

Wyche Fowler
Democratic

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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 decided to run for re-election and lost a close race to Wyche Fowler. ^[1]

Candidates

Democratic

Wyche Fowler, U.S. Congressman

Republican

Mack Mattingly, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

1986 United States Senate election, Georgia^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Wyche Fowler	623,707	50.91%	+1.78
	Republican	Mack Mattingly (Incumbent)	601,241	49.08%	-1.79
		Write-In Votes	60	0.00%	N/A
Majority			22,466	1.83	+.09
Turnout			1,225,008
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing	1.78

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf
↑ "United States Senator". Our Campaigns. 2005-12-21. Retrieved 2009-01-01.

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