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The 1986 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1986. Governor Joe Frank Harris (D) was overwhelmingly re-elected over Guy Davis (R) to win re-election. As the state was beginning to trend more Republican, this is the last election in which the Democrat won the governorship by double digits. As of 2022 this is last governor ...
The Democrats had a net loss of eight seats during this election, which coincided with the Senate and the House elections. This was despite the Democratic trend on a federal level, making this the last midterm election until 2022 where the party of the incumbent president achieved a net gain of governorships.
There have officially been 83 governors of the State of Georgia, including 11 who served more than one distinct term (John Houstoun, George Walton, Edward Telfair, George Mathews, Jared Irwin, David Brydie Mitchell, George Rockingham Gilmer, M. Hoke Smith, Joseph Mackey Brown, John M. Slaton and Eugene Talmadge, with Herman Talmadge serving two de facto distinct terms).
On election day, 4 November 1986, Democratic nominee Zell Miller ran unopposed and won re-election with 871,259 votes, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Miller was sworn in for his fourth term on 12 January 1987.
Four years after the 2020 election, a newly GOP-aligned election board in Georgia is pushing to reinvestigate the state's largest county for its handling of the vote. Georgia's State Election ...
Midterm elections: Election day: November 4: Incumbent president: Ronald Reagan (Republican) Next Congress: 100th: Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic gain: Seats contested: 35 of 100 seats (34 Class 3 seats + 1 special election) Net seat change: Democratic +8: 1986 Senate election results
The GBI will hold a 9 p.m. press conference to provide further details about Wednesday's school shooting that killed four and injured nine others.. GBI officials and Barrow County Sheriff Jud ...
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