1966 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 December 2025 ly 1966 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election Georgia (U.S. state) 1956 Presidential no 1962 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election 1962 1970 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election 1970 November 8, 1966 125px George T. Smith Democratic Party (United States) 637,095 100.00% Lieutenant Governor Peter Zack Geer Democratic Party (United States) George T. Smith Democratic Party (United States) The 1966 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1966, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Georgia. Democratic nominee and incumbent member of the Georgia House of Representatives George T. Smith ran unopposed and subsequently won the election. Democratic primary The Democratic primary election was held on September 14, 1966, but as no candidate received a majority of the vote, a run-off election was held between incumbent lieutenant governor Peter Zack Geer and George T. Smith on September 28, 1966. Candidate George T. Smith received a majority of the votes (55.54%) in the run-off election against Geer, and was thus elected as the nominee for the general election.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=540908 GA Lt. Governor - D Primary ourcampaigns.com May 8, 2009 2024-11-10 Candidates Nominee George T. Smith, Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives (1963–1967) from the 90th district (1959–1967) Eliminated in runoff Peter Zack Geer, lieutenant governor (1963–1967) Eliminated in primary W. Randall Bedgood Jr., state representative Results Democratic primary resultshttps://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/data/dlg/sreg/pdfs/dlg_sreg_1965.pdf Primary certification documents 1966 dlg.usg.edu 2026-09-15 Peter Zack Geer Democratic Party (United States) 358,182 49.1 George T. Smith Democratic Party (United States) 310,934 42.6 W. Randall Bedgood Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 61,005 8.3730,121 100.0 Runoff Results thumb| #6674de Smith #7996e2 Smith—50–60% #6674de Smith—60–70% #584CDE Smith—70–80% #2aacacff Zack Geer #51c2c2ff Zack Geer—50–60% #2aacacff Zack Geer—60–70% #009696ff Zack Geer—70–80% #006666ff Zack Geer—<90% Democratic primary runoff resultshttps://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/data/dlg/sreg/pdfs/dlg_sreg_1965.pdf Primary certification documents 1966 dlg.usg.edu 2026-09-15 George T. Smith Democratic Party (United States) 447,855 55.55 Peter Zack Geer Democratic Party (United States) 358,510 44.45 806,365 100.0 General election On election day, November 8, 1966, Democratic nominee George T. Smith ran unopposed and won the election with 637,095 votes, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Smith was sworn in as the 6th lieutenant governor of Georgia on January 10, 1967.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=517568 GA Lt. Governor ourcampaigns.com February 26, 2009 2024-11-10 Results Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1966 Democratic Party (United States) George T. Smith 637,095 100.00 637,095 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) References Category:1966 Georgia (U.S. state) elections Category:November 1966 in the United States Category:Georgia (U.S. state) lieutenant gubernatorial elections Category:Single-candidate lieutenant gubernatorial elections in the United States