1954 Georgia gubernatorial election
The 1954 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954. Running unopposed in the general election, Democratic Lt. Gov Marvin Griffin[1] was elected with 99.98% of the vote.
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Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- Marvin Griffin, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
- Charlie Gowen, State Representative
- Fred Hand, Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives
- Tom Linder, Commissioner of Agriculture
- Melvin Thompson, former Governor
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Marvin Griffin | 234,690 | 36.32% | |
Democratic | Melvin Thompson | 162,007 | 25.07% | |
Democratic | Tom Linder | 87,240 | 13.50% | |
Democratic | Fred Hand | 78,125 | 12.09% | |
Democratic | Charlie Gowen | 73,809 | 11.42% | |
Democratic | Grace Wilkey Thomas | 6,285 | 0.97% | |
Democratic | Ben Garland | 2,847 | 0.44% | |
Democratic | Edmond Barfield | 747 | 0.12% | |
Democratic | Arthur H. Neeson | 485 | 0.08% | |
Turnout | 646,235 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Marvin Griffin | 331,899 | 99.98% | ||
N/A | write-ins | 67 | 0.02% | ||
Majority | 331,832 | 99.96 | |||
Turnout | 331,966 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
References
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