1992 United States Senate election in Georgia

none March 2026 September 2023 1992 United States Senate election in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) 1956 presidential no 1986 United States Senate election in Georgia 1986 1998 United States Senate election in Georgia 1998 November 3, 1992 (first round)November 24, 1992 (runoff) 150x150px First round Runoff Paul Coverdell - R-GA.jpeg Paul Coverdell Republican Party (United States) 1,073,28247.67% 635,11850.65% Wyche Fowler (D-GA) (cropped).jpg Wyche Fowler Democratic Party (United States) 1,108,416 49.23% 618,774 49.35% 250px First round county results 250px Runoff county results 2 Coverdell: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Fowler: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% U.S. Senator Wyche Fowler Democratic Party (United States) Paul Coverdell Republican Party (United States) The 1992 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 3, 1992. In the general election, which occurred simultaneously with the presidential election, incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Wyche Fowler received more votes, but did not achieve a simple majority. Under Georgia law, this demanded a runoff. Paul Coverdell, the former Director of the Peace Corps, edged out Fowler in the November 24 runoff by a narrow margin, flipping the seat to the Republicans. It was the first Senate runoff election to be held in Georgia since runoffs were first mandated in 1964. This was the third consecutive election for this Senate seat where the incumbent was defeated. Republican primary The general primary was held July 21, 1992.1992 Republican Primary OurCampaigns A run-off between the top two Republican contenders was held on August 11, in which Paul Coverdell defeated Bob Barr. Candidates Bob Barr, President of Southeastern Legal Foundation and former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Paul Coverdell, former Director of the Peace Corps and State Senator from Atlanta John Knox, former Mayor of Waycross Dean Parkison, retired drug store owner and perennial candidate Charlie Tanksley Results Resultshttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=207813 Our Campaigns - GA US Senate - R Primary Race - Jul 21, 1992 for the first round showed that since Paul Coverdell did not win a majority of the vote, a runoff was held between him and Barr. Coverdell subsequently won the runoff. 1992 Georgia U.S. Senate Republican primary election Republican Party (United States) Paul Coverdell 100,016 37.05% Republican Party (United States) Bob Barr 65,471 24.25% Republican Party (United States) John Knox 64,514 23.90% Republican Party (United States) Charlie Tanksley 32,590 12.07% Republican Party (United States) Dean Parkison 7,352 2.72% 269,943 100.00% 1992 Georgia U.S. Senate Republican primary election runoff Republican Party (United States) Paul Coverdell 80,435 50.49% Republican Party (United States) Bob Barr 78,887 49.51% 159,332 100.00% General election Candidates Paul Coverdell, former State Senator from Atlanta (Republican) Wyche Fowler, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic) Jim Hudson (Libertarian) Results Initial As no candidate reached a majority on November 3, a runoff election was held on November 24, which Coverdell won. Georgia United States Senate election, 1992 Democratic Party (United States) Wyche Fowler (incumbent) 1,108,416 49.23% Republican Party (United States) Paul Coverdell 1,073,282 47.67% Libertarian Party (United States) Jim Hudson 69,878 3.10% Write-In Votes 11 0.00% 35,134 1.56% 2,251,587 Run off Georgia United States Senate election runoff, 1992 Republican Party (United States) Paul Coverdell 635,118 50.65% Democratic Party (United States) Wyche Fowler (incumbent) 618,774 49.35% 16,344 1.30% 1,253,892 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Aftermath The Georgia Legislature, then controlled by Democrats, changed the state's laws requiring a run-off election only if the winning candidate received less than 45% of the vote. In the 1996 Senate election, the winner, Democrat Max Cleland won with only 48.9% (1.4% ahead of Republican Guy Millner) thus avoiding a run-off. In 2005 after Republicans took control of the legislature, the run-off requirement was changed back to 50%.https://www.ajc.com/news/local/runoff-system-southern-relic/Ifbyj1S5WTqsAEpGdQJrqL/ Runoff system a Southern relic August 10, 2012 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution September 26, 2020 The result of this election would later repeat in reverse in the 2020-2021 regular Senate election in Georgia, with Republican David Perdue winning the first round but falling less than one percent below the 50% threshold required to avoid a runoff, and then being defeated in the runoff by Democrat Jon Ossoff with a similar one point margin. https://www.npr.org/2021/01/06/952417689/democrat-jon-ossoff-claims-victory-over-david-perdue-in-georgia-runoff Jon Ossoff Wins Georgia Runoff, Handing Democrats Senate Control National Public Radio 6 January 2021 en 9 January 2022 See also 1992 United States Senate elections References Category:1992 Georgia (U.S. state) elections Georgia 1992