Elections / 1978 · Governor · GA
Georgia — 1978 governor election
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Akashic1978 · GovernorGeorgia · GovernorGeorge BusbeeD+61.3
Candidates
Georgia 1978 governor — certified statewide results.
- George Busbee✓Democratic534,57280.7%
- Rodney Mims Cook Sr.Republican128,13919.3%
Statewide returns compiled from the Wikipedia gubernatorial-election article for this cycle, which aggregates the official state canvass returns it cites. No county map before the precinct era.
presidential baselinePresident 1976D+33.9Governor 1978D+61.3vs. baselineD+27.5
Georgia's 1978 governor race ran 27.5 points more Democratic than its 1976 presidential margin.
Same ballot, 1978GA
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1978 gubernatorial returns · certified statewide totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.