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1992 United States Senate election in Georgia

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Field	Value
election_name	1992 United States Senate election in Georgia
country	Georgia (U.S. state)
flag_year	1956
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1986 United States Senate election in Georgia
previous_year	1986
next_election	1998 United States Senate election in Georgia
next_year	1998
election_date	November 3, 1992 (first round)
November 24, 1992 (runoff)
image_size	x150px
1blank	First round
2blank	Runoff
image1	Paul Coverdell - R-GA.jpeg
nominee1	Paul Coverdell
party1	Republican Party (United States)
1data1	1,073,282
47.67%
2data1	**635,118
50.65%**
image2	Wyche Fowler (D-GA) (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Wyche Fowler
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
1data2	**1,108,416
49.23%**
2data2	618,774
49.35%
map	{{switcher
default	2
map_caption	Coverdell:
Fowler:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Wyche Fowler
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Paul Coverdell
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

November 24, 1992 (runoff)

47.67% 50.65%**

49.23%** 49.35%

| 250px |First round county results | 250px |Runoff county results Fowler:

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. 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

Results 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.

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.

Run off

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%.

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.

References

[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=207813/ 1992 Republican Primary] ''OurCampaigns''
"Our Campaigns - GA US Senate - R Primary Race - Jul 21, 1992".
(August 10, 2012). "Runoff system a Southern relic". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
(6 January 2021). "Jon Ossoff Wins Georgia Runoff, Handing Democrats Senate Control".

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